1.0 link 22411 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/angel-dust-and-devil-doct_b_22411.html The Kafka-esque quality of the current prosecutions of physicians for "overprescribing" pain medication is hard to overstate-- so far, they've included witnesses who've admitted lying about having exchanged sex for drugs with one doctor and a witness who couldn't even identify the physician who'd allegedly sold him marijuana, either in the courtroom or in photos. But the following example-- from the case against pain specialist Paul Heberle-- beautifully illustrates the moral bankruptcy of these prosecutions in a way...

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