A responsible narcotic-using pain patient writes:
I no longer go to emergency rooms for help with any pain. They might fix my broken bone but then ask, “How many hospitals do you go to to try to get extra drugs?” One ER doctor told me to “go home and play your little drug games.”
Problem is, for every responsible narcotic user, you have another hundred who play the drug games.






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