Here is the letter I’ve written to Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris to get her to add ending the War on Drugs, Doctors and Patients to her platform.  Feel free to send it to her as well, auditing it to fit your situation.

Dear Vice president Harris:

There is something you must do, not only to ensure winning the election, but to not be a hypocrite.  Your message has been that the government should stay out of control of our body and out of the doctor’s office.  You say this in connection with the abortion issue.  But there is another issue that is much broader and more devastating.  And, in fact, you’ve been a party to it in the past.  That is the War on Drugs.  You also need to support the repeal of the Controlled Substance Act.  No drug causes addiction. The War on Drugs was simply a racist agenda to disenfranchise minorities.  However, in the last 20 years it has been turned against good, compassionate medical practitioners treating legitimate patients, simply to confiscate their assets and give the government agents their salaries. This must end. President Biden spoke about the freeing of innocent citizens when he made the deal with Russia to release 7 prisoners recently.  But we, in America, have incarcerated hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens, ruining their lives and those of their families, destroying people for generations to come.  Please don’t be a hypocrite.  Put in your platform the repeal of the Controlled Substance Act and the exoneration of all those attacked illegally by the government based on what they do to their own body.

Here is a list of almost 100 medical professionals whose life you affected illegally, even to the point of death. As you can see, most of those targeted are minorities. And the repercussions will affect their progeny for four generations due to the stress in their lives.

Sanjoy Banerjee, MD; Corrine Basch, MD; Monica Ann Berlin, employee; Terrill Eugene Brown, MD; Washington Bryan II, MD; Nicholas J Capos Jr, MD, Cedar Pharmacy; Daniel Cham, MD; Mona Alicia Chavarin, pharm tech; Michael Roger Chiarottino, MD; Sawtantra Chopra, MD; Daniel George Clark, MD; Albert Daher, PharmD; Toni Daniels, MD; George David, MD; Anush Davtyan, MD; Julio Gabriel Diaz, MD; John Dimowo, MD; Emanuel Vincnt Dozier, MD; Reza Ray Ehsan, MD; James W. Eisenberg, MD; Amir Friedman, MD; Madhu Garg, MD; Jagenhauel Gillespie, owner; Frank Gilman, MD; Janrdhan Grandhe, MD; Narinder S. Grewal, MD; Nuritsa Grigoryan; Gabriel Hernandez, PA; Raif Wadie Iskander, PA; Carol Jessop, MD; Kenneth Wayne Johnson, MD; Berry Kabov, PharmD; Dalibor Kabov, PharmD; Roger Kasendorf, DO; Thomas M. Keller, MD; Edmund Kemprud, MD; John Michael Korzelius, MD; David Lague, PA; Ana Leblanc, employee; Alvaero Liceaga, MD; Christopher Henry Lister, PA; Raphael Tomas Malikian, MD; Steven Mangar, MD; Gary Martinovsky, MD; Jasna Mrdjen, MD; Timothy Mulligan, MD; Conrad Murray, MD; Kaitlyn Phuong Nguyen, PA; Ifeanyi Vincent Ntukogu, PharmD; Diane Nunez, office manager; Lenele Maria Nunez, office manager; Manasseh Nwaigwe, MD; Mahyar Okhovat, MD; Jeffrey D. Olsen, MD; Sonny Oparah, MD; Artak Ovsepian, Lianna Ovsepian; Christopher Dean Owens, MD; Arash Padidar, MD; Robert Tinoco Perez, MD; Dzung Ahn Pham, DO; Saloumeh Rahbarvafaei, NP; Raisa Rikoshinsky; Mike Retsilloh, Ronald David Richmond, MD; Edward Ridgill, MD; Katarzyna Rygiel, MD; Egisto Salerno, MD; Adam B. Sherman, DO; Donald Siao, MD; Victor Boon Hua Siew, MD; Michael A. Simental, MD; David James Smith; Wendell Mark Street, MD; Andrew Sun, MD, Forest Tennant, MD; Naga Raja Thota, MD; Pauline Tilton, PharmD; Wayne Stewart True, MD; Hsiuy-Ying Tseng, DO; William Joseph Watson, DO; James Gregory White, MD; Paul W. Willis, DO; Mark Anthony Wimbley, MD; Paul D. Woodward, MD; Charles Yang, MD; Alvin Mingczech Yee, MD

As part of the DOJ, you know that they work now on a “Do whatever works to win” agenda, including illegal misconduct such as creating a crime that doesn’t exist, forced perjury, withholding exculpatory evidence, and actual law-breaking.  You were probably even part of that as the Attorney General.  After all, it got you the Senate seat.  But this immoral, undemocratic behavior must end. And if it continues, there must be repercussions.  To that end, you should add to your platform the removal of actual or implied immunity from government officials who break the law.

Reasons for ending the War on Drugs can be found here: https://doctorsofcourage.org/why-end-the-war-on-drugs/.  If you need more information, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Linda Cheek, MD