Jan 29, 2005
By: M. Szalavitz
New Scientist
If you are one of the tens of millions of people who suffer from chronic pain, the last Christmas and New Year holiday was probably one you’d rather forget. In recent months, some of the latest, most promising painkillers have been pulled from the market because of safety concerns, and [...]
Jan 29, 2005
By: Francine Sawyer
Sun Journal (NC)
With federal authorities seizing patient histories, computers and files from a New Bern physician, patients of Dr. Michael Nunn are speaking out in defense of the doctor.
Nunn’s Community Wellness Center at 750 McCarthy Blvd. was shut down Tuesday after a federal agent from the U.S. Department of Health and [...]
Jan 28, 2005
Author Unknown
Stopthedrugwar.org
One of the final chapters in the Tulia scandal was written two weeks ago when undercover police officer Tom Coleman was convicted of perjury after a sting that sent more than three dozen black residents of the small Texas panhandle town to prison. In a case that became a national example of [...]
Jan 27, 2005
By: Radley Balko
Foxnews.com
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that if you’re pulled over by the police for speeding or, say, not wearing your seatbelt, they may bring out drug-sniffing dogs to investigate your car without violating the Fourth Amendment.
On the Volokh Conspiracy blog, Orin Kerr observes that Justice John Paul Stevens (search), [...]
Jan 25, 2005
Author Unknown
Jet TV Action News
The local doctor found guilty of illegally prescribing painkillers to his patients learned his fate today. Dr. David Klees will spend the next 12 to 24 years in prison followed by probation.
During his November trial, the prosecution convinced the jury that Klees was prescribing strong painkillers, such as Oxycontin, [...]
Jan 17, 2005
By: Catherine Arnst
BusinessWeek
New drugs aimed at specific neuron targets promise relief from chronic agony
The 50 million Americans suffering from chronic pain got a little bit of good news in December — but just a little. Amid a flood of reports linking existing painkillers with cardiovascular problems, the Food & Drug Administration greenlighted two [...]
