We MUST, and WILL get the Controlled Substance Act repealed. No drug causes addiction. The CSA has been a 50 year old attack on minorities, now turned against doctors and the expendable patients they treat. Weaponization of the Justice Department for government agendas has got to end. Join us in this achievement. Nothing else will work to end the war–not state laws, not Supreme Court decisions, not the CDC guidelines. Only ending the war on drugs will end the attacks on doctors and pain patients.
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Muhamad Aly Rifai, MD is a fighter! We need more like him!
February 27, 2025,
PressRelease / For Immediate Release
Easton, Pennsylvania
Psychiatrist Cleared by Federal Jury Sues U.S. Government over Unjust Prosecution
Muhamad Aly Rifai, MD, a highly regarded psychiatrist and internist in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, is taking legal action against the U.S. Department of Justice following his exoneration in federal court. After a lengthy and costly prosecution and a six-day trial, a federal jury acquitted Dr. Rifai in a matter of hours in May 2024. Now, he is fighting back. Dr. Rifai will hold the government accountable for what he describes as an unjust and baseless case that damaged his reputation and professional standing.
Dr. Rifai has filed legal action in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, under a federal law called the Hyde Amendment, seeking $1 million in attorney fees and legal costs. His lawsuit and legal action highlight the misuse of prosecutorial power to target physicians—particularly minority doctors—over disputed civil billing matters. Dr. Rifai’s trial exposed overwhelming weaknesses in the government’s case. The prosecution’s key expert witness backtracked on the stand, leading the jury to swiftly reject the government’s claims. Dr. Rifai presented testimony from two independent experts who dismantled the allegations, reinforcing his complete innocence.
“This case was never about justice—it was about government overreach,” said Dr. Rifai. “I dedicated my career to caring for patients, only to find myself wrongly accused in a prosecution that should never have been pursued. I am committed to ensuring that no other physician endures the same ordeal”. Dr. Rifai’s legal action seeks to raise awareness about the dangers of politically or bureaucratically motivated prosecutions, which he argues undermines public trust in the justice system.
Dr. Rifai was a victim of the weaponized Department of Justice under US Attorney Jacqueline Romero, Attorney General Merrick Garland and President Joe Biden. He is standing up for himself and others who have suffered the same injustice.
Legal Action Filed Under:
United States of America v. Muhamad Aly Rifai 5:22-cr-00390-JLS (ECF No 88, 89)
Muhamad Aly Rifai, MD v. United States of America et al 5:24-cv-01242-JLS
Our Mission: To End the War on Drugs, Doctors and Patients by Getting The Controlled Substance Act and all related legislation repealed.
The answer to end the attacks on pain,
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The information necessary to get people to understand that drugs, especially opioids that are necessary to treat pain, are not the cause of drug abuse or addiction. This ecourse is now self-paced. I will only hold review/Q&A sessions if a group of 10 or more sign up together. I will be available individually through email, but no personal medical suggestions will be made, only explanation of the points of the ecourse. If you want the attacks on pain to stop before 2050, you must learn this information well enough to teach it to others.
Access to the ecourse is for 6 months. Invitations to a zoom conference to review the information is at the discretion of Dr. Cheek, or if there are at least 10 individuals taking the ecourse at the same time.
For information on what is included in the ecourse, go to
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Dr. Joseph Parker interviews me here, to learn about my history of how I became an advocate, and my journey through healing medicine with the resulting attacks by the government. Thank you, Dr. Parker, for your help. We will get you released before your 7 year imprisonment is concluded.
The Debate of the Year: Which Will End the War on Opioids--CDC guideline revocation or repeal of the Controlled Substance Act?
Red Lawhern, PhD, joins Linda Cheek, MD in discussing this very important question. Red is the most prominent supporter of revoking the CDC guidelines. Linda is in favor of repealing the CSA.
Share this link with everyone you know so they can make an informed decision on what we need to do.
2025-26 Communication Campaign:
Imagine the future:
Doctor writing prescription
for opioids without fear
How will this get accomplished?
I’m never going to give up trying to get people to do what is needed to stop the government attacks on opioids, pain management, doctors, and chronic pain patients. It takes thousands of communications to legislators to get their attention. All the people out there who say “I write to my legislator” are basically wasting their time. Their letter goes into the circular file and the staff person who read it simply spits out a form letter to send back. The legislator never hears what you said, and obviously from the continued anti-opioid policies being proposed by our legislators they will continue chasing the rabbit wasting tax dollars. So I hope people get on what is needed–what we have here on Doctors (and Patients) of Courage.
For 2024, I want to focus on getting the Controlled Substance Act repealed. But that requires people doing the necessary work–learning the information we offer here.
