DEA Regulates Medicine archives

Archived: “The DEA’s Regulation of Medicine” hearings, House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security - 2007-07-12; Pain Relief Network Testimony and Related Documents; War on Docs/Pain Crisis ; 2007-11-08.

Table of Contents
Introduction // PRN Testimony // Interviews // Supplemental Materials // Other Witnesses

Introduction

Before too much time passes and too many documents get misplaced, I wanted to archive the relevant links and PRN testimony and related documents and media concerning these hearings for future reference. What follows can be considered a superset of PRN’s Congressional Record page.

Testimony Submitted by PRN

Testimony of Siobhan Reynolds - Founder and President, Pain Relief Network, July 12, 2007 House Judiciary Committee on DEA Oversight: “The DEA’s Regulation of Medicine“

Testimony of John Flannery - Attorney, Campbell, Miller, Zimmerman, PC

The Treatment of Chronic Pain in Veterans - A. DeLuca; 2007. Submitted by Dr. DeLuca. Includes story of PRN member, combat veteran, and chronic pain patient James Fernandez, who was present at the hearing.

Prosecution of Physicians for Prescribing Opioids to Patients - Reidenberg and Willis; 2007. Submitted by Dr. Reidenberg
 

Contemporaneous Interviews

Video interview with Siobhan Reynolds - AP: World of Pain; Aug. 2007

Video interview with James Fernandez - AP: World of Pain; Aug. 2007

Audio interview with Siobhan Reynolds - WVWI radio; May 2007
 

Supplemental Materials made Available to the Subcommittee:

The War on Doctors and the Pain Crisis - A. DeLuca; 2004/2007.

National Assoc. of Attorneys General to DEA - Comment on the Dispensing of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain - January 2005.

NAAG to DEA - FINAL COMMENT on the Dispensing of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain - March 2005.

When is a Doctor a Drug Pusher? - Tina Rosenberg; New York Times Magazine cover; 2007-06-17.
Related document: Letters to the Editor of the New York Times Magazine regarding this Tina Rosenberg article.

Pain Doctor and Patient Advocates Get a Congressional Hearing… Finally - Phil Smith; Drug War Chronicles #494; 2007.

Pain Management Pitfalls - Ron Lechnyr, PHD, DSW; Practical Pain Management; 2005.

Why Not a National Institute on Pain Research? - Maia Szalavitz, and Kathleen M. Foley; Dana Foundation; 2006.

Prescription Pain Medications - aka “THE DEA FAQ” - DEA, Last Acts, and the Wisconsin Pain and Policy Studies Group; published August 2004. (withdrawn by DEA shortly thereafter)

Drug Crime Is a Source of Abused Pain Medications in the United States -Joranson and Gilson; Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; 2005.
Related Document: Commentary on “Drug Crime is a Source of Abused Pain Medications in the United States” - Passik; 2005.

Oxycodone Involvement in Drug Abuse Deaths: A DAWN-Based Classification Scheme Applied to an Oxycodone Postmortem Database Containing Over 1000 Cases - Cone et al.; J. Analytic Toxicology; 2003.

Treating Doctors as Drug Dealers The DEA’s War on Prescription Painkillers -Libby; Cato Policy Analysis #545; 2005.

Letter to Judge Wexler Re: US v. William Eliot Hurwitz - Sean Greenwood; (deceased) Co-Founder, Pain Relief Network; 2005.

Chronic Pain in America: Roadblocks To Relief - Report to the American Pain Society; 1999.

PRN Letter to DEA Administrator Karen Tandy - PRN President, Siobhan Reynolds; 2004.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SIXTH CIRCUIT; PAUL H. VOLKMAN, MD, PhD, PETITIONER

Letter to the NY Times - PRN President, Siobhan Reynolds; 2006.
 

Other Witness Testimony

Testimony of Valerie Corral, Founder, Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM)

Testimony of Edward J. Heiden Ph.D., Heiden Associates Inc.

Testimony of Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Dept. Asst. Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, DEA, DOJ, USA

Testimony of David Murray, M.D., Director of Counter Drug Technology, ONDCP, The White House

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