Jun 24, 2005
Author Unknown
The Billings Gazette (MT)
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) war without quarter against what it sees as corrupt, pill-dealing physicians who are fueling a crisis in prescription drug abuse came to Montana last month. But with the raid on Billings physician Dr. Richard A. Nelson, who has been treating patients with opioids for [...]
Jun 18, 2005
By: Brad Fjeldheim
The Billings Gazette (MT)
More than 30 people crowded outside of Max Baucus’ downtown office Friday afternoon in hopes of giving the senator faces to place with the names on the dozens of letters his office has received since April from chronic-pain patients.
“These are people,” said Greg Wilkinson, a pain sufferer. “They [...]
Jun 15, 2005
By: Diane Cochran
The Billings Gazette (MT)
The Drug Enforcement Administration unfairly targets doctors who prescribe narcotic painkillers - including a Billings neurologist - as a means to justify its existence to the federal government, said a national chronic pain management advocate during a visit to Billings on Wednesday.
“What the DEA does is sell drug [...]