We have to get this information to the legislators. But I am no longer running a communication campaign. No one visited the page, so it was a waste of my time. But with the knowledge you can learn here, every person can participate in sharing it with the legislators. So start with learning what is needed by watching the webinar recording on the top menu bar. If you don’t know who your health staffers are, fill out the pink form on the Contact Us page, and I’ll send you that information.
For supporting members and ambassadors of Doctorsofcourage, you will have the complete list of all health issues staff in the membership site, as soon as it is completed. Currently the list is for the 118th Congress since the information for the 119th Congress is just being collected.
So please, share this website with all of your contacts. If I get enough interest out there, I might start the Communication page up again.
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The Real Cause of Drug Abuse
This is the information that will change the opiaphobia in the nation because drugs are not the cause of drug abuse. Once this is understood, the suffering will stop.
Doctors (and Patients) of Courage
This pamphlet explains the purpose of DoC and why people should get on board with us. We Hold the Key!: What will unlock and expose the government agenda against opioids.
The Seven Steps to Healing
This teaches what people need to know to cure most chronic disease. This includes addiction.
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Check out the possible parades in your area and consider organizing a group to join a parade. Fourth of July is a possibility, but at least by Veterans’ Day, there should be active parades across the country.
Also consider setting up tables at any shows in your area that allow information stations.
Concerns & Demands for Congress. Get Your Copy to Use.
DOCTORS OF COURAGE (DoC)
www.doctorsofcourage.org
To the President of the United States, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governors and State Legislatures:
Concerns
1. The “Opioid Epidemic” is an “Illegal and Illicit Drug Abuse Crisis” falsely blamed on legal prescriptions written by physicians
2. The disproportionate and discriminatory over-prosecution of black and other ethnic physicians of color by the DOJ, DEA, criminal justice system and state medical boards
3. The alarming increase in the death rate of chronic pain patients, who are opioid non-abusers, through DOJ persecution of treating physicians. This has created an epidemic of suicides, especially by veterans, through physician abandonment and limiting needed medications by pharmacies
4. The increase in the horrendous death rate of sickle cell anemia chronic pain patients, who are mostly African American. The denial of National Institute of Health (NIH) standard of care treatment guidelines by emergency room and hospital providers, using CDC guidelines to excuse “medical manslaughter” and “black genocide”
5. The cost of human suffering and loss of quality of life of chronic pain patients, who are opioid non-abusers
6. Government overreach leading to non-medical government agencies practicing medicine without a license
7. Violation of Doctors’ Constitutional Rights
a 4th amendment through illegal search and seizure, use of warrants without just cause.
b 5th amendment through lack of due process.
c 6th amendment rights of a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, the right to be informed of the charges, the right to confront and call witnesses, and the right to an attorney.
d 14th amendment through loss of property. A doctor’s profession is his property.
8. Misuse of the forfeiture statute of the CSA
Demands
1. The investigation of the DOJ by the U.S. Congress for the prosecution of physicians through the illegal application of the Controlled Substance Act.
2. Doctors that have been charged or convicted based on Title 21, The Controlled Substance Act, be immediately released from prison and exonerated from any federal charges, including Medicare/Medicaid fraud charges, as that is simply a door-opener.
3. Doctors have their licenses and DEA certificates restored
4. The CSA be amended or new law written to permanently exempt doctors from charges related to controlled substance prescriptions in words that even US Attorneys can understand.
5. Remove the actual immunity from prosecutors. If they break the law to convict an innocent person, they should be prosecuted, not protected.
6. Defendants should have first option of witnesses. The government should not be allowed to declare everyone a government witness and leave the defendant with no one.
7. Allow doctors who have been denied DEA certification without cause a means of civil action to be remunerated for their loss of their 14th amendment rights.
8. A search warrant into a doctor’s office must be served with actual charges in mind, based on the criminal standard of actual sale of prescriptions for resale or abuse, not for patient treatment.
9. Stop asset forfeiture prior to conviction.
10. Investigate National Data Banks for publishing false allegations against medical professionals. Information should not be public until proven.
To send this to your legislators, here is the pdf version which you have permission to download and send as is: DoC’s Concerns and Demands
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Linda Cheek is a teacher and disenfranchised medical doctor, turned activist, author, and speaker. A victim of prosecutorial misconduct and outright law-breaking of the government agencies DEA, DHHS, and DOJ, she hopes to be a part of exonerating all doctors illegally attacked through the Controlled Substance Act. She holds the key to success, as she can offset the government propaganda that drugs cause addiction with the truth: The REAL Cause of Drug Abuse.
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