Severin, from the post below, concerning the DEA agent who accidentally shot himself:
If I were his doctor I would refuse to give him any drugs because of his pain. If he complained I would tell him that DEA agents like himself told me that people are not really in pain and if I prescribe them medications to relieve their pain then the DEA will arrest me. That I am only a doctor, and the DEA is the only one who knows how much pain a person is in and how many painkillers are required for any injury or disease. Without guidelines from the government, how am I supposed to know how many pain killers I can legally prescribe and I don’t have the current guidelines for self inflicted gun shot wounds, so he should go to the store and get some Advil.
(This sounds extreme but I had an operation last year and that was what I was basically told by my Doctor, so I took advil and it didn't do crap for my pain but I just grinned and bore it. At least he was able to use an anesthetic during the actual operation as that is not yet made illegal, but give it time)
He's not exaggerating. For some perspective on the issue see this story from Reason magazine.
Posted by Walter at May 3, 2004 10:18 PMThanks, Walter I had read that article a couple of weeks ago.
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