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The Bait of Satan Must End

by Linda Cheek, MD | Aug, Wed, 2023 | Advocacy | 4 comments

We are supposed to be a nation who believes in God—the one true God—but as a nation and as individuals, we don’t follow His instructions. That has led us down a dark path (the bait of Satan) and God is not with us. I’m not just pointing a finger, because I am also...

Debate on How to End the War on Opioids: CSA or CDC?

by Linda Cheek, MD | Aug, Thu, 2023 | Advocacy | 1 comment

Red Lawhern is a fantastic patient advocate, a fantastic writer and speaker, and a wellspring of knowledge and faithful support of pain patients over many years. I will have more of his credentials on the News page as we go forward. I have known Red as long as I’ve...

Meeting With Your Legislator

by Linda Cheek, MD | Feb, Fri, 2023 | Advocacy | 0 comments

The chronic pain patient that responded to my call to action about our communicatiion campaign sent me a wonderful email on how she suggests to others how to go about communicating with legislators. Her general comments about communicating can be found in the post...

Communicating with Your Legislator

by Linda Cheek, MD | Feb, Thu, 2023 | Advocacy | 0 comments

In response to my Communication Campaign, I received an email from a chronic pain patient. Her directions for communicating with legislators is very good. She gave me permission to share. They are here as a post, and then I will also put them on the Communication...

Communication Campaign

by Linda Cheek, MD | Feb, Tue, 2023 | Advocacy | 2 comments

I’m going to try one last time to get people to do what is needed to stop the government attacks on opioids, pain management, doctors, and chronic pain patients. I tried this in 2020 without luck. It takes thousands of communications to legislators to get their...

Join Me on Clubhouse to End the War on Drugs

by Linda Cheek, MD | Oct, Mon, 2022 | Advocacy | 0 comments

Instructions to get connected on Clubhouse. People have reported to me that they have had some difficulty getting connected on Clubhouse. So here are some instructions that I hope will help. These are for what I see using my iPhone. I do not know if the picture...