There are only a few dedicated pain doctors in my community.  One in particular pushes the envelope of prescription guidelines.  But he does genetic testing and keeps pain contracts and faxes back when pharmacists ask questions.  Still the BNE and DEA have put him on watch and some pharmacies worried about their license have stopped filling for him.
Meanwhile it seems opium production in Afganistan is doubling every year since the Taliban was bumped out. And somehow there is a heroin and opiate problem burgeoning in my little seaside community.
I am disgusted that a patient of mine with 10 tumors in his spine has to run around and find a new pain doctor while illicit drugs flow in.  This patient will head to a medical marijuana dispensary hopefully with good results.

Adding it up...what a crazy picture.  Eight plus years of school and misguided regulations prevent licensed professionals from treating and managing pain.

I want the flow of foreign illicit drugs to stop and I want local laws and enforcement agencies to support treatment options in medical offices and pharmacies.

Is that unreasonable?


http://www.independent.ie/world-news/afghan-opium-production-hits-record-29750971.html