He doesn’t write opioid prescriptions. He has long been involved in both Cancer Pain Initiative and the Pain Initiative Movement. He has been a guest blogger of Pain-Topics.org on a number of occasions. (For transparency, Pain-Topics.org is a web site run by Stewart Levitt, PhD with unrestricted educational grants from three pharma companies). A favorite of these blog was Bob’s review of the CDC’s report, “Vital signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers-United States, 1999-2008.”