Dr. Howard Adelglass, MD is a 65 y/o physiatrist in Manhattan. He received his medical degree from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara and did his residency at NYU School of Medicine. November, 2020, he became a victim of the US government in their agenda to attack minority physicians to confiscate all their assets.
I was drawn to write about this case because of an article published today in Workerscompensation.com by Judge David Langham, Deputy Chief Judge of Compensation Claims for the Florida Office Division of Administrative Hearings. Throughout his article he quotes the federal indictment’s innuendos against Dr. Adelglass as if they were fact. He also tries to exhibit medical expertise in his calculations pertaining to Dr. Adelglass’s alleged prescriptions. But his mathematics are based on incorrect assumptions. Generally, for chronic pain to be covered with oxycodone there is a minimum of 1 tablet every 4 hours, which is 6 pills/day, and under the 90 mme CDC guidelines. Judge Langham’s calculations are based on 3 pills/day. That wouldn’t even be a starting dose for a naïve patient who has never been on an opioid. So basically, here we have a Judge spewing more false information in the media to help with the plea agreement that the feds will force the doctor to accept. IMO, this is government collusion. Then he states that the one conspiracy charge isn’t enough, but that multiple charges should be added. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Of course he knows that subsequent indictments are standard if the target doesn’t accept a plea where he loses everything he owns. Shame on you, Judge Langham. You should be stripped of your license by the Bar.
Indictment Charges Against Howard Adelglass, MD
Dr. Adelglass and his clinic manager, Marcello Sansone were charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. I’m sure this is so that the government can make a deal with Mr. Sansone to turn on the doctor to save himself. Standard DOJ MO.
The indictment included:
| Charges | Our response |
| 1.3 million pills prescribed illegally from 2017 to 2020 to patients who were addicted and, in some cases, sold oxycodone pills on the street to drug users. | Prescriptions to patients are not illegal per the Controlled Substance Act. If patients sold pills, they are the criminals—not the doctor. But there’s no money for the government in that approach. |
| Not conducting thorough examinations, or sometimes no examination at all, before issuing the prescriptions to patients. | When prescriptions are simply renewed monthly, a physical exam is not necessary. This is even covered in the CSA as telemedicine visits can occur for 2 years without a PE. |
| Many of his patients receiving oxycodone prescriptions were formerly patients of New York City area doctors who had been arrested and charged with illegal oxycodone distribution. | These doctors were also illegal targets of a rogue government. The fact that another doctor validated their need for treatment demonstrates that fact. So now, with the threat of the USA, these patients have no other option now but self-treatment with street drugs. |
| Many of the patients receiving prescriptions failed drug tests. | Without more information here, the doctor can’t be judged. But according to the CSA, his decision cannot be criminalized. |
| The Clinic primarily operated on a cash-only basis. | Many doctors are leaving insurance because Medicare charges are a door-opener and they think by not taking insurance, they are safe from attack. WRONG! You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t! |
What’s wrong with this picture?
FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. even goes so far in his statements to label the chronic pain patients as “addicts” and any doctor who takes them on will be the next targets when he says on record:
“To intentionally peddle these substances into our communities, especially to those who have struggled to overcome the addiction of powerful painkillers, is an offense against all of society. The type of conspiracy alleged here has led to devastating consequences for addicted patients and their families, and has placed an immense burden on communities who will be left to pick up the pieces of shattered lives. This particular alleged operation has been shut down, but our message to others engaging in the same type of illegal activity should be clear – put the prescription pad away. Your medical degree won’t provide you immunity from federal charges or the consequences that will follow.”
The problem with this statement shows the illegal use of the Controlled Substance Act by the DOJ. Because according to the CSA, only a doctor can determine legitimate need. And yet, by this statement, the DOJ is saying that a doctor’s decision doesn’t hold water, only the charges of the DOJ do. Especially when every law enforcement agency gets a piece of the pie through these attacks.
The people who need to be charged with illegal use of the Controlled Substance Act and spend the rest of their earthly existence compensating the doctors who have been illegally attacked are Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr. of the FBI, Dermot Shea of the NYPD, and Scott J. Lampert of the U.S. DHHS, OIG. These are the organizations that reap the benefits of the confiscation of the doctor’s assets, which is the entire point of these attacks. Other organizations listed as receivers of the booty are the DEA, the New York State Police, New York State Department of Financial Services, New York National Guard, New York City Department of Investigation, and New York State Department of Health Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement.
