Santa Fe , New Mexico

Pain Relief Network was founded in 2002 in response to the Bush Administration's crackdown on pain treating physicians. The Department of Justice launched its "Oxycontin Action Plan" in response to a DEA press campaign that asserted that Purdue Pharmaceuticals had unleashed an "epidemic" of drug abuse across the country, particularly in rural Appalachia. Today, millions of Americans live in chronic pain, without adequate access to prescription pain medications, because their doctors are too afraid of being harassed. Our Mission is: First, to come to understand the legal and procedural mechanisms that resulted in certain conviction. Second, to alert the media as to what was going on and third, to help, as much as possible, with our limited resources, the private attorneys who became involved in these overwhelming cases. We were unable to hire our own attorneys due to a lack of funding. [view full description]