Elderly Who Need Pain-Killers Feel Effects of Drug War
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“Heightened efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration to crack down on narcotics abuse are producing a troubling side effect by denying some hospice and elderly patients needed pain medication, according to two Senate Democrats and a coalition of pharmacists and geriatric experts.” (Washington Post, Thursday)
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