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2008-11-16

Treatment of Pain and Substance Abuse

Filed under: Opiophobia, Substance Use Disorders - 16 Nov 2008

**_Review of Critical Issues Related to the Treatment of Substance Abuse and of Chronic Pain_**; Alexander DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-11-15. (Note: _one of the most popular articles here, …

2008-04-24

More Limits Sought for Schneider Bond

Filed under: Law enforcement - 24 Apr 2008

*__More Limits Sought for Schneider Bond__*; Ron Sylvester; The Wichita Eagle; 2008-04-24. [Source][source]. [Comment on/Discuss this post on PRN's Pain Forums][forum] **See also:** [**Judge Orders Schneider Released**][d1] - DeLuca on Release …

2008-04-09

Prosecutors Try to Silence Pain Activist

*__Prosecutors Try to Silence Pain Activist, Don’t Like Fair Play__*; Maia Szalavitz; The Huffington Post; 2008-04-08. Source. **See also:** [**It's About the Pain Crisis**][d1] - Siobhan Reynolds; 2008-04-04 [**Erie, PA: …

2007-12-13

USA v Dr. Martinez goes to Jury

Filed under: Law enforcement, Medicine - 13 Dec 2007

*__U.S.A. v Dr. Rosa Martinez goes to Jury - Martinez Wins__*; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn] (PRN); 2007-12-09. **See also:** [**The Chilling Effect - Pain …

2007-12-05

PRN: 4th Amendment Officially Dead

Filed under: Drug war policy, Law enforcement, Leglislation - 05 Dec 2007

*__Prescription Drug Monitoring - 4th Amendment Officially Dead__*; Siobhan Reynolds; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-12-05. —– **About:** [**Cops Become Drugstore Cowboys in VT; 4th Amendment Officially Dead**][ms1] …

2007-11-08

DEA Regulates Medicine archives

Filed under: Drug war policy, Medicine - 08 Nov 2007

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research *__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 …

2007-09-28

PRN: the Richard Paey Pardon

Filed under: Law enforcement - 28 Sep 2007

*__PRN: the Richard Paey Pardon__*; Press Release, Siobhan Reynolds; [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-09-27 **See also:**
[Paey Resources on PRN website][prnpaey] —- PRN logo (smaller

2007-08-21

Fed to Appeal Hurwitz Sentence

Filed under: Law enforcement - 21 Aug 2007

*__Federal Prosecutors to Appeal Judge Brinkema’s Sentence in Hurwitz Re-trial__*; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-08-21. **See also:** [A Win for Hurwitz, Loss for Pill …

2007-07-24

High - the video…

Filed under: Uncategorized - 24 Jul 2007

_**The trailer for the documentary, ‘High - the true tale of American Marijuana’**_; [Official website][high-off]; [Source: YouTube][yt-high]; posted: 2007-07-24.
**See also:
_[The Chilling Effect][tce]_**, a video documentary by Siobhan Reynolds

— This trailer is interesting enough and fun in it’s own …

2007-06-26

AG Tom Corbett Bags Another Dangerous Doc

Filed under: Drug war policy, Law enforcement - 26 Jun 2007

From Those Wonderful People Who Brought You the ‘Heberle Perp Poster’…; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis; Pain Relief Network; 2007-06-26.

From a Pennsylvania county infamous for the reckless mis-prosecutions of physicians, Erie County, comes this news item: “West …

2007-05-11

OxyCon’ed Again; and, ‘The Truth About OxyContin…’

Filed under: Uncategorized - 11 May 2007

OxyCon’ed One More Time; and, ‘The Truth…’; Alex DeLuca, M.D., MPH; War on Doctors / Pain Crisis; 2007-05-11.

Here we go again. [very deep sigh]

”With its OxyContin, Purdue unleashed a highly abusable, addictive, and potentially dangerous drug on an unsuspecting and …

2007-05-06

More Excellent Journalism on Retrial of Dr. Hurwitz

Filed under: Uncategorized - 06 May 2007

More Excellent Journalism on Retrial of Dr. Hurwitz; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis; 2007-05-06. The quality of the journalism on the retrial of Dr. William Hurwitz has been outstanding. Tierney, Sullum, Borden, Balko, Szalavitz and …

2007-04-14

Dr. Heberle Vindicated!

Filed under: Uncategorized - 14 Apr 2007

Vindicated Doctor Returns to Medicine (full text); David Bruce; Erie Times-News; 2007-04-05. Source. Excerpt: “The community spoke when the jury acquitted Dr. Heberle and he deserves a chance like any member of the …

2007-04-07

The Controlled Drinking Debates…

Filed under: Uncategorized - 07 Apr 2007

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research

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

2007-04-06

Abstinence vs. Harm Reduction - a False Dichotomy

Filed under: Uncategorized - 06 Apr 2007

*__Abstinence vs. Harm Reduction - a False Dichotomy__*; by Alexander DeLuca, M.D., FASAM, August 2000. **See also:**
[12 Steps Back][bc] - Szalavitz; Brills Content; 2001
[Controlled Drinking Debates][cdd]; Hersey; 2001
[Abstinence vs. Harm …

2006-08-30

The Accidental Drug Trafficker

Filed under: Uncategorized - 30 Aug 2006

The Accidental Drug Trafficker (full text) Jacob Sullum; ReasonOnline; 2006-08-30. Source Excerpt: “[Sullum repudiates] prosecutions that treat doctors’ errors in judgment as felonies… Docs who err on the side of trusting their patients risk their licenses and their livelihoods. They should not …

2006-08-20

Troubles Linger for Acquitted Doctor Heberle…

Filed under: Uncategorized - 20 Aug 2006

Troubles Linger for Acquitted Doctor Heberle (full text) Lisa Thompson; Erie Times-News; 2006-05-30. Comment (DeLuca): A follow-up on Dr. Heberle and his family months after his complete exoneration by jury trial. It is a Pyrrhic victory. He has incurred tremendous debt, is …

2006-06-03

"The Doctor Wasn’t Cruel Enough" - How One Physician Escaped the Panic Over Prescription Drugs

Filed under: Uncategorized - 03 Jun 2006

‘The Doctor Wasn’t Cruel Enough’ (full text) Maia Szalavitz; Reason Online; 2006-06-02. Posted: 2006-06-03. Source Excerpt: “Usually, the media buy the tale of evil substances and vile physician-pushers. But Reynolds (of the Pain Relief Network) offered a more compelling alternative …

2006-03-29

Judge Clips Jail Time for Myrtle Beach Drug Doctors

Filed under: Uncategorized - 29 Mar 2006

Judge Clips Jail Time for Myrtle Beach Drug Doctors (full text) Kenneth Gailliard; The Sun News, Myrtle Beach Online; 2006-03-28. Excerpt: “A federal judge [Houck] on Monday slashed prison sentences for three former doctors from a now-closed Myrtle Beach pain clinic where …