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> The DEA has claimed for years that under federal law it has the authority to access the state’s Prescription Drug Monitor Program database using only an “admi
by broahmed 10y ago
> The DEA has claimed for years that under federal law it has the authority to access the state’s Prescription Drug Monitor Program database using only an “administrative subpoena.” These are unilaterally issued orders that do not require a showing of probable cause before a court, like what’s required to obtain a warrant.
Related topic: I always get uneasy when law enforcement skirt around getting a warrant. Do we have any data showing that we're safer (e.g. accurate arrests are made more quickly) when law enforcement doesn't need a warrant?
- trhway 10y agoEven when warrants involved - mentioned today on radio - 2/3 Oakland drug related warrants are based on false info.
- lsiebert 10y agoYes but since they have to be based on probable cause and taken before a judge, there is a higher bar. But really, pain killer abuse should, in a perfect world, be a health matter, not a DEA matter, unless you are getting enough medication to have to be selling it. I think there is the argument that an individual could go to multiple doctors, or a doctor could write prescriptions for fake patients.