Why giving chronic pain patients a chance to have a few hours a day not in twisted,life stopping pain, is a big deal. something is making the issue of the fact that americans take 80% of the worlds pain meds, like maybe the figures are wrong. Countries like Afghanistan have been producing their pain meds for centuries, because they NEED THEM. I'll bet if all countries had reasonable medically sanctioned use of pain killers they would consume vastly more drugs, for those who NEED them. I am sane, it's the chronic pain that has a chockehold on my wanting to end it.