1:18:01
The attempt to alleviate it,
1:18:04
and then suicide.
1:18:06
A deliverance, so to speak.
1:18:11
And his wife followed him in death,
1:18:14
having for 10 years --
1:18:19
What treatment did he receive?
1:18:21
The medical profession
hasn't much choice, unfortunately.
1:18:24
Morphine.
1:18:26
Now and then an alternative painkiller,
usually an opiate,
1:18:31
but mainly morphine.
1:18:32
But you'd have to speak
to his doctor to find out more.
1:18:36
Just a minute.
1:18:39
Dr. Katz.
1:18:43
I'm responsible solely
1:18:46
for the supervision of drugs.
1:18:48
Isn't it possible he was addicted?
1:18:52
A morphine addict?
1:18:54
That's what I'm here for.
1:18:55
All prescriptions for opiates
land on my desk.
1:18:58
Otherwise anyone could set up
his own drug ring.
1:19:03
It's the responsibility of the state
1:19:05
to protect people
from themselves, ultimately.
1:19:09
You couldn't protect
the Treibels from sleeping pills.
1:19:12
You're right.
Our scope is limited.
1:19:16
But how would you suggest
we do that?
1:19:19
If people hoard medicine
for years to commit suicide --
1:19:23
There's nothing wrong
with the monitoring system.
1:19:27
It's people who aren't perfect,
1:19:30
I'm afraid.
1:19:34
Or should I say fortunately?
1:19:43
Have I answered your questions
to your satisfaction?
1:19:46
Not much of a story,
journalistically speaking, is it?
1:19:52
The Treibels left their doctor
their entire estate, I hear:
1:19:56
their villa, their art collection,
everything.
1:19:59
Really? I didn't know that.