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Prescription Drug Crackdown Could Harm the Needy, Say Patients, Doctors

Pain patients and many doctors say they are feeling the backlash from a recent crackdown against pill abuse, which they fear lumps legitimate patients in with drug-seeking addicts, and legitimate prescribers with pill-pushing doctors.

Pain patients and many doctors say they are feeling the backlash from a recent crackdown against pill abuse, which they fear lumps legitimate patients in with drug-seeking addicts, and legitimate prescribers with pill-pushing doctors.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.