Since 2001, the federal government has accelerated its pursuit of physicians it alleges are contributing to an increase of prescription-drug addiction. These highly publicized indictments and prosecutions have frightened many physicians out of the field of pain management, exacerbating an already serious health crisis—the widespread undertreatment of severe chronic pain.
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Ronald T. Libby is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration and Senior Fellow in the Blue Cross, Blue Shield Ethics Center at the University of North Florida.
