Stethoscopes, Handcuffs and Pain
When does managing pain become a crime? And, what can a healthcare provider do to stay out of trouble in these days of the “opioid...
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...