Pain Pill Limit Aims To Curb Abuse At City ERs, Bloomberg Says

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5. Does anyone remember about 7-8 years ago

when we continually informed patients about their "right" to be pain-free? It was accompanied by the smiley face and 1-10 rating of your pain? This is ridiculous. Now people (especially w/out insurance), are allowed to be pain-free or have tolerable pain for 3 days in N.Y.? I foresee an increase in N.Y. ER visits... and a lot of needless suffering.
Since I moved to a red state, I have had to battle for my monthly pain meds. Hell, they don't get me "high" but they do make the pain tolerable.
Dr.'s are now being bullied by the DEA to not write pain prescriptions unless they are pain management (pill mill) Dr.'s.
This (not new) "epidemic" has become a cash cow. Wealthy people hire salaried (or not) Dr.'s (many with shaky credentials) and build "pain clinics." They charge huge fee's and prefer cash, to prescribe you pain meds. They drug test you monthly and if you have smoked a joint, forget it, suffer or come in twice a month to be tested (more money). I know people that do this in order to have their pain treated if they have smoked pot.
I know that people abuse prescription pain meds. It is not a new phenomenon. It has become big business since they are implementing their "solution."
Suffer, pay or be treated like a criminal. Amerika..