The
War On Drugs :
Major Gains Versus Harm
§
Proven
gains for public : None.
§
Evidence-based
medicine to support the war: None
§
Physician
casualties: 24,000.
§
Patient
casualties: The rise in suicide epidemic.
§
Patient casualties:
Dr. and medication shortage to treat pain , addiction and psychiatric
disorders.
§
Patient
casualties: the rise in suicide epidemic worsened by shortage of doctors and medications to treat pain addiction and
psychiatric disorders.
§
Patient
casualties: the rise in heroin epidemic because of shortage of doctors and
medications to treat pain addiction and
psychiatric disorders.
§
Major
gains: $9 billion confiscated from physician wealth. The law enforcement
agencies supplement agency budgets and indiscriminately prey upon physician
assets motivated by easy money. Furthermore, even when the charges against a
physician are dismissed the DOJ shamelessly hold on to the confiscated assets
through legal loopholes.
§ Human errors may explain an
epidemic of prescription pain control medications and overdose deaths. Journal
of Psychology And Clinical Psychiatry volume 5 issue 1 2016.
§ The CDC claim of a causal
relationship between prescription pain medications and the rise in overdose
deaths and heroine epidemic lacks scientific validity. Letter To The Editor:
Pain Medicine, 2016
§ Case studies of 17 patients,
Journal of case reports and studies volume 2 issue five 2015.
§ Endorphin agonists for
severe depression, Pharmacy and Pharmacology international Journal ,2015, 2
(2): 00017.
§ Dr. and patient injuries in
the war on drugs :A review of 4
individual practices in Washington DC. Journal of psychology and
clinical psychiatry volume 5 issue 6 2016.
§ Discontinuation of opiate
treatment: A retrospective review of 49 patients. Volume 2 issue 4 2015.
§ Opiates may have
neuroprotective properties against neurodegeneration and premature death.
Psychology clinical psychiatry volume 3 issue 4 2015.
§ Opiates: benefits and
overuse potential pharmacy and pharmacology international Journal volume 2
issue 3 2015.
§ The rise in US suicide
epidemic has been worsened by “the war on drugs “. Letter to the public:
doctoralensalerianblogspot.com ,2016.
