Pain Relief Network

Aug 20, 2004
Editorial
Bristol Herald Courier (VA)
OxyContin, a potent time-released narcotic painkiller, swept through our region with the ferocity of a sudden storm five years ago.
Suddenly, there were dozens of overdose deaths, horror stories from families torn apart by drug abuse and an accompanying surge in crime as addicts struggled to fund their habits. By 2001, […]

Aug 20, 2004
Author Unknown
Stopthedrugwar.org
In response to a growing chorus of complaints from pain patients and the doctors who treat them, who say that heavy-handed drug law enforcement is leaving patients in pain and innocent doctors behind bars, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and leading pain specialists have coauthored a new set of guidelines spelling out […]

Aug 19, 2004
By: Ralph R. Reiland
Capmag.com
“In the United States, there are now more than 318,000 people behind bars for violations of drug prohibition, more than the number of persons incarcerated for all crimes in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain combined,” writes Jeffrey A. Miron, Professor of Economics at Boston University, in his […]

Aug 18, 2004
Author Unknown
Aapsonline.org
Jeri Hassman, M.D., a pain management physician entrapped by an undercover agent posing as a patient, was sentenced in federal court in Tucson, AZ, on August 16.
After an exhaustive investigation, the government filed hundreds of counts against Dr. Hassman concerning a small number of patients, with each prescription constituting a separate count. […]

Aug 11, 2004
By: Bethanne Fox
Pain and Policies Study Group
In the wake of controversy over the use and abuse of prescription pain medications, dozens of the nation’s pain experts in collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), today released clear answers to important questions about treating pain patients while recognizing and addressing problems associated with the […]

Aug 11, 2004
By: Bethanne Fox, et al.
Burgess Communications
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