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• Virginia Pain Doctor Convicted

  February 28th, 2013 by Pat Anson, Editor

  A Virginia doctor could spend the rest of her life in prison after being convicted of illegally prescribing painkillers to her patients. A jury in Roanoke federal court found Linda Cheek guilty of 172 counts of prescribing drugs without a…

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• The Government’s War on Pain Doctors: One Physician’s Story

  September 20th, 2012 by Linda Cheek MD, Guest Columnist

  Editor’s Note: Linda Cheek  is a family practice and alternative medicine physician in southwest Virginia. In June, Cheek pleaded not guilty to a 173-count federal indictment accusing her of distributing oxycodone and other painkillers without a valid certificate from the…

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