From the 6/6 Show – Pain Industry Fights Back With the Media Support

Many newspaper reporters have a different psychological make-up. My apologies ahead of time to those in the industry who display rational human behavior. It appears too many reporters write stories and enjoy the criticism of missed facts and reality. It appears to be a badge of honor for too many writers to create negative attention which translates that the article was read. Although short term attention is achieved, credibility within the press continues to decrease with circulation.
Those who support the radio show message know we have a serious epidemic within the midst of our country. The sensational atrocity of the pill mills highlights the most egregious ramifications from the uncontrolled legal narcotic distribution. I am sure most of the legal drug mavens would prefer to see the pill mill activity curtailed so the “legitimate” and lesser scale legal drug dealers could continue to create their damage under less scrutiny.
Recently, the St. Pete Times (my home town paper) covered the raid of a pill mill and the continued distribution of narcotics by a doctor who has been arrested. It has taken over two years for the paper to report on the over distribution of the drugs. The St. Pete Times has an affiliated publication that accepts ads from the pain management gurus (aka drug management gurus) but that is immaterial to this piece.
My ire is directed at running editorials that contain the same information that the pain management organizations have been spewing for years. The same pain management organizations that are funded by the drug companies. There were recently three letters published with no rebuttal that the equivalent of heroin (my words) will become too hard to obtain, people in pain need help (narcotics?) responsible people know how to take the addictive drugs (my interpretation) and there is a movement to pull all narcotics from medicine and even those in dire terminal need will be affected (translated).
The question for the listener of the radio show is why does the media continue to support the wholesale distribution of narcotics that are damaging individuals, families and our community? Why would editorials be allowed with no substantiation of fact or logic? Why would editorials be printed that encourage another individual to consider the dangerous and deadly oxycodone before every other avenue is attempted?
The education must continue.