The Pain Relief Network » News http://painreliefnetwork.org Wed, 04 May 2011 23:18:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Outspoken Activist’s Case Becomes Tangled in Secrets http://painreliefnetwork.org/outspoken-activist%e2%80%99s-case-becomes-tangled-in-secrets.php/ http://painreliefnetwork.org/outspoken-activist%e2%80%99s-case-becomes-tangled-in-secrets.php/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:26:06 +0000 Tami http://painreliefnetwork.org/?p=2434 By Adam Liptak
Nov 1, 2010
The New York Times


Last week, I asked a lawyer from a libertarian group for a copy of a brief it had filed in a First Amendment case. Sounding frustrated and incredulous,…

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By: Jacob Sullum
Reason.com


Last week Kansas physician Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda, who worked as a nurse in his practice, were sentenced to 30 and 33 years, respectively, for painkiller prescriptions the…

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By LINDA DEUTSCH


The Associated Press


LOS ANGELES — A pain-management doctor testified Wednesday that Anna Nicole Smith was not a drug addict, rebuffing a prosecutor who suggested the model’s prescriptions for 1,500 pills in a single…

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By: Roxana Hegeman
The Associated Press


WICHITA, Kan. – Siobhan Reynolds has spent years crusading on behalf of chronic pain patients – testifying before Congress, suing government drug regulators and speaking out against what she…

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Jul 9,2010


Press Conference and Argument: US Federal CourtSeattle, Washington
When: Monday, July 12th 2010 at 1:00pm


PRN TAKES ON THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
National Advocacy Group Working to End…

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By: Ron Sylvester
The Wichita Eagle


An internationally recognized researcher on drug toxicology told jurors that it’s impossible to say why patients of a former Haysville doctor died.


Steven Karch testified Monday that the deaths…

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By: John Stossel
Fox Business Network



In this week’s show “Hands Off My Meds” (re-airing tonight at 10pm ET, Saturday at 7pm ET, and Sunday at 11pm ET), I ask: Why does…

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By: Karen McCowan
The Register-Guard
An Oregon native is honored for her work to help others in pain


Most people would not use the word “gift” to describe a diagnosis of not one but…

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By: Jacob Sullum
Dec 9, 2009


This week the Institute for Justice and the Reason Foundation (which publishes Reason magazine and Reason Online) filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Siobhan Reynolds, the pain…

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Nov 5, 2009
By John Tierney


Chronic pain affects more than 70 million Americans, which makes it more widespread than heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined. It costs the economy more than $100 billion…

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