Thomas: I LOVE your posts!!!! I HAD to reply! My brother lives in N. CA & my husband is a med marij user since he cannot take pain meds. I live in IA & up til this week, I never had a problem! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON???? Michael Jackson? Doctor shoppers? Pill junkies? What about those of us, through no fault of our own, have to live with severe pain EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES???? I have always been very careful with my meds, so all the stories I'm suddenly being told (which, if you read my post goes into more detail) have all been LIES! I've been with this same RA doctor for almost 12 yrs! Never lied to get meds, never been dishonest, nothing, EVER! I guess he thought I wasn't smart enough to fight back-HA! The worst thing you can do to me is accuse me of something I DID NOT DO & NO ONE BELIEVES ME! I will throw down at the drop of a hat for that! So, now I will have to go through withdrawals, that without dr supervision, could kill me due to adrenalin spikes, BP overload, etc. I have 3 kids 11-22 & 2 g-kids 4 & almost 1. I can't just stop my life & get off because I can't move from the RA. He couldn't have picked a worse time either. This past year I've had MORE physical damage from the RA that you can actually SEE, than the 20 yrs I've had it (auto-immune disease runs in our family-I have a cousin w/Scleraderma, my Uncle died from RA/Gout, all my kids, my Mom, her sisters & one of my G-kids have Renaud's). I've HAD it with Obama, the DEA & gov't in general. Thomas, your post was an inspiration. I'm always up for a good fight for the right thing....count me IN! Thanks!