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4th Circuit Reverses Conviction of "Pain Doctor" | 10 comments (10 topical)
Re: 4th Circuit Reverses Conviction of "Pain Docto (none / 0) (#4)
by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Aug 24, 2006 at 10:30:44 AM EST
SeeEmDee Even your injured friend doesn't need 400 pills per day or 10,000 Roxicodones a month. The doctor they went after here was selling drugs to dealers - that's why they took his license. I'm all for treating chronic pain aggressively and don't doubt for a minute that the doctor helped a lot of people who really were in chronic pain. But the doctor here also really abused his medical license. This isn't a great analogy, but imagine there's a great child cancer doctor who treats and saves thousands of sick children but has molested 3 patients. The state medical board just isn't going to let that doctor keep his license even if he's a net force for good - and I'm not sure that they should.

4th Circuit Reverses Conviction of "Pain Doctor" | 10 comments (10 topical)

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