Gallows Art: Years of Pain

Gallows Art in the War on Docs; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the Pain Relief Network; 2007-09-21. [Join the Discussion of this blog entry on the Chronic Pain Forums of PRN.]

‘Toons

The November Coalition has a wonderful collection of Toons by Paey.

Also on the above-linked page, is a poem by Richard’s daughter, Catherine, which was read aloud by Catherine at Richard’s 2007-08-08 waiver hearing, and at yesterdays clemency hearing where he was granted a full pardon by Florida Governor Charlie Crist.

But while I’m basking in relief and joy in Richard’s pardon, most of our people remain incarcerated.

This cartoon surfaced circa December 2004 just around the time of the first Hurwitz conviction. I am not able to make out the name of the author, nor do I know where it was originally published. Several people in the pain relief advocacy community have commented that the Doc in the cartoon looks more than a little like Billy Hurwitz.

The caption reads: “Whatda ya think I am Stupid, doc? Youse tryin to tell me you servin 15 years of hard time for violating a CPT code? Whatever dat is. C’mon Doc, ya killed somebody, didn’t ya? Smoked the old lady, I bet!”
 

Documentary Film

The Chilling Effect - Pain Patients in the War on Drugs; Siobhan Reynolds; On Beyond Films.
 

Images

Here are some images produced by a physician who shall remain anonymous for now. I’ve always loved these. In the first two images, Tandy drinks the kool-aid.

 

 
I think I’ll call this next series of three, “See One, Do One, Teach One:”

And now, the Photo of the Day. This is a great photograph.

This is what today looks like. Welcome home, Richard. Be at peace, Richard’s family. Thank you everyone who gave a good God damn and helped right this particular, and all too common, wrong.

Hey Richard? Hey Linda: You never gave an inch. They threw EVERYTHING at you, only because you wouldn’t crawl. You made them choke on their own insane laws. Your family did this for us. Wow - thanks. I think we owe you one lifetime of having your collective back watched. For starters.

The Paey’s have brought us a new day. Now is the time to examine the process through which this travesty occurred. Gov. Crist said so himself: “Obviously, this case cries out for a review of that process.”

Amen. Let the Truth and Reconciliation begin. We are all watching. We have millions of witnesses to call. You may begin, Florida.

No Caption Necessary
 

Story

Love’s Loss - Faye F.; 2007-09-16.
 

Poems

The Plan - Ed Swaim; 2007-09-16.

Billy’s Lament and The Appeal - two poems by Dr. Hurwitz; Federal Detention; 2005.

The truth about OxyContin from a medical point of view - DeLuca; 2001.

How to understand chronic pain - DeLuca; 2003.
 

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