Pain Relief Network

Apr 23, 2008By: Jacob SullumThe New York Times
Smoking marijuana isn't a harbinger of ruinBy Jacob Sullum
According to the federal government's survey data, at least half of American adults born after Word War II have tried marijuana. Because people may not be completely candid about illegal behavior even in a confidential survey, the true percentage is […]

May 1, 2008
By: Radley Balko
Reason Magazine
How police harassment, jailhouse snitches, and a runaway war on drugs imprisoned an innocent family

Ann Colomb scoops a plastic cup of corn from a white pail in her backyard and pours it onto the sod at her feet. A few dozen scraggly chickens scatter as the corn hits the ground, then gather back into a flock to peck up the kernels […]

Apr 4, 2008
By: Siobhan Reynolds
PRN
On March 28th, this paper published an article in which the writer convicted Dr. Schneider and his wife prior to trial, condemned the Kansas Board of Healing Arts as negligent for failing to stop the Schneiders, and characterized myself and my organization, Pain Relief Network, as advocating public suicide by patients who have been victimized by the US Government’s heavy-handed attack on the Schneider clinic […]

Jul 27, 2007By: Fred ThompsonFredfile.com

PRN has posted this article for information purposes only.  It does not signify support for any public candidate or political party.
The Framers drew their design for our Constitution from a basic understanding of human nature. From the wisdom of the ages and from fresh experience, they understood the better angels […]

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. […]

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 […]