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DEA vs. doctors

Quick View. Dec. 1, 2003.

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DEA invesitagations
of physicians
Surrenders
of registration
for cause
324 73.5%
Arrests 34 7.7%
Revocations
of registration
34 7.7%
Letters
of admonition
22 4.9%
Administrative
hearings,
memorandums of
understanding
21 4.8%
Civil
fines
6 1.4%
441 100.0%

Stating that its operations shouldn't have a "chilling effect" on proper prescribing of pain medication, the Drug Enforcement Administration released statistics suggesting that it leaves most narcotic-prescribing doctors alone. In the first three quarters of 2003 the DEA took action against 441 of the 963,385 physicians registered, or 0.05%. The table shows the actions taken.


More information is available online (www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr103003.html).

Source: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

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