by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Mon, 2025 | War on Drugs |
End the War on Drugs: Lower Healthcare costs Repealing the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and legalizing all drugs would cut U.S. healthcare costs by lowering insurance premiums, reducing expensive crisis care, and replacing the “drug war” model with evidence-based...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Fri, 2025 | Convicted physician |
Repealing the Controlled Substances Act: How Ending the War on Drugs Would Improve Public Health For over fifty years, U.S. drug policy has been dominated by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970—legislation that created the legal framework for the “War on...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Wed, 2025 | In Memoriam |
Richard Arjun Kaul, MD passed away on December 19, 2025, at the young age of 61, supposedly because of a heart attack. This post is to commemorate his life and legacy. Dr. Kaul was a brilliant, compassionate spine surgeon and a fearless legal warrior whose life...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Mon, 2025 | Convicted physician |
How Repealing the Controlled Substances Act Would Revitalize the U.S. and Global Economy Few federal laws have shaped modern society as profoundly as the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970. Conceived at the height of the Nixon administration’s “War on Drugs,” it...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Fri, 2025 | War on Drugs |
For over fifty years, the United States has fought a “war” that can’t be won — a war on its own people. Since President Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy number one” in 1971, federal, state, and local governments have spent more than $1 trillion enforcing...