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I am not in the least surprised. The government has been cracking down on opioids, such crackdowns are never nuanced and will of course hit the ones that stand
by LorenPechtel 5y ago
I am not in the least surprised.
The government has been cracking down on opioids, such crackdowns are never nuanced and will of course hit the ones that stand out, justified or not.
Until the people collecting the data are made accountable for problems with the system this sort of garbage will occur--and it's far more harmful when it's medical rather than just credit scores.
The doctors & pharmacies don't really have a choice here--do the medically right thing and you risk your license and maybe even your freedom.
Some years back locally we had a case that obviously related to this, but the news reporting barely touched on it. Murder-suicide, a cancer? patient denied adequate pain management took his doctor with him. Of course the true perpetrators at the DEA don't face any such repercussions.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y ago> Of course the true perpetrators at the DEA don't face any such repercussions. It amazes me that an LEO agency sets medical policy for an entire nation - instead of an actual medical body. No one questions this from what I can tell.
- Nasrudith 5y agoNorms are a real bitch and we have had about a century of prohibition and were too damn lead poisoned to notice it wasn't working for entire damn generations. The DEA is the precedent and even may order tests against patient will - doctors refusing makes the news.
- jimmygrapes 5y agoI feel obligated to mention that we are not all that far away from a medical agency setting LEO policy for an entire nation. Maybe some cross training is in order.