Some time ago, I wrote about Harvey Silverglate's book Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent. The book's premise is that there is virtually no adult in this country who has not violated a federal criminal law because of the incredible number of laws and the vagueness and breadth of them. Moreover, almost every Federal regulation carries criminal consequences either directly or through piggy-backing with a statute.This should be of particular concern to health providers … [Read more...] about Three Felonies A Day Redux
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The Feds’ War on Pain Management Physicians
Heroic civil liberties lawyer, Harvey Silverglate writes about the war on physicians who attempt to alleviate the chronic pain of their patients. I just started reading his new book, Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent, and will be writing more about that. In the meantime, read this column. Not only are the Feds attempting to "to effectively control the practice of pain relief medicine", they are now prosecuting people who try to educate the public about the issue under … [Read more...] about The Feds’ War on Pain Management Physicians
The Fight Against Overcriminalization
I wrote about this book and the war on pain management physicians here. Now, the New York Times is writing about overcriminalization in general. Given the risks of accusations of Medicare/Medicaid and other business fraud by ambitious prosecutors, this is a topic with which you all should be concerned. It's no longer a left versus right issue, given the broad coalition discussed in the article. In the meantime, watch this: … [Read more...] about The Fight Against Overcriminalization
