Political Quotes

“Absolutely, I say to the Senator. I have been working on trying to change the culture of the Food and Drug Administration. I have been working with the DEA because not only does the DEA basically set the allotment, they also are the ones who give the license to the doctor and make sure that doctor is certified to dispense it. If you have a doctor who is abusing it, if you have a doctor who is basically putting 10 times to 20 times more on the market in a certain section or region of our State or our country--more than the other doctors--maybe that person is irresponsible, maybe they should be questioned and taken off the list for prescribing. Absolutely. It is a cultural change. This all came about in the eighties when basically pain--your element of pain was one of--the fifth criteria of wellness. It was the Veterans' Administration that brought the product on, so the genie got out of the bottle. How do we put it back? We can if we continue to fight it, but it is a horrible scourge on us.”