[old and tired]

I’m not in favor of more regulation, but if you don’t think we have a problem with prescription narcotic pain med abuse, think again. I see drug seekers every day in the ER.

I'm sure you do, but the government has gotten so heavy handed with doctors that they are afraid to prescribe painkillers even to suffering 80 and 90 year olds.

[RobertClark]

I'm sure you do, but the government has gotten so heavy handed with doctors that they are afraid to prescribe painkillers even to suffering 80 and 90 year olds.

That is the truth. I laugh at the argument that a terminal 90 year old cancer patient needs to be protected from the addictive properties of morphine, fentanyl, or oxcontin. They are TERMINAL - let them at least be without pain in the time they have left. The addiction is moot, at that point!