ASSIGNMENTS

SPECIFIC ISSUES

COMMUNICATION TO LEGISLATORS

Legislators

For lists of federal legislators, use the following:

Senate:

General Public — only names listed here. You have to use Govtrack.us to access their websites, etc.

DoC members — point and click features for email, Facebook and twitter accounts, and health staff email.

House of Representatives:

General Public — only names listed here.  You have to use GovTrack.us to access their websites, etc.

DoC members — point and click features for email, Facebook and Twitter accounts, and health staff email.

Examples of letters/emails, tweets, and Facebook posts will be shared here.  Feel free to copy and use these letters for yourself.  Submit as a member of DoctorsofCourage.  Feel free to use the logo.  Pharmacist Steve has also given us permission to use his picture in communication.  The logo and picture are:

Legislator Groups for DoC members

For supporting members of Doctors of Courage, we have the legislators grouped into the following categories to send communication that will be better received by the legislator because of his/her characteristics. The groups are:

Color or Ethnicity
Medical Connection
Veteran
Activists
Jewish
New

DoC members can go to the membership site for the point and click spreadsheet. 

Example Communication:

Feel free to copy and send as your own. Identify yourself as a member of DoctorsofCourage.

Email/Letter To Medical Professional Legislators:

Dear Congressman/Senator___,

Drugs are NOT the cause addiction! This is a government propaganda platform on the same level as Hitler blaming the Jews for the Depression, and your failure to act, allowing this propaganda to form policy, is causing suffering or killing your constituents. As Hitler said, “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” Stop believing it, and stop creating policies based on lies. If you don’t, we, the doctors and patients of courage in the country, will remove you from office.

Did you know your grandparents? Are they all drug addicts? They were more than likely treated with opium as children. Opium has been used medicinally and recreationally for over 6000 years. And yet, when opiates were criminalized in 1914, the percentage of the population who were addicts (and most of that was alcohol), was less than 1%. The percentage is still close to 1% today. If it is increasing it is for other reasons, NOT the drugs!

The government’s war against drugs started with a purely racist intent—to disenfranchise the minority populations in America—for political purposes. The definition of insanity: repeating the same action over and over, expecting a different result. Laws have been in effect now against opiates for 100 years. More people in America are incarcerated for drugs than ever before. Has the use of drugs diminished? Had drug abuse stopped? No. It’s climbing.

Yes, the percentage of drug abuse and addiction is rising, but the cause is not the drugs. Alcohol is one of the drugs most likely abused. But because you might occasionally enjoy a beer or a glass of wine, does that make you an alcoholic? Of course not. Opioids are no different. There is more to addiction than simple exposure. And yet government agencies and people with a position of power are spreading lies such as “Taking an opioid for more than 3 days will make you an addict”. LIES!!!

The cause of addiction is TOXICITY. What does the body do with excess toxins? They have to be stored in the cells. That is genetically determined, and thus you get the genetic propensity to certain diseases. The fact that more people aren’t addicted that require pain medicines for their diseases actually PROVES that the medicine itself is NOT the cause.

Conventional medicine knows nothing about toxicity. Just because you weren’t taught about toxicity in the body during your medical training doesn’t make it unscientific. It just means there wasn’t a pill to treat it. Medical school, as you should know, is purely a pharmaceutical-based sales force. However, there are scientifically-based fields which can explain the cause of addiction, treat it, and even cure it.

The point I want to make is that restricting opioids from patients with chronic pain will have no effect on addiction. But it is obviously leading to increased death. Look at the statistics available:

Even though prescriptions have declined, deaths have risen. As Albert Schweitzer said,

“Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself”

By stopping legitimate pain management by trained professionals, the government is forcing citizens to the street for self-medication, where they most probably will unknowingly receive illegal fentanyl-laced pills or intentionally commit suicide. The government is also destroying the doctor/patient relationship.

Another problem is that you are allowing rogue agencies to run the government. The rogue DOJ is attacking doctors illegally using the Controlled Substance Act, which was never the intent of that legislation. Please read the CSA, and recognized that doctors treating patients are EXEMPT from prosecution. Start working on legislation to free and exonerate all medical professionals convicted by the rogue Department of Justice’s illegal use of the CSA, especially with statute 841, as per statute 842, only the doctor can determine “legitimate medical practice”, not the government agencies.

