Jan 14, 2005
By: Bob Curley
Jointogether.org
Ersatz “news” videos produced by the federal Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for broadcast by TV stations constituted “covert propaganda” and violated federal law, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has concluded.
The spots, aired in early 2004 on a number of TV stations, were staged as independently reported segments [...]
Jan 4, 2005
By: Charles K. Francis
Acponline.org
Re: Prescription Pain Medication “Frequently Asked Questions” and the Interim Policy Statement, “Dispensing of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain”
Dear Ms. Leonhart:
The American College of Physicians would like to comment on the Interim Policy Statement in the November 16, 2004 Federal Register, “Dispensing of Controlled Substances for the Treatment [...]
Author Unknown
Editorial
Jan 1, 2005
Pain sure has a big future.
The question is: Can we give it less of one?
In the United States, which has ( so we’re told ) “the world’s greatest health-care system,” we’re not all that good at managing pain.
This, one of the quietest scandals in the Western world, cannot moan its name.
Thousands with [...]
