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Mexicans for Treatment of Pain

Submitted May 22, 2004 - 1:37 am by Al Giordano
A new organization, the Mexican Association for the Study and Treatment of Pain, has also come out in force for the bills that would allow medical use of marijuana and pharmacies to dispense morphine with a prescription, according to this story by the Reforma newspapers group.

(They also propose declaring October 11 as an annual National Day Against Pain. Not sure what that means, but we're all looking forward to that!)

The article quotes Miguel Angel Genis of the organization:

""Vemos que el dolor no se trata adecuadamente, que hay un mal manejo y una falta de disponibilidad de opioides en México. Es asombroso que medicamentos controlados como los opioides (utilizados para combatir el dolor) sólo los encontramos en una o dos farmacias especializadas, entonces, uno de los objetivos es que haya equidad".

Dijo que otro objetivo es que los diputados legislen para considerar el dolor como problema de salud pública, y que su tratamiento se convierta en un derecho.

Which means:

"We see that pain is not treated effectively. There is poor management and a lack of availability of opiates in Mexico. It's daunting that controled medicines like opiates (used to treat pain) can only be found in one or two specialized pharmacies. Thus, one of the goals is for a more equal policy."

He said that the other goal is that Congress legislates to declare pain a problem of public health and that its treatment become a right.

Congressman José Ángel Córdoba, chairman of the Health Committee in the lower House, added that pain is one of the great causes of incapacity by workers.

And Senate Health Committee Chairman Miguel Moreno Brizuela "indicated that there is also a bill to legalize marijuana for therapeutic uses because as of today its medical use brings a sentence of ten years in prison."

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