Pain Relief Network

Self-Absorbed Prosecutor Brownlee Goes Too Far

Jan 26, 2006By: Donna KnoxRoanoke Times (VA)
They slung terms like "house of death," "drug kingpin" and "fraud central." Cecil Knox waited for them to realize their mistake, but he finally grasped that U.S. Attorney John Brownlee was not vested in truth. Brownlee wanted a high-profile case to make him a hero and had chosen "Dr. […]

Convicted St. Thomas Physician to Remain in Custody Until Sentencing

May 11, 2007By: Ananta PanchamSt. Thomas Source (V.I.)
While it is still unknown how long St. Thomas physician Paul Maynard — convicted by a jury in February on four counts of illegally prescribing pain medication to patients — will remain in jail, it was clear on Friday that he will not be out on bail pending […]

Hundreds Attend Vigil for Convicted St. Thomas Physician

May 10, 2007By: Christopher StowensThe St. Thomas Source (V.I.)
On the eve of his bail hearing and a defense request for a new trial, hundreds of supporters of convicted St. Thomas physician Paul Maynard filled Emancipation Garden for a Thursday evening vigil.
Maynard was found guilty in February on four counts of prescribing pain medication to patients […]

The Political Profiling of Elected Democratic Officials: When Rhetorical Vision Participation Runs Amok

Feb 18, 2007By: Donald C. Shields and John F. CraganEpluribusmedia.org
Our ongoing study of the Bush Justice Department (to be published in 2009) investigates the implications of the Bush/Ashcroft/Gonzales Justice Department's blended religious -fundamentalist and neo-conservative rhetorical vision. The study views the impact of the Justice Department's vision on the fight against public corruption and reveals […]

Maia Szalavitz: The Media’s Not Telling the Whole Oxycontin Story

May 11, 2007By: Maia SzalavitzHuffington Post

News that Purdue Pharma has been fined $600 million and some of its top executives criminally charged and fined for "misbranding" the painkiller Oxycontin has been treated with great glee by the media– who are rightfully happy to see that sometimes corporate irresponsibility has consequences.

Unfortunately, however, in their […]

A Clear Case of Conflict of Interest

May 9, 2007By: Whitman T. BrownePain Relief Network
The charge of conflict of interests against Attorney Kim Chisholm is not frivolous. Ms. Chisholm has known Dr. Maynard for some twenty-five years and during that time there was a point when they lived in close proximity and interacted with each other fairly frequently. Further, during the time […]