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 .
