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Pill Mill Doc Case Coming to Trial in Kansas Next Month

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
- Plato (427-347 B.C.)

(WICHITA, Kansas) - Wichita, Kansas newspapers are reporting that the federal trial of a Haysville doctor and his wife on charges of illegally prescribing painkillers has been reset for April 26, 2010.

The trial of Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda Schneider, a Licensed Practical Nurse who worked for him had been scheduled to start this week but lawyers asked for more time to prepare for the trial, which is expected to last two months.

MPP Urges Discussion on Marijuana Prohibition at Secy. Clinton`s Summit in Mexico Today

Secretary of State Expected To Ignore Only Rational Solution.

(MEXICO CITY) - Today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and several other high level U.S. officials are in Mexico City for a two-day conference that will focus on ways the United States and Mexico can “break the power” of drug-trafficking organizations.

The talks come just one week after the execution-style killing of three people, including two American citizens and their unborn baby, linked to a U.S. Consulate in Mexico.

Do Today`s Addicts Attempt To Mask Their Masochism?

Clarity--like charity--truly begins at home!

(SALEM, Ore.) - During my 30-plus years as a medical social worker, I've had many clients whose diagnosis included a history of drug abuse. While no two cases are exactly the same, some parallels are often uncovered. This article reflects my observations but is by no means formal research.

The Citizens of Ohio Deserve Better in Dealing with Your Epidemic of Drugs

Gil Grissom (from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) "I tend not to believe people; they lie. The evidence never lies."

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - On February 19, I wrote an article entitled Ohio Residents Better Bar Their Windows and Hide their Daughters.

Hannibal Lecter Gets Away with Murder in Tennessee

Hannibal Lecter: Given the chance, you would deny me my life, wouldn't you?
Clarice Starling: Not your life.
Hannibal Lecter: Just my freedom. You'd take that from me...

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - A Nashville, Tennessee doctor charged in Kentucky with illegally prescribing painkillers lost his medical license for several years after fatally shooting his wife of one year and her mother after his wife filed for divorce in 1986.

At Least One Journalist Missing in Wave of Violence in Tamaulipas State

Mexico is the western hemisphere’s deadliest country for the news media, with three journalists killed since the start of the year.

(TAMAULIPAS, Mexico) - Terrors reigns in the news media in Tamaulipas, a northeastern state that borders Texas, after more violent clashes between drug traffickers and after reports – not all confirmed – of a total of eight journalists being kidnapped or disappearing.

Disciplined Physicians used as `Drug Mouthpieces` by Pharmaceutical Companies

"You can't corrupt it. And you know why? Because to corrupt it, you've got to show how corrupt you really are"
-Kojak.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - The St. Petersburg Times revealed that physicians are now marketing for drug companies, and some have jaded professional pasts.

Why are physicians involved in medical malpractice lawsuits on the payroll of pharmaceutical companies as speakers to market drugs?

DEA Marijuana Seizures Nearly Double As Marijuana Production in Mexico Grows by 35%

Officials continue to waste money on futile attempts to stem production and violence, ignoring the only solution: a regulated marijuana market

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The total amount of marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration nearly doubled from 1,539 metric tons in 2008 to 2,980 metric tons in 2009, according to numbers disclosed by the DEA as part of their budget request for 2011.

John Stossel and Truth, Justice and the American Way

Stossel buys the marketing ploy of a shrewd criminally convicted pharmaceutical company.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - This week John Stossel of ABC 20/20 fame, posted this a plug for his new TV show:

"People who are desperate to try different medicines and treatments run into a wall of FDA bureaucracy. People suffer and die because the government 'protects' us. It should protect us less and respect our liberty more."

U.S.-Mexico Drug Summit Fails to Acknowledge Obvious Solution to Violent Drug Cartels

Ending Marijuana Prohibition Would Deal Crucial Blow to Mexican Drug Cartels, Drastically Reduce Border Violence.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, high-ranking officials from the United States and Mexico concluded a three-day conference meant to outline ways the two nations could reduce the illicit drug trade-associated violence that continues to plague the U.S.-Mexican border.

Unfortunately, officials concluded their talks without making any reference to the most sensible and guaranteed strategy for reducing that violence...