Very sad, but also a timely moment to reconsider the radical political surgery that has recently been performed on the alleged “opioid crisis.”
Millions of Americans need and deserve the best painkillers.
Senator Rand Paul will have no problem obtaining the exact drug and the exact dose he wants to use.
However, thanks to the climate of legal fear that has suddenly been imposed on painkillers, many other persons who need them will not be so lucky.
Full Disclosure - I have only taken a painkiller once, Percodan, for one day, after hernia surgery, twenty years ago.
However, as I move steadily into old age, I want to retain my right to self-medicate when, or if, I need to.
They gave me a shot of Demerol during my gall bladder attack. It killed the pain but almost killed me as well. The heart rate dropped to 40, and then my wife who was watching the monitor alerted the nurse. Be careful of all these strong medications.
Your sensible, well thought out, adult statement will cause Mariners head to explode should he read it ! LOL !! Oh, and I agree with you.
Snoot ;o)