Jul 18, 2007By: Ken MooreThe Connection Newspapers (VA)Things are not always what they seem. Before the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned Dr. William E. Hurwitz's 50 convictions and 25-year prison sentence, remanding the case back to federal court in Alexandria, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema thought the amount of drugs prescribed by the McLean pain doctor [...]
Jul 16, 2007By: Maia SzalavitzHuffington Post (VA)Dr. William Hurwitz was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for being a drug dealer, not a pain doctor. That's an improvement on the 25 year sentence he received at his first trial. But it's still unclear to me how the judge could sentence him to any time [...]
Jul 13, 2007 By: John FlanneryPain Relief Network
While Dr. Hurwitz and his cause would have been better and more justly served by releasing Dr. Hurwitz immediately based on the 2 1/2 years he has already spent, we have to acknowledge the great accomplishment of having had a trial so ably handled that it convinced the [...]
July 13, 2007By: John TierneyThe New York Times (NY)Dr. William Hurwitz was sentenced Friday to 57 months in prison for prescribing opioids. That’s more time than his supporters and some of the jurors were hoping for, but it’s still a major victory for him — and for the scientists who testified at the trial. The [...]
Jul 11, 2007By: Siobhan Reynolds PRN
Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Thank you for asking me to speak on the current situation facing patients in chronic pain. We come to you seeking your protection from the Drug Enforcement Administration, an agency out-of-control, an agency that has demonstrated no respect for the rights of ill [...]
