"Its not a position I would wish on my worst enemy," Esther Scarborough said. Her 25-year-old son overdosed in September of 2007. Christoper died of an overdose of three prescription drugs: Lorcet, Xanax and Soma. "You cannot even imagine what it's like," Scarborough said. "You're in a fog. It's like life has just ended and you're hoping you don't take another breath. I sat in the yard hoping to die because the pain was so immense." Scarborough decided to turn her pain into action. She fought against the kinds of doctors who prescribe large amounts of dangerous pills. State Senator Tommy Williams took up her cause. He helped write a Pain Clinic Registration Law that took effect in September. The law requires a physician to operate the clinic, serve as the medical director and see patients at least one third of the time. "We feel like it's been effective already," Senator Williams said. "There are more things we can do. We're going to continue to push on that." "It's a start," Scarborough said. "It's something we didn't have before."