The Pain Relief Network

Michael Jackson, King of Pain?

Admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:48:48 +0000

Jun 28, 2009
By: Arthur Rosenfeld
Huffington Post

Details about Michael Jackson’s passing are still fuzzy, but already people are drawing conclusions about the superstar’s premature demise. One media thread has him using prescription medications in what may have been a troubling way…

Obama’s Doctor Knocks ObamaCare

Admin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:41:48 +0000

By: David Whelan,
Jun 18, 2009
Forbes.com

Dr. David Scheiner took care of Obama for 22 years. But they don’t see eye-to-eye on how to fix the health care system.

David Scheiner, an internist based in the Chicago neighborhood of Hyde Park, has a…

An excerpt from They Thought They Were Free

Admin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:19:37 +0000

The Germans, 1933-45
By: Milton Mayer

“But Then It Was Too Late”

“What no one seemed to notice,” said a colleague of mine, a philologist, “was the ever widening gap, after 1933, between the government and the people. Just think how very wide…

APF URGES YOU TO READ THIS ALERT AND TAKE ACTION TODAY!

Admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:32:30 +0000

To: All individuals and organizations who care about access to pain care in America. URGENT CALL TO ACTION! The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) may remove important pain medications from the market or could very likely limit access to certain pain medications that are currently legally prescribed to millions of Americans suffering from pain.

PRN 2009 Update

Admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:38:10 +0000

Welcome to The Pain Relief Network!

We have come to a critical moment in our work, a moment that seems to be coinciding with an unprecedented national willingness to consider drug legalization. At this moment, several areas of our work are…

Supreme Court won’t hear case of Naples doctor convicted of illegally prescribing pain killers

Admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:19:25 +0000

Jun 8, 2009
By: Liz Freeman
Naplesnews.com

NAPLES — The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a case of a Naples doctor convicted and sentenced last year for illegally dispensing pain medications.

The decision lets stand a conviction that a pain relief organization says…

Blather from Portenoy

Admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:20:37 +0000

A Youtube video of Blather from Portenoy

From The New York City Bar Association…End Drug Prohibition

Admin — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:35:02 +0000

April 1, 2009 The New York State Bar In 1994, the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Drugs and the Law concluded that the societal costs of drug prohibition are too high to justify it as a policy and called for a national dialogue on alternatives. Fifteen years later, that dialogue has not occurred, we are no closer to a drug-free society, and the problems associated with the illegal drug trade are worse than ever [...]

Letter from Terry Knight (Dr. Shaygan, Florida)

Admin — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:54:12 +0000

May 23, 2009 By: Terry Knight Pain Relief Network On February 12, 2008 I made the nearly two hour trek to Miami to see my doctor [...]

DEA Agent Lee Lucas indicted on perjury, civil rights charges; pleads not guilty

Admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:24:50 +0000

May 13, 2009
By: John Caniglia/Plain Dealer Reporter
Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND — Lee Lucas, the federal drug agent whose full-throttle approach led to major convictions and questions about his credibility, faced the toughest court appearance of his 19-year career Wednesday.

His own.

A federal grand jury…