Tag Archives: pain management

Remembering a Drug Activist: Siobhan Reynolds: 1961-2011

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

I didn’t keep up with my drug-related news over the holidays. I didn’t check Facebook or read any blogs. My mother was in town, and I was playing tourist. What could possibly happen, anyway, I thought, with legislators on holiday … Continue reading →

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The Elephant in the Newsroom: Drug Policy and Michele Bachmann’s Migraines

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Ed. Note–This post originally appeared on August 1. We removed it briefly while pursuing an opportunity to speak with Rep. Bachmann about the questions posed below. Unfortunately, the Bachmann camp did not respond to our query. We welcome readers’ insights … Continue reading →

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We Are the Drug War: Prohibition as Success

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

In her final guest post for Points, Siobhan Reynolds asserts that the oft-repeated claim that the War on Drugs has failed should be reassessed from the point of view of those who profit from its outcomes. Looked at from that … Continue reading →

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Bound by Law? Questioning the “Lobster Trap” of the Controlled Substances Act

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

In her fourth in a six-post series for Points, Siobhan Reynolds reviews the policies and judicial precedents that leave doctors unwilling to prescribe opioids to patients in pain. Reynolds focuses in particular on how federal control of the medical profession … Continue reading →

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Abusive Treatment: Drug Prohibition and the Erosion of the Doctor/Patient Relationship

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

In her third guest post for Points, pain relief activist Siobhan Reynolds traces the unraveling of the doctor-(pain)patient relationship under drug prohibition. Perhaps the most disturbing consequence of opium prohibition, and the one least talked about in polite company, is the … Continue reading →

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Cops and Doctors: The Hidden Drug War

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

Siobhan Reynolds’ most recent guest post to this blog does an outstanding job of making the case that we (meaning both society writ large and the medical profession more generally) have utterly failed to address problems of chronic pain, and … Continue reading →

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Getting Relief in Wartime: Opioids, Pain Management, and the War on Drugs

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

In her second guest post for Points, pain relief activist Siobhan Reynolds looks at the ways in which drug war hysteria has warped public and political perceptions of pain management prescribing practices.   On April 20, the FDA, the DEA … Continue reading →

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