Feds Say Opioids a Problem of Bad Medicine

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The national problem with opioid abuse and deaths is driven almost exclusively by "greedy doctors" who act more like drug traffickers than patient advocates, federal authorities said Thursday.However, the officials said better education and coordinated prescription drug monitoring programs could save lives without cutting off legitimate patients from medications to relieve their pain.Pain control policies have swung like a pendulum, Joseph Rannazzisi, deputy assistant administrator in the Drug Enforcement Administration'...