For more information, please visit our website, www.doctorsofcourage.org. Dr. Cheek, the founder, is a physician who once healed patients from disease but who became a target of the government. She is happy to discuss what will really work to help addicts. Save all the wasted taxpayer dollars going down the bottomless pit of special interest groups that will do nothing to end addiction. Learning what we have to offer could make your career. Failure to learn what we offer could be the end of your career.

Facebook Post To Medical Professional Legislators:

On behalf of all your constituents with untreated pain because of the illegal government overreach into medicine, please make it a goal in Congress to make the DOJ follow the rule of law and stop putting innocent medical professionals in prison for money. The SC has ruled many times that their use of the CSA against physicians is unlawful, and yet they continue. Take away immunity from the DOJ. If they break the law convicting an innocent person, they should be charged. Our country has become a police state, no better than Hitler Germany, just wider targets—all minorities.   See www.doctorsofcourage.org for what is happening to innocent people. Pain patients are being forced to the streets. Drugs are NOT the cause of addiction. Learn the REAL cause, and then we can lick it.

Tweet To Medical Professional Legislators:

Your job depends on ending the war against doctors and drugs. Learn the truth. Drugs don’t cause addiction. The rogue DOJ is attacking colleagues and patients for money & jobs. End the illegal government overreach into medicine. Repeal the CSA. www.doctorsofcourage.org

Example Letter From a Chronic Pain Patient to Anyone

Dear Congressman,

I am a chronic pain patient as well as an associate of the patient/doctor advocacy group Doctors (and patients) of Courage (doctorsofcourage.org). There are many people such as myself that are being denied proper pain treatment due to ignorance and misinformation about opioid pain management. Those of us who rely on opioid pain medications are being discriminated against. By preventing trained pain management professionals from doing their job, the government is forcing its own citizens to the street for self-medication, where they most probably will unknowingly receive illegal fentanyl laced pills. More and more suffering patients are forced off their medication and are committing suicide at alarming rates. Since opioid prescriptions are declining, opioid-related deaths are rising rapidly each year. The government solution is not and will not fix the problem, it will only perpetrate it and more people will ultimately die. Most pain patients are not addicts. The opioids that are killing people and contributing to these horrific overdose deaths are not a result of pills diverted from pain management facilities, but are a result of illicit Fentanyl sold on the street. Arresting doctors and forcing people with severe intractable chronic pain to an early grave will not in any way stop the overdose rate from doubling the next few years.

Opioids are not the cause of addiction. Being dependent on a drug does not mean you are addicted.  Addiction is caused by toxicity and not by direct exposure to the drug. What does the body do with excess toxins? They have to be stored in the cells. That is genetically determined, and thus you get the genetic propensity to certain diseases. The fact that more people are not addicted that require pain medicines for their diseases actually proves that the medicine itself is not the cause.  Restricting opioids from patients with chronic pain has no effect on addiction rates. This is why even though prescriptions have declined deaths have risen and will continue to rise if this war isn’t stopped.

We need to make the DOJ accountable for not following Supreme Court decisions and committing professional misconduct convicting innocent people any way they can. Allowing innocent Americans suffering severe chronic pain to be denied relief will hurt our society. It will force countless of hard working Americans who could function and manage their condition with opioids into a life of misery. This opioid war does nothing to stop addiction. What this all means for those of us who suffer daily. Who will support these people who can no longer support themselves because they can no longer work, care for their kids? These are people who are now out of the workplace and confined to a bed because the pain is so great they can’t work. This so called solution will hurt our economy. SSI/SSDI claims will skyrocket and it will lead to the tax payers having to foot the bill and care for all these people who could have otherwise supported themselves with proper medical care and proper pain management. These laws do nothing to stop addiction. What these laws mean to people like myself. TOTAL DEVASTATION. Loss of job, home, children. I am now forced to live on government assistance. These policies are not good for America. We need to stop this now.

MEET YOUR LEGISLATOR FACE TO FACE:

 Identify yourself as a member of DoctorsofCourage.

It is really important to make an appointment with your legislators and meet them face to face.

Be sure you are prepared and have your talking points listed as described below.

