The Goat and the Goatherd
A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock.He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid noattention to the summons. At last the Goatherd threw a stone,and breaking its horn, begged the Goat not to tell his master.The Goat replied, "Why, you silly fellow, the horn will speak though I be silent."
Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hid.
The Florida legislators are speaking publicly that more has to be done about the pain clinics and like the Goatherd their insincerity will be revealed this year. Last year the legislature passed a phony bill with much fanfare knowing that a 20 year old kid will still be able to get his OxyContin prescription in our state and the "tourists" from Kentucky will not be deterred from visiting our state. This year a few of the politicians are scrambling to present themselves as wanting to get tougher on the pain clinics (over 900 clinics are registered). We have over 900 admitted drug dealing distribution points in our state (see the Florida Statute 459.005 (3)) and the legislators will not face the doctor groups who are the culprits in the addiction and death coming out of the clinics.
Without real time reporting coming from the doctor's offices any effort to stop the drugs from reaching our streets is a half hearted effort. The drug companies should mandatorily be forced to report how many legal narcotics they are sending into our state. A medical relationship of one patient - one doctor - one pharmacy should be required. Pharmacies that are sustained strictly by the drug trade should be shut down by the Florida Board of Pharmacy.
As we move into the 2010 Florida legislative session the rhetoric will come from Tallahassee and the truth from the radio show.
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