Pain Relief Network

Dec. 24, 2003
Author Unknown
Cbsnews.com
A judge resealed Rush Limbaugh’s medical records Wednesday, giving the conservative radio commentator’s attorneys time to appeal his earlier decision allowing prosecutors to examine the files for evidence Limbaugh illegally purchased painkillers.
Palm Beach Circuit Judge Jeffrey A. Winikoff ordered the records remain sealed for 15 days while Limbaugh’s attorneys pursue their appeal. […]

Dec 16, 2003 By: Ronald T. Libby University of North Florida
The Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 initiated the government’s “war on drugs.” The DEA’s mission was to “bring to the criminal and civil justice system substances destined for illicit traffic in the U.S.” (www.dea.gov/agency/mission.htm). Title II of the Act, the Controlled Substances […]

December 16, 2003
Press Release
Painreliefnetwork.org
Pain Patients and their supporters are gathering on the Independence Avenue Steps of the Rayburn House Office Building at 11:00am to decry the U.S. Government’s War On Pain Doctors. Citing a public health catastrophe for Americans in pain, The Virginia Chapter of the National Pain Patients Coalition is calling for the Department […]

Dec 15, 2003
Press Release
US Newswire
To: National and Assignment Desks, Daybook Editor
Contact: Ronald Myers of the American Pain Institute, 662-392-2016 or 202-331-8864, http://www.AmericanPainInstitute.org, or Siobhan Reynolds of the Pain Relief Network, 917-432-4294, http://www.PainReliefNetwork.org
News Advisory:
WHAT: Pain patients and their supporters will gather on the Independence Avenue Steps of the Rayburn House Office Building at 11 a.m. to […]

Dec 13, 2003
By: John Kennedy
Orlando Sentinel (FL)
Reeling under a staggering number of deaths caused by prescription-drug abuse, Florida officials said Friday that they are forming a multiagency task force to spearhead attempts to combat the rising problem.
“It’s phenomenal,” said Jim McDonough, director of Gov. Jeb Bush’s Office of Drug Control. “I can’t imagine any other […]

Dec 5, 2003
By: Doris Bloodsworth
The Orlando Sentinel (FL)
A congressional panel announced Thursday that it will begin hearings in February to investigate the growing national epidemic of OxyContin addiction, abuse and overdoses.
The first hearing will take place in Orlando.
“Just the sheer number of problems related with the drug and the number of deaths have reached epidemic […]