Conic pain sufferers watch their ability to get medications slowly erode or have to go through monthly doctors visits, urine tests, not being able to go on unplanned or extended travel because you can not miss your doctor appointment because then you cant get your medication. You cant have prescriptions filled in another state if you are traveling because the prescription was written by an 'out of state doctor for a controlled substance". Doctors now have to make reports to the state for ever prescription they write and to whom it was written to as well as pharmacies part of the Alaska Prescription Drug Monitoring Program PDMP.Alaska.Gov. so yes big brother has a file on you and they are watching.

I have been on pain medications for over 17 years I have never abused never will their are many other people like me out their. Now if you want to stop substance abuse close down the liquor stores.