When Cops Play Doctor: How the drug war punishes pain patients

The steady stream of celebrity stories about prescription drug abuse makes Americans keenly aware of the dangers of overdosing on medications like OxyContin and Vicodin. And from President Obama's Drug Czar to California Attorney General Jerry Brown, politicians are calling for greater power to monitor doctor-patient relationships in order to fight the "epidemic" of prescription drug overdosing. But maybe the real epidemic is underdosing. Countless Americans suffer with severe chronic pain ...

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YouTube | September 21, 2009

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