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\nIn response to the opioid crisis, the Department of Justice (\u201cDOJ\u201d) has long prioritized prosecution of doctors prescribing opioids in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (\u201cCSA\u201d), 21 U.S.C. \u00a7 841.<\/p>\n

Passed in 1971, the CSA is an expansive criminal statute originally designed to prosecute people involved with trafficking so-called street drugs\u2014i.e.<\/em>, marijuana, heroine, cocaine, and the like.<\/p>\n

Because the CSA was not created to target licensed medical doctors prescribing controlled substances with legitimate medical uses (e.g.<\/em>, opioids)\u2014or to criminalize the provision of socially beneficial medical care more generally\u2014there have long been questions about how to apply the CSA fairly in physician prosecutions.<\/p>\n

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In response to the opioid crisis, the Department of Justice (\u201cDOJ\u201d) has long prioritized prosecution of doctors prescribing opioids in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (\u201cCSA\u201d), 21 U.S.C. \u00a7 841. 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