Review of the outcome of the Shaygan Govt Misconduct hearings in which Dr. Shaygan’s Govt. Prosecutors concede to witness tampering and violation of discovery obligations to the defense, amongst other offenses. Link to PDF of Govt’s Response brief to Shaygan’s Motions for Sanctions.
Shaygan’s attorney Markus discovered that govt prosecutors authorized two witnesses to surreptitiously record conversations with the defense team and attempt to bribe Markus, and failed to disclose that the witnesses were paid, confidential informants for the DEA. U.S. District Judge Gold said there were “flagrant violations” of basic rules by Shaygan’s prosecutors, and that “important safeguards were not met.” An order from Gold is expected in a few weeks.
Wow. To win acquittal on federal drug trafficking charges is very difficult and very rare, as I have [discussed before][rm]. A resounding win is almost unheard of. I will be very interested in the outcome of the prosecutorial misconduct case being brought by Dr. Shaygan’s defense attorney, Mr. Markus.
I am republishing these “Principles of Opioid Management of Pain“, by Dr. Joel Hochman, et al., because of the explosion of deeply flawed and misguided “Guidelines” for pain management in recent years. This document stands alone in meeting the (textbook, ‘responsible physician’) standard for pain management while not violating core ethical obligations of the doctor-patient relationship and is useful, I think, for comparison when studying promulgated Guidelines. [See also: The Distortion of Medicine and Confusion of Standards]
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