1.0 link 46691 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/chronic-pain-abortion-and_b_46691.html Right now in Virginia, a jury is deliberating on the fate of some 30 million Americans who suffer from chronic pain. While technically, they are deciding whether or not to re-convict Dr. William Hurwitz on charges of dealing drugs rather than practicing medicine, in fact, the case has enormous implications for whether doctors will feel free to treat many chronic pain patients with the only medications that touch their pain, the opioids. The recent Supreme Court decision on "partial...

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