New York City to Restrict Prescription Painkillers in Public Hospitals’ Emergency Rooms

[Warpy]

1. Pity Boomberg won't benefit from this insanely cruel policy

Not only will he be able to avoid the ER when that root canal fails and he needs pain control until the antibiotics kick in and something can be done about it, he'll have an oral surgeon dancing attention in his office and a nice big bottle of Percodan delivered directly to him, no, sir, you won't have to stand in line at a pharmacy.

This policy is punitive and just plain nuts. Hospital workers know who the frequent flyers and drug seekers are. Prescriptions are already restricted to the people they need to be.

Refusing to allow doctors to treat legitimate pain is obscene.