The March 10th demonstration at the Sacramento Capitol, organized by the NCAPDA, was a great opportunity to call out the California Medical Board (CMB) on their apparent unwillingness to monitor their own doctors. As one parent, James Kennedy (who is one of my radio interviews) puts it: “The fox is guarding the hen house at the CMB!” …
On my way home from the Orlando, Fl. National Rx Drug Abuse Summit, as we stood on the security checkpoint line, I got chatting with a woman next to me, a nurse. Not surprisingly, in Orlando, the conversation starter is “What brings you to Disneyworld?” In my case, it was the Rx epidemic. During the course …
I met California Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack around the time I was down in OC for the filming of my interview with the director of Behind the Orange Curtain, the documentary about the rx drug epidemic among kids in that upscale California county. When I was there I really came to understand how fortunate I am …
This month, Erin Marie Daly at OxyWatchdog.com featured me as an Oxycontin activist with an interview on her blog. You should check it out here. One of the exchanges we had went like this: Oxy Watchdog: What are your thoughts on the role of the pharmaceutical industry and the rising rates of prescription drug addiction? BD: The …
OxyWatchDog.com Brad DeHaven of Granite Bay, Calif. considered himself a typical suburban father: he coached his two boys’ soccer, baseball and football teams, helped with their homework, and did everything he could to instill a good work ethic and be a positive influence in their lives. But all that came crashing down when his older …
One thing Bradley DeHaven didn’t do after immersing himself in his son’s Oxycontin addiction is remain silent. Two years ago, the Granite Bay father helped law-enforcement agents stage an elaborate drug bust to nab a larger drug dealer in a last-ditch effort to keep his 19-year-old son out of prison. His son had started using …