Judge Langham ends his article (which has nothing to do with Worker’s Comp by the way) with a question whether society really cares about ending the problem with drugs in society. The problem is that the legal profession doesn’t want it to end. Because that’s where the money is. The problem today isn’t with the medical profession, it’s with the legal profession.
If we were to end the war on drugs, legalize all drugs, and do away with the Controlled Substance Act, we would end street drugs which is where most of the deaths occur. We would end the border problem because the people south of the border would not have to try to escape the cartels. We would end the war on pain patients. Just imagine what happened to Dr. Adelglass’s patients that were thrown to the street for care. The Feds even say in their indictment that if a doctor takes these patients on, they will be targeted. This is evil.
I submitted a comment on the Judge’s article. People need to go to the link and write their own, or add to mine.
Addendum
On November 4th, 2022, Dr. Adelglass was convicted through gross government misconduct, perjury, and propaganda-filled jurors. Justice will someday be served when those who have caused an innocent man to be convicted of a crime so they can confiscate his assets and preserve their jobs will be spending eternity in HELL!!
In March, 2023, Dr. Adelglass was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison. That will mean that he will be approaching 80 years old when he is released, if he lives that long. It might mean he spends the rest of his life in prison for doing his job of treating patients.
To end this and get all doctors released, exonerated and compensated, people need to learn that no drug is the cause of addiction, and what the real cause is. I teach it, but few are willing to listen. This is an example of the end of times. We need to turn back to God and ask his forgiveness for our worship of other gods.
Linda Cheek is a teacher and disenfranchised medical doctor, turned activist, author, and speaker. A victim of prosecutorial misconduct and outright law-breaking of the government agencies DEA, DHHS, and DOJ, she hopes to be a part of exonerating all doctors illegally attacked through the Controlled Substance Act. She holds the key to success, as she can offset the government propaganda that drugs cause addiction with the truth: The REAL Cause of Drug Abuse.
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New York Law
Title: Section 80.62 – Use of controlled substances in treatment
80.62 Use of controlled substances in treatment. (a) Physicians and other authorized practitioners
in the course of their professional practice, may dispense, administer or prescribe controlled
substances for legitimate medical purposes or treatment, other than treatment for addiction to
controlled substances, when the practitioner regulates the dosage and prescribes or administers a
quantity of such drugs no greater than that ordinarily recognized by members of his profession as
sufficient for proper treatment in a given case.
(b) Such practitioners shall maintain a written patient record of administration, dispensing and
prescription of all controlled substances. The patient record shall contain sufficient information
to justify the diagnosis and warrant the treatment. The record shall contain at least the following
information: patient identification data; chief complaint; present illness; physical examination as
indicated; diagnosis; other data which support the diagnosis or treatment; and the regimen
including the amount, strength, and directions for use of the controlled substance. This
subdivision shall not be construed to require a record distinct from the medical record of the
patient.
What is your point? Dr. Adelglass was charged by the feds anyway, using the CSA, not by the state. But the law you state is interesting. Many states created law based on the CDC guidelines, which have always been declared as not a “law” but a guideline. And there is no amount of opioids that are “ordinarily receognized”. So how can this law be enforced except by government propaganda? This law should be repealed. Hopefully it will be when we get the CSA repealed and all drugs uncontrolled.
I see that Howard Adelglass was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison. The sentencing recommendation document from the SDNY is incredible. What he is alleged to have done, documented with wiretaps, phone records, and witnesses, is eye opening,
Don’t believe the government propaganda, forced perjury or lawbreaking to get an innocent doctor convicted.
He fought the law and the law won
Greetings Dr. Cheek, I was a client of Dr. Adelglass’ in NYC in the late 80’s. I find it difficult to believe that he wrote prescriptions for over a million pills in 3 years! Something is not quite correct with said evidence. But more than that, lawyers and judges don’t have medical degrees, end of story! As you and the CSA law states, ” Prescriptions to patients are not illegal per the Controlled Substance Act”.
It is criminal to indict citizens as “addicts” who have to take medication due to severe chronic injuries. If I were living in the US, I would proudly testify on behalf of Dr. Adelglass.
Than you Dr. Cheek for your services to protect our rights.
Please show me the law that states that before I share my opinion of your statement
Patients will be destroyed in this meat grinder until we take action ourselves. It costs no money to file a Bar Grievance against the law licenses of any of the named Judges and Lawyers. Any US Citizen may bring such a Grievance, for the purpose of law licenses is to protect everybody from the dangers of unethical conduct by Judges and Lawyers.
This Florida administrative law judge needs to get Grieved. Who’s willing to sign with me?
