“In England,' I told her, ‘the whole thing would probably have been settled by a letter to the Times, after which, under pressure from public opinion, Parliament would simply vote the necessary laws for the protection of the African fauna.” EnglandBritainPublic OpinionGreat BritainLegal SystemPublic Pressure Book:The Roots of Heaven Source: The Roots of Heaven
“My doctors, who are not cavalier with prescriptions, give me this medication because I have earned their trust. And yet, with mounting government and public pressure, my doctors’ hands are becoming increasingly tied. They apologetically explain to me why they are required to make the medication even harder for me to get, against their own medical judgment. If the day ever comes when they aren’t allowed to prescribe Percocet to me at all, it may well be the end of the minimal quality of life I fight so hard to achieve.” AddictionChronic PainOpiatesChronic Pain StigmaOpioid UseOpioid AbusePublic PressureMedical JudgementPain RefliefPerscriptions Author:Michael Bihovsky