http://www.bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7015-8-8
Summary: According to international human rights law, countries have to provide pain treatment medications as part of their core obligations under the right to health; failure to take reasonable steps to ensure that people who suffer pain have access to adequate pain treatment may result in the violation of the obligation to protect against cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
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Interesting article – thanks for sharing. I wonder if it will make any difference in the policies of those who are more committed to winning “the war on drugs” than on ameliorating human suffering.
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mgh
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Since the article is from 2010, it apparently hasn’t made a difference.
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YET! Hope springs eternal. xx, mgh
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Hope springs eternal, then reality snaps you right back. 🙂
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UNfortunately! In my fantasy life I am a mental health lobbyist (still young and beautiful so I can get those guys to sit down with me over lunch – lol)
xx,
mgh
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Very interesting!
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Preach!
OMG, is it really so hard to treat us like human beings??
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