THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FEELS YOUR PAIN

Regarding the "Bad Medicine" story, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard
is showing himself more incompetent at every turn.

I have literally been to hell and back with my boyfriend because of meth.
Through all the abuse I endured with him, the only reason I stayed is
because he was being controlled by his addiction and he desperately wanted
to quit. He just didn't know how.

While Mr. Goddard was wasting time, energy and money restricting the sale
of Tylenol, I was being put through the wringer -- sexually, physically and
mentally. Not because my boyfriend was cooking dope, but because he was
smoking it.

He's been clean for a little more than three weeks now, and it's been a
huge uphill struggle. We both know he's defying dismal odds with each day
he stays clean, and the lack of treatment options for him means he's left
to treat himself. Every day, I wonder if this is the day he will slip up.

Let's all raise our glasses to the Attorney General, though; at least
Tylenol will be safely behind drugstore counters now! The public can
breathe easy -- except me, my boyfriend and the countless others who're in
the same situation as we are. There's just not enough treatment available,
no matter what good programs exist.

Angel Cordaro, Tempe