Pain Relief Network

Siobhan Reynolds was born and raised in Santa Monica CA.  She graduated with a BA in Political Science from Pitzer College, one of the Claremont Colleges, and received her MA in Liberal Education from Saint John's College in Santa Fe NM.  Her Master's degree, from the Actor's Studio Program in New York City, is in […]

Apr 30, 2007By: Maia SzalavitzHuffingtonpost.com
According to a jury in Virginia, a doctor can genuinely believe he is treating pain by prescribing opioids, have no intent to sell drugs, make no money at it and otherwise behave as a compassionate healer — and still deserve to go to prison like a street pusher a result.
That's the […]

Apr 24, 2007By: John TierneyNew York Times (NY)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – After deliberating for seven days in federal court here, a jury late this afternoon found Dr. William Hurwitz guilty on 16 counts of drug trafficking. Dr. Hurwitz, whose legal battles over his opioid prescriptions made him a hero to some chronic-pain patients, was not convicted […]

Apr 24, 2007By: John TierneyNew York Times (NY)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. —William E. Hurwitz, the prominent doctor on trial here for drug trafficking, spent more than two days on the witness stand last week telling a jury why he had prescribed painkillers to patients who turned out to be drug dealers and addicts. But the clearest explanation […]

Apr 23, 2007By: John TierneyNew York Times (NY)
I hope the jurors now deliberating the fate of Dr. William Hurwitz take a look at one of the exhibits in the case, a rumination he posted in a chat room in December of 2001. He was wrestling with the same question now facing the jury: What should […]

Apr 23, 2007By: Antonio Maria CostaWashington Post (DC)
Something strange is going on in the global opium market, and it could spell trouble.
Opium is a commodity — an illegal commodity, but it should still be subject to the normal rules of supply and demand.    Annual demand for opium is approximately 4,500 tons. Last year a record […]