Here are the calendars for House and Senate. They will be in their districts during the times on the calendar when they are not in session.

For the House, the representatives might be visiting the district on the days that are clear or blue.
For the Senate, the senators might be visiting the district on the days that are clear or pink.

Below this calendar is a more detailed calendar for the Senate showing district work days. For the House, go to https://www.majorityleader.gov/uploadedfiles/full-calendar-2023-house-calendar.pdf

Call their local office and make an appointment to meet with them on a day they will be available.  If you would like for me to join you virtually, just connect with me when you have the appointment set. I’ll be happy to hang out with you through zoom or google meet, or just on your phone.

Points to make when talking to legislators:

Opioids have been used by man for 6000 years. At the turn of the 19^th century, when governments turned on opioids for the first time, the percentage of the population addicted was 1-5%.

For 100 years, the same policies have been attempted and failed multiple times because:

1. Opioids do not cause addiction.
2. Conventional medicine doesn’t know the cause of addiction.
3. Being dependent on a medicine does not mean you are addicted. The study done on Viet Nam veterans coming back hooked on heroin shows that. 80% came back having used heroin, 20% came back hooked. But on their own, most stopped using and were not addicts. The final % that stayed addicted was 6%–slightly more than the general population at 1%
4. Treating pain patients like addicts was done in the 1920’s-30’s without success. Learn from history and stop doing it today. Same with treating addicts like criminals.

Pain patients are being forced to the street for self-treatment because of the propagandized blame on opioids today for addiction. THIS is the reason for the increased deaths, not legitimate prescriptions. Doctors are being illegally attacked as “drug-pushers” using the Controlled Substance Act which actually exempts doctors from persecution. The DOJ is rogue, though, and creates crime where there is no crime. Innocent doctors are going to prison for the government to confiscate their assets which are then dispersed among the law enforcement agencies breaking the law convicting them.

If you want to make a difference in the country:

1. At least amend the Controlled Substance Act so that even the DOJ can’t charge a doctor with a crime for treating a patient. A medical chart of any description is enough to establish a doctor/patient relationship, and make the doctor exempt. As is stated in the Controlled Substance Act 802(56)(c), only the DOCTOR can determine what is legitimate medical practice. Consider repealing the CSA. Talk with Dr. Linda Cheek to understand why this is needed.
2. Make the DOJ accountable for not following Supreme Court decisions and professional misconduct convicting innocent people any way they can.
3. Stop sending money down an empty chute. Learn the REAL cause of drug abuse, and establish trials to bring this to the attention of the medical profession. The REAL cause of drug abuse can be learned on the video on doctorsofcourage.org/videos.
4. Restore our doctor/patient relationship. Medicine is not under the jurisdiction of the federal government. For the government to be interfering with patient care in the doctor’s office is gross government overreach.

For any questions, feel free to mention my name and tell them that their Washington health staff person has my email and I am willing to come to Washington to discuss these points with any group.

Contact Form for Comments:

How to Create Emails & Letters

1. Create your email to COPY and Paste to send to many elected officials
2.  Keep your letter under one page in length.
3. Comment that you are a Chronic Pain Patient and BRIEFLY tell about your conditions and procedures you have tried for relief.
4. Do you currently have pain control options. If so, what benefit does this allow you. What functions or quality of life does pain relief give you. If you are losing pain control or have lost it, describe your quality of life now.
5. Ask for help to restore the dr/patient relationship, stating how government attack has destroyed it.
6. Define the real problem. Drugs do not cause addiction. Point them to the REAL cause on the video (link https://www.doctorsofcourage/videos/) 
7. Sign your email with your name, cell phone # and organization memberships
8. Then copy and paste into your elected officials’ emails. Send to state reps, state senators, governor, state department of social services, State Medical Associations, State Attorney General, Federal Reps, Federals Senators, Attorney General, President.

Useful Information for Your Communication

Letter from DCBA Law & Policy LLP:  which demands the president act on these illegal actions against MAT prescribing doctors.  Rephrase to include ALL pain management providers:

DCBA Law & Policy LLP website

Need for Organization

If you have a family member who is incarcerated or a felon because of the government use of the Controlled Substance Act, then we need to organize our efforts at this communication.  Please contact us at doctorsofcourage so we can work together for the best effect.