http://www.painreliefnetwork.org We are a network of pain patients, family members of people in pain, physicians, attorneys, and activists who are working toward a day when people in pain will be afforded the simple dignity and compassion due all ill Americans. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:49:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By: Val Willingham
CNN.com /health

Nearly half the respondents in a survey of U.S. primary care physicians said that they would seriously consider getting out of the medical business within the next three years if they had an alternative. [...]]]> http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/prn/half-pc-docs-leav.php By: Jacob Sullum
reasononline

Last week voters in Massachusetts approved a ballot initiative that eliminates criminal penalties for possessing up to an ounce of marijuana, replacing them with a $100 civil fine. Michigan, meanwhile, became the 13th state to allow the medical use of cannabis. [...]]]> http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/prn/obama-on-drugs.php By: Erik Eckholm
New York Times

MIAMI — Public defenders’ offices in at least seven states are refusing to take on new cases or have sued to limit them, citing overwhelming workloads that they say undermine the constitutional right to counsel for the poor. Public defenders are notoriously overworked, and their turnover is high and their pay low. But now, in the most open revolt by public defenders in memory, many of the government-appointed lawyers say that state budget cuts and rising caseloads have pushed them to the breaking point. [...]]]> http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/prn/citing-workload-public-lawyers-reject-new-cases.php By: Becky Purser
The Telegraph - macon.com (GA)

Suspended Perry physician Spurgeon Green Jr. was found guilty Thursday of wrongfully prescribing medications that led to the serious bodily injury of a patient who died while under his care. Green, 70, faces 20 years to life in prison on the conviction... “The only thing I can say now is I know how Jesus felt,” Green told a reporter after the jurors had left the courtroom. Wasn’t Jesus innocent? He was - the same way we are.” [...]]]> http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/prn/dr-green-faces-life.php By: Becky Purser
The Telegraph - macon.com (GA)

Jurors appeared Wednesday to be close to reaching a verdict in the trial of suspended Perry physician Spurgeon Green Jr., accused of wrongfully prescribing medications that led to the deaths of more than a dozen patients. [...]]]> http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/prn/dr-green-verdict-near.php By: Geoff Fox
Tampa Bay Tribune (Tampa Bay Online)

HUDSON - After he was released from prison and pardoned for drug trafficking last year, Richard Paey looked forward to many freedoms... But rejoining civilian life has been harder than anticipated for Paey and his family, which includes three teenagers. His son was recently diagnosed with a form of autism. One daughter is learning to drive and another daughter just started college. [...]]]> http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/prn/paey-post-prison.php By: Becky Purser
The Telegraph - macon.com (GA)

Jurors went home for the weekend without a verdict Friday in the federal drug conspiracy trial of suspended Perry physician Spurgeon Green Jr., accused of wrongfully prescribing medications that led to more than a dozen patient deaths. [...]]]> http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/prn/doc-green-awaits-verdict.php By: Chris Frates
CBS News
Sexpert extraordinaire Dr. Drew Pinsky was on the Hill today talking about something decidedly unsexy: pain. The good doctor was in the House, and the Senate, to educate staffers on the need for a more systematic approach to pain management. [...]]]> http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/prn/dr-drew-talks-pain.php By: Alex DeLuca
Pain Relief Network

I spoke to Billy’s wife briefly, recently, and am very happy to be able to report that Dr. Hurwitz is no longer in federal prison. He is currently in a half-way house in D.C... He is in a sort of “titration to house arrest” best I understand it... Once the titration is complete, he will be able to communicate freely again... [...]]]> http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/prn/hurwitz-released.php By: Roxana Hegeman
Fort Mill Times
WICHITA, Kan. — Attorneys for a couple accused of running a so-called pill mill prosecutors have linked to 58 accidental overdose deaths have questioned the scientific reliability of proposed testimony from the government's expert witnesses. 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