Our country is in the midst of an opioid crisis which has resulted in what I call the criminalization of pain. Many people who depend on opioids and similar medications to manage pain are now finding that their access to them has been limited and they are being subjected by doctors to drug testing and … Continue reading Anita Cameron: The Criminalization of Pain
Letter: Case for ‘death with dignity’ collapses under scrutiny Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:21 pm To the editor: I write to respond to the oped by John Berkowitz and three Western Massachusetts legislators in support of assisted suicide bill H.1994 (Eagle, Sept. 11). Unsolvable problems with assisted suicide include the fact that terminal diagnoses are often wrong. … Continue reading Berkshire Eagle Published John Kelly’s Excellent Letter!
The Belgium Federal Commission on the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia in its most recent report of Belgium euthanasia statistics stated that between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017, three children died by lethal injection under the country’s euthanasia law. They were a nine year old with a brain tumor, an eleven year old … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: The Anonymous Three: Child Euthanasia in Belgium and Elsewhere
For Immediate Release September 4, 2018 Contacts: Diane Coleman 708.420.0539 Dominick Evans 937.776.6330 Not Dead Yet Urges FDA To Help People With Chronic Pain and Reject Misguided Opioid Crackdowns In response to the federal Food and Drug Administration’s request for comments on “the impacts of chronic pain, treatment approaches for chronic pain, and challenges or … Continue reading NDY Urges FDA To Help People With Chronic Pain and Reject Misguided Opioid Crackdowns
A central goal of Not Dead Yet is to voice disability opposition to legalization of assisted suicide. Therefore, people might wonder why Not Dead Yet opposes the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who has expressed views against assisted suicide. We oppose his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court because his written court opinions and expressed views threaten … Continue reading Not Dead Yet Opposes Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination To the U.S. Supreme Court
