Comments on: RT TV – United States: The Pain Killer Nation

By: Baron Von Maydell

Baron Von Maydell — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:34:49 +0000

This story is close to my heart. My younger brother passed away from an oxy/zanax OD in 2007. He was seeing one of those “chronic pain doctors” who was SELLING him prescriptions on the side (usually in an ally) for $500 a pop. Over 7 months his insurance company (Blue cross) paid over $289,000 for over 10,000 pills! He used 7 different pharmacies to fill these. Despite a DEA investigation (4 of the pharmacies had officially notified the authorities about this MD) nothing happened. The doc (John Legowic) was protected by LLC and had 5 clinics in FLA. He still has two left. My mother tried to intervene by: calling the pharmacies, the insurance co., the medical board, calling the pain doc to ask him WTF he was doing, and notifying the police months before his death. Nothing ever came of it except the inevitable. I used to laugh at junkies, but now I realize they are normal humans sinking in quick sand provided by our government. RIP CTM, I miss u forever!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:01:32 +0000

Left comment on screen without clicking “send” and when I refreshed it, the article I was reading changed. I’m not sure now which article it was now because I read several, but either Abby or Robbie wrote it. The point is, as a bit of constructive criticism, I believe that you guys should not refer to people as complacent cretins. It’s almost as if you’re disgusted with them. Cretin is what Megatron calls humans. It’s something an elitist would say. Anyways, you guys are great and thanks for setting up this site!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 03:40:37 +0000

I don’t think when informing people we should refer to the average american as a “complacent cretin”. Whether that’s true or not, we should never condescend to the uninformed or lazy. It detracts from the importance of the information. For instance, the way that the makers of Zeitgeist spoke of the average citizen in the film was demeaning and a bit elitist.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:37:50 +0000

Only a complete idiot would think the government could do anything better than the private sector! Thanks to government intervention and regulation of this industry, the only choice a Doctor has is to cut or burn or poison his patients without going to jail.