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2008-08-07

Pain Crisis: Chickens Come Home to Roost

Filed under: Drug war policy, Opioid therapy, Opiophobia, Pain Crisis - 07 Aug 2008

*__Pain Crisis: Chickens Come Home to Roost__*; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2008-08-07. Modified: 2008-08-08. **Permalink:** http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/chickenroost/ **In Reference To:** **_Source …

2008-07-14

Should “Alcohol Abuse” Mean Untreated Pain?

Filed under: Medicine, Opioid therapy, Substance Use Disorders - 14 Jul 2008

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research *__Should Alcohol Abusers Not be Treated for Pain?__*; Alexander DeLuca, M.D., MPH; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; …

2008-04-16

An Ethical Analysis of the Barriers to Effective Pain Management

Filed under: Drug war policy, Medicine, Opiophobia - 16 Apr 2008

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed ResearchAn Ethical Analysis of the Barriers to Effective Pain Management (Introduction and link to full text pdf) - Ben A. Rich; Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, …

2008-03-31

Wanted: A Public Health Approach to Prescription Opioid Abuse and Diversion

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed ResearchWanted: A Public Health Approach to Prescription Opioid Abuse and Diversion (PDF) David E. Joranson and Aaron M. Gilson; Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety; 15(9): 632-634; 2006.
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2007-11-15

The Purdue Plea Deal: Power Gets Its Way

Filed under: Drug war policy - 15 Nov 2007

*__The Purdue Plea Deal: Power Gets Its Way__*; by **Siobhan Reynolds**; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-07-25. — Purdue Pharma was coerced, under threat of destruction by the U.S. Department …

2007-08-31

Weird Drug War Video #2

Filed under: Uncategorized - 31 Aug 2007

*__Use Your Eyes - Residence Investigation__* (1960’s police training film); Unknown filmmaker; Unknown creation date. Posted: 2007-08-31. **See also:**
[PRN in ‘World of Pain’… Videos][wopv] —- Thanks to [Stumblers][su]: [maeve23][maev] and …

2007-07-16

Chronic Pain in Veterans

Filed under: Medicine, Opioid therapy - 16 Jul 2007

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research

The Treatment of Chronic Pain in Veterans - a Brief Review; Testimony: House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security; Alex DeLuca; …

2007-06-28

When Pain is Chronic

Filed under: Pain Crisis - 28 Jun 2007

When Pain is Chronic; Siobhan Reynolds; LTE published 2007-05-13 in response to John Tierney’s “A Taste of His Own Medicine” published 2007-05-06; New York Times. SOURCE

To the Editor:

John Tierney (”A Taste of His Own …

2007-06-20

Prohibita-chloride Really Works!

Filed under: Uncategorized - 20 Jun 2007

Prohibita-chloride Really Works; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis; 2007-06-20.

And now we pause for a moment of enjoyment and laughter.

Thank you to Mr. James Stacks for making me aware of Incarcerex, and for making this informative video …

2007-06-19

Future Docs Give USA Fair Warning about Pain…

Filed under: Uncategorized - 19 Jun 2007

Future Docs Give USA Fair Warning - We Get the Doctoring We Deserve; Alexander DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis; 2007-06-19.

God Bless John Tierney.

Tina Rosenberg wrote an article in the June 17, 2007 NYTimes Sunday Magazine entitled “When is a …

2007-05-30

Utah / Feds Boldly Move Toward Solution to Addiction

Filed under: Drug war journalism, Law enforcement, Pain Crisis - 30 May 2007

Utah and Federal Law Enforcement Collaborate Towards a Final Solution to the Prescription Drug Abuse Plague; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors / Pain Crisis; 2007-05-30. Revised: 2007-05-31.

From Salt Lake City comes this article: Does Doc Bust Mean Crime …

2007-05-23

Jesus Implicated in ‘Prescription Drug Addiction’

Filed under: Uncategorized - 23 May 2007

Jesus Implicated in ‘Prescription Drug-Addiction’; Alexander DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis; 2007-05-22.

Jesus died for somebody’s sins; but not mine - Patti Smith

From: “Ascension Demonstrates the Possibility Now“; ReformedCatholic; 2007-05-21.

Jesus… stands in solidarity with our humaity (sic)… …

From ‘An Obligation to Relieve Suffering’ to ‘A Duty to Abandon’

Filed under: Opioid therapy, Pain Crisis - 23 May 2007

The Moral and Ethical Obligation of  Physicians To Relieve Suffering Has Become a Duty to Abandon, Under Threat of Drug War Prosecution; Alexander DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis; 2007-05-20.

I am sick to heart over this item from the L.A. …

2007-04-07

The Controlled Drinking Debates…

Filed under: Uncategorized - 07 Apr 2007

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The Controlled Drinking Debates: A Review of Four Decades of Acrimony
Brook Hersey, Psy.D., April 2001. …

2006-07-15

Desperate Florida Gov. Candidate Gallagher Strikes Out Unjustly at Dr. Merrill to Distract from Crippled Campaign

Filed under: Uncategorized - 15 Jul 2006

Candidate Gallagher Strikes Out Unjustly at Dr. Merrill (full text) John P. Flannery; Pain Relief Network press release; 2006-07-01. Excerpt: ‘Florida,’ Flannery said, ‘has a policy of intimidating any doctor who would dare to help chronic pain patients, and [the prescribing doc] …

2006-02-06

An Evaluation of Fitness-for-Duty Testing (Revised)

Filed under: Drug war policy, Substance Use Disorders - 06 Feb 2006

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An Evaluation of Fitness-for-Duty Testing (full text) - Debra R. Comer; 103rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, NY; 1995-08-15.

Comment (DeLuca):
Excellent, important, review of …