She faced unremitting, chronic pain — but no doctor would prescribe pain-killers that work. Why? Because they’re made from opium — a narcotic. So while doctors and police argued, she said to me calmly, "If this keeps up I will kill myself." On this episode of "Home Ground Radio" we'll hear first-hand about the problems chronic pain patients who rely on opiates face.
(Broadcast: "Home Ground Radio", 03/27/16. Listen on the radio or online, Sundays at 11:10 a.m., or via podcast.)