Pain Relief Network

Oct 26, 2004
By: David E. Joranson
Pain & Policy Studies Group
Dear Administrator Tandy,
We are members of the Principal Working Group that produced the Frequently Asked Questions and Answers for Health Care Professionals and Law Enforcement Personnel (FAQ) in cooperation with the DEA and many experts in pain management. Mr. Joranson received correspondence from William J. […]

Oct 21, 2004
By Marc Kaufman
The Washington Post (D.C.)
The Drug Enforcement Administration has reversed its support for a set of negotiated guidelines designed to end a controversy over the arrests of hundreds of pain specialists who prescribed powerful narcotics for their patients. The agency took the document off its Web site earlier this month, less than […]

Oct 19, 2004
By: Sally Satel, M.D.
The New York Times (NY)
In February 1999, Dr. Frank Fisher, a general practitioner in Shasta County, Calif., was arrested by agents from the California state attorney general’s office and charged with drug trafficking and murder.
The arrest was based on records indicating that Dr. Fisher had been prescribing high doses of […]

Oct 8, 2004
Press Release
Painreliefnetwork.org
The NASPER bill, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act, has not even been received in committee. Since this is being maneuvered by the drug warriors, right here at the end of session, I would expect a quick push…
Call your Senators and ask to speak to the aide who advises the Senator […]

Oct 5, 2004
By: Rep. Ron Paul, TX
Painreliefnetwork.org
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to HR 3015, the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act. This bill is yet another unjustifiable attempt by the federal government to use the war on drugs as an excuse for invading the privacy and liberties of the American people and for […]