LUYAO CASE PART OF WIDER DEBATE

As a person who suffered months of chronic pain more severe than a
bone break, I condemn Florida's misguided drug crusaders for
interfering in matters they are hopelessly unqualified to deal with.

A lot of the "addicts" treated by Dr. Asuncion Luyao are actually
people with extreme chronic pain.

America's drug war is a misguided fraud that meddles with medical care
and denies people in agony access to effective pain killers.

Sending Dr. Luyao to prison is a crime against humanity.

Here's hoping that the lawmen and prosecutors who engineered Luyao's
conviction will experience a long bout of untreated chronic pain.

Ralph Givens

San Diego, Calif.