DEA vs. doctors
Quick View. Dec. 1, 2003.
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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