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DEA’s Illegal Protocols

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Mon, 2024 | DEA | 0 comments

Most people in America know that if you lie to a government official, you can be charged with a crime. The law regarding lying to the federal government is set out in Title 18, Section 1001 of the United States Code. This law criminalizes telling such lies when a...

Osmin Morales, MD convicted

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Thu, 2024 | Convicted physician | 2 comments

Following only a 7 day trial, 72 y/o Osmin Morales, MD, an interventional pain management physician in South Miami, FL was convicted Jan 12, 2024 of conspiracy to unlawfully dispense and distribute controlled substances, and six counts of unlawfully dispensing...

Jose A. Torres, MD

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Thu, 2024 | Doctor charged | 2 comments

What could have been a simple traffic ticket ended up for this pain management physician, an arrest with possibly more serious charges. But he put his own neck in the noose. Other doctors need to learn from this. No jokes aside. Jose A. Torres, 65, of Warren,...

DEA Production Quotas By Administration

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Wed, 2024 | opiates | 0 comments

Finally, I want to show the data pertaining to the Presidents through the time frame of 2013 through 2024. This covers three presidencies—Barack Obama (2013-2017), Donald Trump (2017-2021) and Joseph Biden (2021-2024). Let me state at the onset, that I am...

DEA Production Quotas 2012-2024

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Tue, 2024 | opiates | 2 comments

So now let’s look at the DEA Production Quota reductions over the last 12 years. The DEA has a chart of production quotas from 2012 to 2022 HERE. Below, I have shortened the chart to opioids that are pertinent for pain patients. Let’s do some analysis of the...

DEA Reduces Controlled Substance Quotas

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Mon, 2024 | Convicted physician | 2 comments

On January 3, 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued their next Aggregate Production Quotas for Schedule I and II Controlled Substances. In essence, they followed their standard procedure. Standard procedure: The government publishes a Proposed...

Chief Justice Roberts on AI in the Courts

by Guest Author | Jan, Thu, 2024 | Convicted physician | 0 comments

On December 31, 2023, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. of the United States issued a cautionary statement regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the legal realm, underscoring the importance of exercising caution and humility. This warning was prompted...

My Prediction: 10% Addiction Rate by 2030

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Wed, 2024 | Medicine | 2 comments

Are you really willing to have someone you love be an addict? Are you really willing to have someone you love, or yourself, suffer because opioids are gone as a resource? Well that is what will be the future because people are not learning what is necessary to...

Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining Against Doctors

by Guest Author | Dec, Thu, 2023 | healthcare reform | 0 comments

AI and Privacy Clash in United States v. Dr. Neil Anand M.D.: Warrantless Data Mining and the Battle for Healthcare Privacy In a groundbreaking legal case that has ignited a nationwide debate on privacy, surveillance, and the limits of government artificial...

United States v. Anand: Pioneering the Legal Frontier – A Watershed Moment in Shaping Future Legal Precedents

by Guest Author | Dec, Mon, 2023 | Convicted physician | 0 comments

In the ever-evolving landscape of legal disputes, few cases have the potential to shape the future of jurisprudence quite like United States v. Anand. This groundbreaking legal saga, centered around the deployment of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and data...

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