News Flash: Americans Don't Like Pain

Jacob Sullum in reason.com's Hit & Run section has an interesting piece about our society's (or at least the media's) ambivalence regarding the pharmaceutical treatment of pain. Is there a limit to how much can be prescribed and to whom? Which types of medication are acceptable? Finally, should law-abiding citizens be denied access to stronger forms of painkilling medication just because others have chosen to abuse and illegally manufacture said painkillers?

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[Note: I'm the "SPB" Mr. Sullum gives props to at the end of the post, although I leave comments on H&R as "SPD." Eh, close enough.]

An 'Alarming' Improvement in Pain Treatment [reason.com]

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