Ukraine Cancer Patients Deprived of Painkillers

Rules tied to the Soviet era have left Ukraine with some of the world’s toughest painkiller laws—restrictions so broad that some cancer patients have attempted suicide to escape the pain, the AP reports. Morphine, for example, isn’t available in tablet form, and patients are limited to 50 milligrams a…

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Ukraine Cancer Patients Deprived of Painkillers

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