Bombshell Revelation from Government
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Government Documents Expose Unconstitutional Arrests of Physicians in Massive Operations
In a shocking turn of events, the U.S. Government, in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation in the case of Neil Anand et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Civil Action No. 21-1635), revealed a startling truth that will have far-reaching consequences for physicians across the United States. The government’s admission, concealed for years, unraveled a series of mass arrests in operations that have been likened to infamous historical events.
Numerous physicians across the United States were arrested in a single day during massive, seemingly unconstitutional operations. These operations, bearing ominous names like Operation Pill Nation, Operation Snake Oil, Operation Oxy Alley, Operation Juice Doctor, and Operation Wasted Daze, have drawn comparisons to the infamous Nazi operation, Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, which targeted Jewish physicians.
The bombshell revelation came through Robin Brooks, Director of Freedom of Information, who disclosed a shocking amount of previously confidential information in her letter to Dr. Neil Anand. Brooks unveiled that the government had concealed crucial information related to the Pill Mill Doctor Project, a United States “Manhattan Project” colossal effort in solving the U.S. Opioid Crisis. The disclosure included eight-hundred-thirty-five pages of records responsive to Anand’s FOIA request, of which only sixty-one pages were released in their entirety. The rest of the documents contained numerous redactions, withholding essential information under various exemptions like Exemption 3, Exemption 4, Exemption 6, Exemption 7C, and Exemption 7E of the FOIA.
However, the most significant revelation from these government documents is the exoneration of physicians involved in opioid prescribing. The U.S. Surgeon General’s admissions, contained in the official government documents produced pursuant to the FOIA, unequivocally prove that opioid prescribing physicians did not engage in criminal activity in violation of the Controlled Substance Act. These admissions confirm that the defendants and other similarly situated physicians could not have formulated the necessary intent to participate in a criminal act under the Controlled Substance Act.
The government documents reveal the historical context that may have contributed to increased opioid prescribing in the United States. Physicians, driven by good intentions and erroneous Government training and teaching, prescribed opioids to manage pain, believing they were safe and effective. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s admissions in the documents underscored the dire consequences of Government misinformation and misguided practices. The Government’s role in promoting the use of opioids as a pain management solution and the Fifth Vital Sign has been unveiled, emphasizing the importance of considering the circumstances that led to the increase in opioid prescribing.
The legal implications of this revelation are profound. The United States Supreme Court’s precedent in cases such as Raley v. State of Ohio, Lanzetta v. State of New Jersey, and United States v. Cardiff reaffirms that the government cannot sanction the most indefensible form of entrapment by actively misleading its citizens. The government’s failure to provide clear guidance to physicians and, in some cases, actively promoting the use of opioids has now come under scrutiny. These Supreme Court precedents suggest that citizens may not be punished for actions undertaken in good faith reliance upon authoritative assurances that punishment will not attach, especially when they operate under vague, undefined, or contradictory commands.
In conclusion, the shocking revelation of government documents through FOIA litigation in the case of Neil Anand et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has brought to light the government’s role in opioid prescribing and raises serious questions about the legality of the arrests of physicians. The government’s conduct, which amounts to “active misleading,” may have far-reaching legal consequences for those arrested in the massive healthcare operations. The fallout from these revelations is likely to shape the future of healthcare practices and law in the United States, and could potentially lead to the exoneration of physicians who were unjustly targeted in these operations.
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NOW,,HERE IS SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ME,,SOO,,WE ALL REMEMBER PAIN IS THE 5TH VITAL SIGN,,,,WHICH HAS PROVEN , IT IS A VITAL SIGN,,VIA INCREASE IN HEART-ATTACKS,STROKES ETC,,FROM FORCED PHYSICAL PAIN,,MY POINT IS,,IF PROOF OF THIS ARTICLE PROVING THE GOVERNMENT HAD A ROLE IN ,”WHAT” PER SAE??,,FOR IF U AGREE IT HAD A ROLE IN OPIATE OVERPRECRIBING,,,THEM U AGREE THERE WAS OVERPRESCRIBING,,WHICH I DO NOT BELIEVE IN AT ALL,,,IF U CLAIM THE GOVERNMENT CAUSED A EPIDEMIC,,,,THEN U AGREE THERE IS 1??WHICH I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS,,,AS MANY ALL READY KNOW,,I DO NOT BELIEVE IN ,”OVER-PRESCIBING,,OR PILL MILLS OR ANY OTHER B’S THE GOVERNMENT,KOLODNY CRONIES LIES PUT FORWARD TO KILL US,TORTURE US CAUSING THIS GENOCIDE,,,MY POINT IS,,BY CLAIMING OVERPRESCRIBING,OR PILL MILL THEORIES,,U GAVE THEM AN EXCUSE TO COME AFTER US THAT IS BASED IN SCIENCE FICTION,,,THERE WERE NO PILL MILLS OR OVER PRESCRIBING IN TRUTH,,,FOR UNLESS SOMEONE KNOWS THE ENTIRE MEDICAL HITSORY OF THOSE THEY CLAIM WE OVER PRESCRIBE OR GOT MEDICINE FROM A SO-CALLED PILL MILL,,WHAT IS THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF ALLLL,,AT THOSE PHARMACIES,,OR THOSE DOCTORS OFFICES??KNOW 1 KNOWS,,,THE MEDICAL HITSORY OF ALLL THOSE PATIENT ,OR THEIR DOCTORS,,SOO HOW CAN U ARREST ANYONE WHEN THERE WAS NO PILLMILLS,,NO OVERPRESCRIBING,,,,U CAN’T,,,,THUS IT WAS ALLLLLL BASED ON A GRUOP OF ADDICTIONIST GOING TO WASHINTON AND LIEING ABOUT ADDICTION FOR THE $$$$$$$$$,,,,IF U AGREE THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO TO BLAME,,THEN U AGREE THERE WAS A PROBLEM,,AND THEEE ONLY PROBLEM I SEE,IS THE GOVERNMENT FALSLEY ARRESTING DOCTORS AND VIOLATION OF LAW 42-1395,,,JMO,,MW
