For @BarryMeier, pill popping is a "public health crisis" and people suffering with chronic pain are "lobbyists" http://nyti.ms/17Tc8UW
@BarryMeier Why is addiction a public health crisis but widespread suffering from chronic pain is lumped in with lobbying?
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@ryangrim Patients have right to lobby. Here they on same side of pharma over issue of access . Story explains that -
@BarryMeier but isn't chronic pain a public health crisis just as important as addiction? -
@ryangrim John Hockenberry observed that when you try to compare the harm caused by pain against the harm caused by abuse no one wins. -
@BarryMeier your story though implies dealing with addiction is the priority -
@ryangrim that's your reading. it's about how fda decided the issue and, no question, as the piece says, patients will face hardships
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