Seems that its heavily monitored. After I broke my back I was on fairly strong painkillers. Was a hassle to get the prescription. Had to bring 2 forms of ID, sign paperwork basically agreeing to the dose, address of where the med would be stored, etc. All done in whispers and scanning around like they thought I'd be mugged in the waiting area for a bottle of pills. Funny thing is the VA just mails my meds. No tracking number, no signature, nothing!
Hope you're alright now Jack. Reminds me of a joke that a husband and wife were arguing (go figure) about what is more painful...childbirth or getting kicked in the testicles. The woman contended that nothing can compare with the pain of giving natural birth to a child while the man disagreed and said that getting kicked in the b's is the absolute greatest pain there is. The woman asked him to prove it and after thinking silently for a few moments, the man asked her if she remembered when they had their first child? Yes I do, of course. It was a long painful labor that lasted 8 hours! Then the man asked, remember about a year later, you said that you were ready would like to have another baby and we did? Yes, I remember. Well, compare that to the time were going to go horseback riding and the horse kicked me in the b's. Remember how much pain I was in? Yes, I remember we cancelled our ride and I just about had to carry you to the car. Since that time, have you ever heard me say I was ready and would like to go get kicked in the b's again????