Feb 15, 2007By: Red no moreDailykos.com
In a report released yesterday by the President's Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), our drug warriors claim that among young people, use of street drugs including cocaine and marijuana have declined. No doubt everyone will agree that a reduction in drug use by high school students is a [...]
Feb 13, 2007By: Donna LeinwandUSA TodayMethadone, a painkiller that has been used to treat heroin addicts for decades, has emerged as an increasingly popular and deadly street drug, joining narcotics such as Vicodin and OxyContin as frequently abused prescription drugs.Fatal overdoses of methadone rose at a higher rate than those involving any other narcotic from [...]
Nov 1, 2006 By: Siobhan Reynolds Journal of Opioid Management "Socrates is an evil-doer, and a curious person, who searches into things under the earth and in heaven, and he makes the worse appear the better cause; and he teaches the aforesaid doctrines to others.Socrates
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Feb 19, 2007
By: Amy Lynn Sorrel
Amednews.com
In a rare case, a Florida physician is facing criminal charges for allegedly lying about his qualifications when he testified as a medical expert witness in a medical liability case in Michigan.
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan filed perjury and fraud charges against Miami cardiovascular surgeon Alex [...]
Feb 11, 2007
By: Radley Balko
Theagitator.com
Dr. Bernard Rottschaefer, the Pittsburgh physician convicted under highly questionable circumstances of illegally prescribing painkillers was resentenced last week.
The new sentence isn’t much better — 5 years in prison for the 64-year-old man. In issuing the new sentence, the judge apparently cited many of the accusations against Rottschaefer, including the drugs-for-sex [...]
Listen to Siobhan Reynolds, President of PRN, and Linda Paey discuss the recent news regarding Richard Paey — what has happened and what is to come.
