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Mar 26, 2007Author UnknownThe Associated Press
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia: A prominent pain doctor whose methods have drawn government scrutiny for nearly 20 years went on trial a second time for drug trafficking on Monday, and the arguments changed little from the first trial.
In opening statements in U.S. District Court, prosecutors labeled William E. Hurwitz no better than […]

Mar 25, 2007Author UnknownThe Associated Press
BROCKTON, Mass. — A growing number of young adults experimenting with the powerful painkiller OxyContin are getting hooked on heroin, triggering a spike in drug overdoses, broken lives and pressure on emergency services south of Boston.
”It is alarming,” Abington Police Chief David Majenski told The Enterprise newspaper. ”We have made […]

Mar 24, 2007By: Slavoj ZizekThe New York Times (NY)
London
Since the release of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed’s dramatic confessions, moral outrage at the extent of his crimes has been mixed with doubts. Can his claims be trusted? What if he confessed to more than he really did, either because of a vain desire to be remembered as […]

Mar 18, 2007By: Christopher StowensOnepaper.com
A doctor sits in a federal jail in Puerto Rico. Hundreds of his patients and their families on St. Thomas suddenly find themselves without medical care. Many wonder what happened.
In a well-publicized trial, a jury convicted Dr. Paul Maynard on four counts — out of a possible 170 — of prescribing […]

Mar 19, 2007EditorialFibromyalgia.com
On Thursday March 8, 2007 a jury in the Superior Court of San Diego County, California ordered Prudential Insurance Company of America to pay FM and CFS patient Darla Johnson $14 million in punitive damages.
This was in addition to an award of $982,082 in compensatory damages the jury had awarded her the previous […]

Mar 19, 2007 Author UnknownAssociated Press
The increasing use of methadone for pain relief, rather than to help people overcome addiction, has led to a sharp spike in deaths, both nationally and in Kansas.
A 2004 report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that increased prescription of methadone through pharmacies is driving the […]