Jun 25, 2008
By: Alex Deluca
Pain Relief Network
Dr. Schneider’s pretrial motions to dismiss on constitutional grounds, and his motions for abstention have been filed, as has the Government’s opposition to those motions, and Dr. Schneider’s response to the Government’s opposition. As I understand it, now we wait for rulings by the Judge[...]
Jun 25, 2008
By: Donna Gordon Blankinship
The Associated Press
SEATTLE — A pain treatment advocacy group filed suit Wednesday in federal court to challenge the restrictions Washington state officials have put on prescription pain medication[...]
Jun 18, 2008
By: Roxana Hegeman
The Associated Press
WICHITA, Kan. - A federal judge is delaying the evidentiary hearing for a Kansas nurse accused of running a “pill mill” with her husband[...]
Jun 11, 2008
By: Steven Walker and Ronald Trowbridge
The Wall Street Journal
The recent news that Sen. Ted Kennedy has brain cancer sharply focuses national attention on the tragedy of all forms of cancer. The senator has a malignant glioma so difficult to treat that half of those diagnosed with it die within a year, and nearly all are dead within two years[...]
Jun 14, 2008
By: Damien Cave
The New York Times
MIAMI — From “Scarface” to “Miami Vice,” Florida’s drug problem has been portrayed as the story of a single narcotic: cocaine. But for Floridians, prescription drugs are increasingly a far more lethal habit[...]
Jun 13, 2008
By: Roxana Hegeman
The Associated Press
A retired Oklahoma doctor pleaded guilty in an Internet pharmacy case because he was guilty, and not because the government was threatening to prosecute his cancer-stricken wife, a federal judge in Wichita ruled Thursday[..]
