Dec 29, 2006
By: Jamie Satterfield
The Knoxville News Sentinel (TN)
A Knoxville doctor accused of peddling powerful pain-killing pills surrendered his license to dispense legal dope Thursday.
Sanford K. Myers appeared before U.S. District Magistrate Judge Bruce Guyton Thursday and voluntarily surrendered his U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration certificate that authorized the Knoxville physician to issue prescriptions for narcotic [...]
Dec 28, 2006
By: Donna Leinwand
USA TODAY
Federal agents say they have shut down an Internet pharmacy operation and arrested four people who allegedly sold millions of dollars of illegally prescribed drugs to customers across the nation.
Drug Enforcement Administration agents are still seeking four doctors from Puerto Rico who allegedly wrote the prescriptions based on Internet health [...]
Dec 26, 2006
By: Greg Krikorian
The Los Angeles Times
In three current high-profile criminal cases, federal prosecutors have asked that the identities of Israeli government witnesses be withheld from defendants and their attorneys — a move some legal scholars see as a highly unusual end run around the 6th Amendment.
Defense attorneys in all three cases have argued, [...]
Dec 25, 2006
By: Joe Cantlupe
Copley News Service
Not back-alley drug dealers. Not Internet pharmacies. Not doctors.
It’s your Aunt Betsy.
Friends and family are becoming key suppliers of prescription drugs to patients, say government officials, who are preparing major educational campaigns to stem what they call a significant problem.
Officials say the sharing of the prescription drugs, which are [...]
Dec 22, 2006
By George Brennan
The Cape Cod Times (MA)
HYANNIS - One patient, who allegedly stole prescription pads and made counterfeit copies, called Dr. Rahul Chaturvedi’s office threatening to come in with a machine gun and blow people away.
Another patient got so unruly in the waiting room that police were called to restore order.
Chaturvedi says his [...]
Jan 1, 2003
Press Release
Painreliefnetwork.org
Pain Relief Network (PRN) was formed to oppose the Federal Government crackdown on the treatment of chronic pain. We have raised awareness of this issue in the media, and developed and implemented a Clinical Litigation Project.
People in severe chronic pain are the most disenfranchised and voiceless minority in America today. They exist [...]
