That's fantastic! No, I've never heard of anyone on this site implying the UK is backward. (?)
The DEA here has cracked down WAY too much on prescribing. It makes me sick how people who are in genuine horrible pain have to jump thru so many hoops and alot of times deal with the humiliation of being labeled addicts.
This is what it's come to because of those who DO abuse and sell prescription pain meds. And if this isn't bad enuf, big pharma has ridiculously overpriced meds, so that people can't afford them......and oh my Lord, I better not even go into the healthcare mess we've got here. I'll end up blowing a gasket