I know this doctor personally. He is not a criminal. The DEA shut him down in 1996 and he had 5 patients die or commit suicide. He treated many patient's with dignity. He is also an attorney. He was exonerated and had been on 60 minutes. The doctor has always been controversial.
Methadone clinics routinely have given pregnant woman narcotics. Oh I forgot that is a government sanctioned program so I guess it's the old double standard. When Bill learned of this latest investigation (by way of the Washington Post) he weaned his patient's and found them other doctors willing to help. Many of his patient's were in the worst kind of pain imaginable and some were terminal. Terminal patient's die, and yes I'm sure they had large amounts of Oxy in their blood. He is of exceptional character and those that have never meet or spoken to him or no little about him should be careful believing what the newspapers and government have to say about him. His protocols were approved by the DEA and the Va. state medical board as well as many pain specialist's. Paying a thousand dollars to see a specialist is not an exorbinate amount of money. He went as far as contacting the DEA and asking to have a meeting with them so they could help him weed out the addicts. The calls and letters went unanswered.
I believe they were still PO'ed at him for winning the first round in 1996 and had set out to ruin truely one of the most compassionate pain doctors in the USA. His arrest will have a chilling effect on the way many pain specialists treat patients from this point forward. I just feel bad for his wife and children.
Take care. Billylll