Comments on: Does Anyone Want This Standard Applied to Them? http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_anyone_wan.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tribal elder http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_anyone_wan.html/comment-page-1#comment-5513 tribal elder Tue, 01 May 2007 13:26:15 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/04/does_anyone_wan.html#comment-5513 <p>These kinds of cases will leave other Americans in unbearable pain. It will have a chilling effect on the prescribing of pain relief medication for the truly ill. </p> <p>The only person who is better off for this outcome is the prosecutor, whose win/loss record looks better. Oh, is there a civil forfeiture proceeding against the doc's house, car, 401k ... ?</p> These kinds of cases will leave other Americans in unbearable pain. It will have a chilling effect on the prescribing of pain relief medication for the truly ill.

The only person who is better off for this outcome is the prosecutor, whose win/loss record looks better. Oh, is there a civil forfeiture proceeding against the doc’s house, car, 401k … ?

]]> By: Rob http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_anyone_wan.html/comment-page-1#comment-5512 Rob Tue, 01 May 2007 12:27:31 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/04/does_anyone_wan.html#comment-5512 <p>Two words should have summed up this case: Jury Nullification<br /> </p> Two words should have summed up this case: Jury Nullification

]]> By: bob http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_anyone_wan.html/comment-page-1#comment-5511 bob Tue, 01 May 2007 01:54:35 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/04/does_anyone_wan.html#comment-5511 <p>Well that's sure going to help doctors trust and care for their patients. Hope some of those jury members (and the judge) get chronic pain sometime in their lives and then the doctor tells them to go take a paracetamol because he can't prescribe anything better for fear of going to jail..gosh I am glad that I don't live in the USA. My doctor prescribes strong painkillers for me and has done for years. It makes the difference between living a productive life and being almost bed-ridden.</p> <p>Bill : it's a failure of common sense. The "drugs are evil" meme has gone too far...</p> Well that’s sure going to help doctors trust and care for their patients. Hope some of those jury members (and the judge) get chronic pain sometime in their lives and then the doctor tells them to go take a paracetamol because he can’t prescribe anything better for fear of going to jail..gosh I am glad that I don’t live in the USA. My doctor prescribes strong painkillers for me and has done for years. It makes the difference between living a productive life and being almost bed-ridden.

Bill : it’s a failure of common sense. The “drugs are evil” meme has gone too far…

]]> By: Bill http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_anyone_wan.html/comment-page-1#comment-5510 Bill Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:23:28 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/04/does_anyone_wan.html#comment-5510 <p>I guess I would not come to the same conclusion you did. The jury heard the evidence. The prosecutor exercised prosecutorial discretion in bringing the case. A judge presided over the case to ensure that everything was done properly, and I presume the doctor was represented by counsel. From that I would presume that the doctor broke a law and was proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. There are many statutes which prohibit criminally reckless or negligent behavior. Giving people unlimited access to narcotics seems like something that would be illegal. </p> I guess I would not come to the same conclusion you did. The jury heard the evidence. The prosecutor exercised prosecutorial discretion in bringing the case. A judge presided over the case to ensure that everything was done properly, and I presume the doctor was represented by counsel. From that I would presume that the doctor broke a law and was proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. There are many statutes which prohibit criminally reckless or negligent behavior. Giving people unlimited access to narcotics seems like something that would be illegal.

]]> By: me http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_anyone_wan.html/comment-page-1#comment-5509 me Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:29:27 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/04/does_anyone_wan.html#comment-5509 <p>I hate reading these stories</p> <p>Makes me so mad</p> <p>Don't want to post my name<br /> so i can plant another plant in honor of the doctor</p> I hate reading these stories

Makes me so mad

Don’t want to post my name
so i can plant another plant in honor of the doctor

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