Abstract
When a doctor writes prescriptions in his office, following consultation with a patient, and receives no compensation other than the normal fee for service, can this still be drug trafficking? Recent court judgments have emphatically held that it can, but in so doing courts wrongly impose criminal liability on doctors for trusting patients.
How to Cite:
Hellman, D.,
(2008) “Pushing Drugs or Pushing the Envelope: The Prosecution of Doctors in Connection with Over-Prescribing of Opium-Based Drugs”,
Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly 28(1/2),
7–12.
doi: https://doi.org/10.13021/G8pppq.282008.118
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