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Jeffrey Bado, DO: Biography from Prison

by Linda Cheek, MD | Mar, Mon, 2026 | Convicted physician | 0 comments

I was born August 27,1955 prematurely (that would be being born earlier than the calculated Estimated Date of Confinement). My first month of life outside my mother’s womb was in an isolation device called an “incubator” (imagine a fancy, large fish...

Promises Unbroken

by Linda Cheek, MD | Mar, Tue, 2026 | Advocacy | 0 comments

Jaime Sanchez, organizer of DOCTOKS with Forest Tennant, MD, shared a poem she wrote with us to publish. It is full of love, healing and support for everyone through God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Promises Unbroken Oh, Way Maker, Miracle Worker, the Light in...

Reflection on President’s Day

by Linda Cheek, MD | Feb, Mon, 2026 | War on Drugs | 0 comments

President’s Day Reflection: Restoring Liberty by Repealing the Controlled Substances Act This President’s Day, we celebrate the legacy of American leadership — men and women who have worked to uphold liberty, justice, and the rule of law. Yet as we reflect on their...

Steps to End the War on Drugs

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Fri, 2026 | War on Drugs | 2 comments

Ending the war on drugs in the United States requires a coordinated plan that moves from punishment to regulation, repeals the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), and builds a public‑health–centered system for all currently illegal drugs. So how do we do that? Here are...

War on Drugs Attacks Personal Liberty

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Tue, 2026 | War on Drugs | 0 comments

How the Controlled Substances Act Attacks Personal Liberty — and Why It Must Be Repealed When the U.S. Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970, it did so in the name of public health and safety. The law’s stated purpose was to curtail the abuse of...

War on Drugs: Empowerment of Criminal Organizations

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Fri, 2026 | Convicted physician | 0 comments

How the Controlled Substances Act Empowers Criminal Organizations — and Why It Must Be Repealed For more than fifty years, the United States has waged a “War on Drugs” under the authority of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970. Promising to suppress...

War on Drugs–Healthcare Costs

by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Mon, 2025 | War on Drugs | 2 comments

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...

War on Drugs: Effects on Public Health

by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Fri, 2025 | Convicted physician | 0 comments

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...

Richard Arjun Kaul, MD In Memoriam

by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Wed, 2025 | In Memoriam | 3 comments

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...

Repeal the CSA: Economic Impact

by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Mon, 2025 | Convicted physician | 2 comments

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...

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