The OxyCops

The OxyCops (full text) William Fisher; OpEdNews.com; 2006-03-22. Source

Excerpt: Hundreds of physicians have been put on trial for charges ranging from health insurance fraud to drug distribution, even to manslaughter and murder for over-prescribing prescription narcotics. Investigators have also seized doctors’ homes, offices, and bank accounts, leaving them with no resources for their defense.

Alexander DeLuca, M.D., MPH, a Board Member of PRN, told us, “Relations between physicians and the DEA have probably never been worse in modern times.” He added, “Law enforcement does not deserve a place at the table where physicians, social workers, and politicians of good will need to meet to deal with drug use and pain problems as public health, not criminal, matters.”

See also: Mandatory Madness – What Happened to Pain Patient Richard Paey – Eric Snider; Weekly Planet; 2004-06-17.

THE WAR ON PAIN SUFFERERS (WPS) Special Collections – TOC

WPS #11 – Major Media on the War on Doctors & the Pain Crisis, 2005-2006

WPS #4 – The Hurwitz Collection

WPS #9 – USA v. Dr. McIver: Zero Tolerance for Opioid Therapy

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