| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1 | HEATHER BELL | WE MUST PUT A STOP TO THIS EPIDEMIC . |
| 2 | Ed Vanicky | |
| 3 | Lynn Locascio | |
| 4 | Wendy Davis | Help save my son. |
| 5 | Kathy Maloney | We need stricter guidelines in this state to regulate controlled substances. We are losing our families at an alarming rate. Something needs to be done NOW. Please stop this epidemic, it was too late for us but in our loved ones memory this must be stopped |
| 6 | Melissa Zuppardi | Stop allowing "controlled" drug to kill innocent victims. These are so called controlled drugs....please start controlling them! They shouldn't be killing more people then illegal drugs do!
www.harmd.org |
| 7 | Randy & Lee Nuss | In May of 2003,My husband & I lost our 18 yr.old son randall to an accidental overdose of OXYCODONE Intoxication.(OXYCONTIN ) A Mother of his friend gave our son OXYCONTIN.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was never an investigation,and no one was ever charged. This wil be 5 years ago on May the first. wE LIVE IN PALM COAST FLORIDA. THIS PRESCRIPTION DRUG EPIDEMIC NEEDS TO STOP.THEY ARE KILLING OUR FUTURE OF TOMORROW,AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE.IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON RANDALL MATTHEW NUSS & OTHERS PLEASE VISIT WEB-SITE WWW.OXYABUSEKILLS.COM RANDALL & LEE NUSS |
| 8 | Cindy Rodgers | |
| 9 | Tom Maloney | In memory of my nephew, David Spivey |
| 10 | Julie Rinaldi | |
| 11 | Charle Griffith | I am passing this on in a blast to my e-mail contacts. Sorry I couldn't get something in JOURNEY magazine in time.
Good Luck!
peace
Charlie G |
| 12 | Marti Hottenstein | |
| 13 | Nancy Garvin | Rx narcotic abuse and related deaths in this country are an epidemic and nothing is being done by state and federal agencies as thousands are dying yearly. These are not drugs that are smuggled across our borders but manufactured and distributed legally in our country, where is the regulation? Has greed and the desire for power overtaken the moral values of a human life, evidently. We must stand up to the politicians, doctors and drug companies that have ignored this problem.
Methadone is now the #1 killer of prescription narcotics in this country and Florida's death tolls nearly hit 1,000 victims for 2007. Please let your voice be heard and hold those accountable as this has become nothing more then legalized drug dealing.
Mothers Against Medical Abuse. Org
Helping to Stop Rx, Methadone Deaths & Abuse |
| 14 | Ann E. Stickel | |
| 15 | Pat Goza | |
| 16 | Anonymous | |
| 17 | Wendi Wade | |
| 18 | Anonymous | Time for Florida to come out of the dark ages. |
| 19 | Donna Lunsford,RN | |
| 20 | DEBBIE HENDERSON | |
| 21 | Elaine Myers | As the parent of a young adult child who died from Methadone Toxicity I am learning more on a daily basis how these drugs are on the streets and in big demand. I am also running into other families who have lost their loved ones to these drugs particularly Methadone. Something has to be done to Monitor these drugs and enforce existing laws. People in positions of authority need to take this problem seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 22 | Bianca Chang-Gentile | My son's friend Jason Kirk used to go to pain management clinic for xanax and oxicontin. He used and abused his prescriptions. In order for him to pay for his prescription he would sell some. He died of an accidental drug overdose on November 20, 2006. My son Nick Gentile died from those prescription medication that Jason sold/or gave him on December 22, 2005. Please help us help our future generations remain alive! Monitor Pain Management clinics and the drugs they prescribe. |
| 23 | Sharon Geyer | |
| 24 | Christy | STOP THE DEATHS!!!! |
| 25 | Jessica Mechetti | |
| 26 | Judith Fowlkes | I lost a 23 year old nephew because of Methadone. Please hurry, other lives can be saved if we act NOW! |
| 27 | Teresa Miller | |
| 28 | Bonnie Benis | |
| 29 | Beth Kreutz | |
| 30 | Tom Friene | My 18 year old son died from and overdose of Oxycodone, the main ingredient of a prescription medication, on June 3, 2007. |
| 31 | Caryl Bowen | In memory of David Spivey.
"Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord...I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah" From Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen |
| 32 | Tina Wells | |
| 33 | mary baltiero | |
| 34 | Kelly S. Fowlkes | In memory of David Spivey! |
| 35 | Rebecca Balko | I believe that it will only be through measures of accountability, that prescription medications will not only be used for the purposes they were created for...but will be the only means by which humanity & wholeness will not fall second to profit and the "easier softer way" to addressing real problems. |
| 36 | Susan Waters | My daughter died when she took a methadone
pill. |
| 37 | Nicole Mee | I work at Novus Medical Detox Center, LLC, in New Port Richey, FL. There are so many people who could be saved from addiction or death with this bill being in effect! These prescription drugs are very harmful to one's body and people should not be allowed to get numerous amounts of them. Without this bill being passed, people can go "doctor shopping" and also can sell the drugs illegally without getting caught. This bill being passed would put in much more discipline on this and not allow it to happen as much. |
| 38 | Paula Hayes | This is WAY overdue! |
| 39 | cindy harney | We have 109 Death in our community in 07. Think of them as Manatee's! |
| 40 | joanne gillick | my son kevin hopper died from oxycotin he got from a so called friend and died in his sleep we sure do miss him
kevin hopper
1987-2006 |
| 41 | Jane Armstrong | This legislation is a vital first step on a long road which challenges the notion that life itself is a disease that requires anesthesia.
I live in Venice and have two sons recovering from prescription drug addiction. My oldest was introduced to shooting Oxycontin by a teacher working in a local second chance school. He was seventeen. This problem has multiple layers and includes decriminalizing those addicted and using jail time to rehabilitate. It is not cost effective to build jails and toss aside 85% of those incarcerated for mental health and/or addiction related offenses. We create a criminal underclass that could have been a healed and productive part of our communities.
This type of legislation has been inacted in 35 other states. It is clear that something other than the current business as usual is required. In a perfect world doctors would all follow the Hippocratic oath and first do no harm. The current medical model of care has created a very assembly line, disconnected system of treatment where the Dr/Pt relationship is quick and impersonal. Financial motivation is the driving force and the cared for become faceless and nameless. It's easier to give less care when the process is speeded up and you don't make a human connection. Give "them" what "they" want and move on to the next. It's a malfunctioning system and never has it been more true, speed kills,
This legislation, done right, without being watered down by the pharmaceutical industry can make a difference. The notion that we can continue business as usual is just plain wrong. |
| 42 | pat straubinger | we need to do everything and anything possible NOW to stop Prescription Drug Abuse. |
| 43 | Anonymous | all for it... |
| 44 | Ruth Lyerly | |
| 45 | Karen Caswell | I support HB 1011 |
| 46 | Carol abbott | I support HB 1011 |
| 47 | Lisa Brogdon | |
| 48 | Debra B. Harney | |
| 49 | LAURIE DELOACH | HELP STOP THE DOCTOR SHOPPING. |
| 50 | Vicky Bird | Parents also need to be careful with there drugs alot of kids get them at home and have no idea what they are for |