by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Thu, 2022 | Advocacy |
The Parable of the River One day a group of villagers was working in the fields by a river. Suddenly someone noticed a baby floating downstream. A woman rushed out and rescued the baby, brought it to shore and cared for it. During the next several days, more babies...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Oct, Thu, 2021 | Advocacy |
I am updating posts on attacke medical providers that have been on Doctorsofcourage.org since our creation in 2016. Some of these providers have been sentenced, went to prison and are now free to join the fight. But they haven’t. Some were even lucky enough to be...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Nov, Mon, 2020 | Advocacy |
On November 6, 2020, an article by Malini Ghoshal, Hanna Shapiro, Knox Todd, and Michael E. Schatman was published in the Journal of Pain Research. In the article, they point out the blatant discrimination against Blacks, Indians, and People of Color (BIPOC) who seek...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Nov, Mon, 2020 | Advocacy |
This is the wave we need to use in our fight. We need to accept the fact that pain patients won’t work together, and use other organizations to get the job done. The current wave of acceptance of marijuana and cannabis is one such wave. This election, Oregon passed...
by Jeffrey Young, FNP | Apr, Wed, 2020 | Advocacy |
I put the book down and laid back on my bunk staring out the sliver of window carved out in my cell wall. The part of the sky I could see was gray, much like mood. It began to rain. It was as if the heavens had opened pouring tears on the compound to match those...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jul, Mon, 2018 | Advocacy |
On July 31, 2007, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing entitled “Evaluating the Propriety and Adequacy of the Oxycontin Criminal Settlement” Siobhan Reynolds testified. This testimony proves that Congress knows that drugs don’t cause addiction, but they...