The Heroin Epidemic And The Criminalization Of Pain Medicine And Psychiatry*

The Heroin Epidemic And The Criminalization Of Pain Medicine And Psychiatry*

§  20,000 ruined physicians .

§  $ 4 billion confiscated physician assets benefiting DEA and local law enforcement.

§  $40 billion income generation for attorneys .

§  Suicide epidemic . 45.000 annual deaths (2015).

§  Heroine od death epidemic .12.900 deaths (2015).

§  Burdensome regulations for 130 million people with psychiatric disorders and chronic pain.

§  Blaming the victim (people with chronic pain and psychiatric problems) to justify harsher treatment of the victims and their physicians.

*DOJ does not provide specific data on physician forfeitures, arrests and prosecution for drug related crimes in the course of clinical practice. The above findings are conservative projections based upon CDC vital statistics and publications listed in the references .

 

Who are benefiting from the war on drugs and doctors ? DEA and law enforcement agencies.

Who are losing? People with pain and psychiatric problems.