Definitely me! Anyone else willing to do so, just let me know and I’ll let Bob know. Bob, I’ll write a follow up post on that and get it out later this week. Thanks.
What can we say about this extreme corruption. There’s nothing else to say, we know what’s going on. We know that the DOJ makes the rules to go along. The CDC guidelines don’t matter. The CDC guidelines are not at all strict, in fact I think they’re very lenient but the DOJ does not like the guidelines so it bends the rules. At this point, we have become a fascist, communist country and if somebody wants to accuse you of a crime, they will bend the rules. They will lie, they will cheat. Judges are extremely corrupt. Then comes to media. The media is in on it. I got convicted of all these lies and when the fourth circuit reverse my conviction, the media did not want to do a follow-up story. It seems like the media, the State medical boards, judges come prosecutors and lawyers are all in on removing as many doctors as possible. I want to reemphasize that nobody’s doing anything about the street drugs specially fentanyl from China. This is where the profit is. All we can do is hope that this administration reverses course. There is very little we can do. There are very few if any lawyers who are passionate about the subject. So we are in a bind. However, it is essential that we continue to pressure the legislators, and that we continue to voice our opinions over social media which I feel within 10 years will take control of the media
And I would add from my perspective, to get the truth out to the public–that drugs don’t cause addiction–so we can get the CSA repealed. That would end so many problems for so many people.
I am always upset, when I read someone confessing to breaking the law! Even if they were not aware of it. Even better, if they are Law Enforcement. In this case, the highest law enforcement agency in the land! Federal law, clearly states ” A person may not be denied health care because they test positive for an illicit substance. This is when a chronic pain patient signs a document, surrendering their constitutional rights and freedoms, by the VOLUNTRY submitted urine drug screen. They cannot demand one from you, you have to sign a document ALLOWING them to get it from you. Don’t sign document, you do not get your pain medications any more. Even though, you may have been getting them from the same Doctor for the past eight years! If you are a pain patient, you DO sign the document, and your urine sample comes back positive for an illicit drug, they refuse to refill your medications, which is basically, refusing to treat your Long Term Chronic Pain! Tis clearly violates Federal Law. And even if this Federal Law, conflict wit the States Law, (And it does), Federal Law trumps State law. The “Supremency situation. I call your attention to: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of the Attorney General
28 CFR PART 35
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and Local Government Services
AGENCY: Department of Justice.
ACTION: Final rule.
Paragraph (b) of {35.131 Illegal use of drugs. provides a limited exception to the exclusion of current illegal users of drugs from the protections of the Act. It prohibits denial of health services, or services provided in connection with drug rehabilitation to an individual on the basis of current illegal use of drugs, if the individual is otherwise entitled to such services. A health care facility, such as a hospital or clinic, may not refuse treatment to an individual in need of the services it provides on the grounds that the individual is illegally using drugs, but it is not required by this section to provide services that it does not ordinarily provide. For example, a health care facility that specializes in a particular type of treatment, such as care of burn victims, is not required to provide drug rehabilitation services, but it cannot refuse to treat a individual’s burns on the grounds that the individual is illegally using drugs.
Public hospital districts are governmental entities established by Washington State statute.
And:
A. State Laws Are Preempted Where They Present Obstacles To Compliance With Federal Obligations
Under the Supremacy Clause, a state statute is preempted to the extent it conflicts with federal law. See U.S. Const. Art. VI, Cl. 2. State law conflicts with federal law either (1) when it is impossible to comply with both state and federal law or (2) “where ‘under the circumstances of [a] particular case, [the challenged state law] stands as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the full purposes and objectives of Congress.’” Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council, 530 U.S. 363, 372-373 (2000) (citation omitted); accord Dowhal v. SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare, 32 Cal. 4th 910, 929 (Cal. 2004). “What is a sufficient obstacle [to trigger preemption] is a matter of judgment, to be informed by examining the federal statute as a whole and identifying its purpose and intended effects.” Crosby, 530 U.S. at 373. In determining whether state law is preempted, courts must consider “the relationship between state and federal laws as they are interpreted and applied, not merely as they are written.” Jones v. Rath Packing Co., 430 U.S. 519, 526 (1977). The United States Supreme Court has “held repeatedly that state laws can be pre-empted by federal regulations as well as by federal statutes,” Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc., 471 U.S. 707, 713 (1985), and that “[f]ederal regulations have no less pre-emptive effect than federal statutes,” Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n v. de la Cuesta, 458 U.S. 141, 153 (1982).
My attorney told me that those “Narcotic Contracts” are not worth the paper they are written in because we were forced to sign under duress. Basically BLACKMAIL!