I don’t find this particularly shocking. What I do find appalling is that this revelatio, which seems to want to prove how evil & nefarious the guvmint is, nevertheless totally supports the ongoing but FALSE narrative that opioid prescriptions were/are the cause of the “opioid epidemic.” Just for fun, here’s my response to the DEA’s request for comment on their plan to –yet again!!– reduce the amount of available opioids in ’24. If prescriptions were driving opioid ODs, there would be significantly fewer ODs happening. Since I’m sure the DEA won’t read ANY of the comments they solicited, I’m including mine here, just in case someone somewhere might read it & learn something. The people in charge of this opioid clusterfork sure as little apples refuse to learn anything. If anyone thinks there’s anything useful or informative in my comment, feel free to send it along to anyone who might be interested.
The comment:
Let’s discuss data.
I spent my entire adult life doing, learning, and teaching science. I am not a statistician, but in the process of producing experimental data as a researcher, I had to learn to interpret it. The specific data I refer to here is the data on the presumptive cause of the “opioid epidemic,” according to the government’s own data (ATTGOD).
For the last decade, the DEA has reduced the supply of prescription opioids each year. In every one of those years, the number of opioid ODs, according to the government’s own data (ATTGOD), have gone up. The following year, the DEA reduced the supply of prescription opioids again. In every one of those years, the number of opioid ODs, ATTGOD, increased. This has gone on, without any change whatsoever, for a decade. At this point, there are only a few possible, reasonable conclusions:
1) The government does not actually look at its own data,
2) The government does not or cannot put together its own data,
3) The government looks at and puts together its own data but is unable or unwilling to interpret said data,
4) The government’s stated aim to reduce opioid ODs is…disingenuous at best,
5) And here is where I run out of reasonable interpretations and start to slide into the realm of rank incompetence or conspiracy theories, which I would really prefer to avoid.
Other data problems in this issue include the fact that, ATTGOD, somewhere between the majority and the vast majority of opioid ODs are due, not to prescription opioids, but to Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl (IMF) appearing in ever-growing amounts in the illegal drug supply. More difficult (but possible) to find in the government’s own data is the additional fact that opioid ODs among stable long-term prescription opioid users, the OD/addiction rate is somewhere between 12% and less than 1%*. There is a paucity of data on this subject due to the fact that medical ethics boards have long considered it unethical and inhumane to withhold pain relief, for extended periods of time, to study participants.
If one looks at the number of opioid ODs from 2012-2021, ATTGOD, the number has skyrocketed. A graph of the number of opioid prescriptions has simultaneously plummeted, also ATTGOD. This aggressively inverse relationship is usually a strong sign that the data streams are related; i.e. there is a causal effect. Though we know that correlation doesn’t guarantee causation, after a certain Everest of data has piled up, a causal relationship is nearly impossible to reasonably deny. The DEA is doing the exact same thing over and over, year after year, expecting a different outcome. Clearly, it’s not working. And it’s not going to start working. The DEA could cut off prescription opioids completely and ODs from illegal drugs will very likely shoot straight off the top of the graph; the only guaranteed outcome from such an action would be to sentence millions of innocent taxpayers to joblessness, loss of quality of life, and suicide. There is data to confirm that this is already occurring, but it is difficult to put together in a coherent fashion because this isn’t a data set that the government chooses to put before the public. The exact same, completely inaccurate “It’s all due to prescription opioids” story continues to dominate all government announcements and therefore the MSM.
I am a scientist. I am beyond baffled. And I am outraged that a group of people who are for the overwhelming part attempting to simply live, work, and function are being demonized by the government for no reason even remotely supported by the government’s own data.
* and according to a comprehensive review article in the British Medical Journal, even in acute opioid naive patients the addiction rate is 0.6% https://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.j5790, Jan 17, 2018, BMJ 2018;360:j5790
I’m speechless!