The state is in a real bind. It has to come up with a painless way of killing without physicians involved.

But, it was simple, painless and when it was over with I couldn't tell what was done. It was just that mask, that steel harness they put over your head.

Just a few years ago, physicians were taught that once brain cells were lost there was little that could be done to restore function beyond teaching patients how to compensate for their paralyzed limb. Today, we know the brain has amazing potential to be re-educated to pick up some of the lost function ? provided it receives the right kind of stimulation.

Drug companies spend $13,000 per physician annually. Those marketing tactics are very, very effective at getting physicians to do what each drug company wants -- to prescribe their product.

to go on killing until he was stopped.

The important thing is not that you're killing the cattle, it's how you're actually killing the cattle,