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[...]
Apr 23, 2008By: Jacob SullumThe New York TimesSmoking marijuana isn't a harbinger of ruinBy Jacob SullumAccording to the federal government's survey data, at least half of American adults born after Word War II have tried marijuana. Because people may not be completely candid about illegal behavior even in a confidential survey, the true percentage is [...]
May 1, 2008
By: Radley Balko
Reason Magazine
How police harassment, jailhouse snitches, and a runaway war on drugs imprisoned an innocent family
Ann Colomb scoops a plastic cup of corn from a white pail in her backyard and pours it onto the sod at her feet. A few dozen scraggly chickens scatter as the corn hits the ground, then gather back into a flock to peck up the kernels [...]
Apr 4, 2008
By: Siobhan Reynolds
PRN
On March 28th, this paper published an article in which the writer convicted Dr. Schneider and his wife prior to trial, condemned the Kansas Board of Healing Arts as negligent for failing to stop the Schneiders, and characterized myself and my organization, Pain Relief Network, as advocating public suicide by patients who have been victimized by the US Government’s heavy-handed attack on the Schneider clinic [...]
Jul 27, 2007By: Fred ThompsonFredfile.comPRN has posted this article for information purposes only. It does not signify support for any public candidate or political party. The Framers drew their design for our Constitution from a basic understanding of human nature. From the wisdom of the ages and from fresh experience, they understood the better angels [...]
Jan 26, 2006By: Donna KnoxRoanoke Times (VA)They slung terms like "house of death," "drug kingpin" and "fraud central." Cecil Knox waited for them to realize their mistake, but he finally grasped that U.S. Attorney John Brownlee was not vested in truth. Brownlee wanted a high-profile case to make him a hero and had chosen "Dr. [...]
