Education & Resources
Read Before You Bleed
Published work that can help patients stay alive and doctors stay out of jail. Free CME courses, key papers, videos, and ongoing educational resources.
Free CME Courses
CDC & VA Opioid Guidelines: Errors of Science and Fact
Identifies major errors of science and fact incorporated into the US CDC and Veterans Administration 2022 guidelines on prescription of opioids.
Access Course →ASIPP 2023 Consensus Guidelines on Opioids in Chronic Pain
Trains clinicians and nurses on the recommendations of the 2023 Consensus Guidelines of the American Society for Interventional Pain Physicians.
Access Course →Key Papers & Publications
Uncovering the Largest Healthcare Fraud in History
Richard "Red" Lawhern, PhD — DocToks Special Video
American Style Secret Skullduggery — Fatal Flaws of NarxCare
Richard A. Lawhern, PhD — Journal Article
Oversight on Revision of US CDC Guidelines: A Process Pre-Destined to Fail
Richard A. Lawhern, PhD — Nursing and Hospital Care, 2023
The Two Opioid Crises — Problems, Causes, and Potential Solutions
Steven E. Nadeau, MD and Richard A. Lawhern, PhD — Medical Research Archives, European Society of Medicine, 2023
Opioid Trials — Time for a New Approach
Nadeau SE, DelRocco N, Wu SS — Journal Article, 2022
A Two-Headed Monster — State AGs and the DEA
Monty Goddard — Daily Remedy, 2023
US Opioid History — How Politics Replaced Science in Pain Care
Lawhern RA and Nadeau SE — KevinMD, 2026
Doctors to Blame or Not to Blame? Patients to Suffer or Not to Suffer?
Kayvan Haddadan, MD and Richard A. Lawhern, PhD — Clinical Medicine and Health Research Journal, 2026
Politics and Fear Have Replaced Science in US Pain Management
Richard A. Lawhern, PhD (interview with Dr. Kevin Pho) — KevinMD Podcast, 2026
The Truth About Short-Term Opioid Prescribing and Opioid Use Disorder
Kayvan Haddadan, MD — KevinMD, 2026
Opiophobia: Misinformation, Misconceptions, Misrepresentations, Perspectives, and Consequences
Multiple authors (shared by Dr. Stephen Nadeau) — ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, 2026
Resources & Tools
After Action Reports
Session summaries from our educational Zoom sessions.