Wednesday, April 14, 2010
South Florida is Rush Limbaugh country
Because if you want to get your Oxycontin, that is the place to go. At last count the top 25 Oxy scrip writing doctors are in Florida. And you don't have to waste time going to a pharmacy either. The storefront pain management clinics will dispense your pills before you leave the office.
There are more of these pain clinics here in Broward County than there are McDonald's restaurants: 115 so-called pill mills, vs. about 70 of the burger franchises. And that profusion contributes to one big problem: there is no tracking system to prevent patients from getting multiple pill prescriptions at once and immediately, because the clinics hand out the pills rather than making people go to a pharmacy. The business card of the Broward Pain Clinic announces, "Dispensing on Site!" — a service that's also trumpeted by dozens of other clinics. Because of that, cocaine is no longer king in South Florida, as it was during the Miami Vice era. Prescription oxycodone now reigns supreme.As one might expect, where the clinics cluster so do the OD deaths and the numbers are only going up. And the best part.
you don't need to be a doctor to run a pain-management clinic, Lamberti says. "You need a background check to get a liquor license — you can't be a convicted felon and open up a bar — but you can be a convicted felon and open up a pain clinic."Florida, Rush Limbaughs favorite place, except for the Dominican Republic where they have all those young kids.
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