Risk, Reward and Pain: Doctor Lessons from An Opioid Trial
Opioid medications continue to be in the news, as demonstrated by the recent nationwide state attorneys-general investigation. This situation only demands more attention from physicians and...
Mute Oracle: The Controlled Substances Act and Physicians’ Criminal Conduct
Criminal laws are supposed to give persons regulated by the law sufficient notice of what conduct, exactly, is prohibited. Criminal laws, as interpreted by courts,...
Pill Mills, Poppy Flowers, Dead Poets and the Human Resources Department
Having been through a seven-week federal criminal “pill mill” trial, I think a lot about enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act and its effect on...
Conservatives and Mandatory Minimum Federal Sentences
From Professor Berman’s “Sentencing Law and Policy Blog,” why conservatives should support the effort to reform mandatory minimums in non-violent federal sentences: the Heritage Foundation...