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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