THE CHRONIC INTRACTABLE PAIN PATIENT REAL DANGERS ARE THE INCOMPETENCE OF THE CDC SCIENTIST, THEIR OPIOID PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF ANXIETY AND PAIN TREATMENT BY DEA

SUBMITTED TO:

the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (BSC/NCIPC) CDC, as part of the public record per guest July 16th, 2021, forum AS comment  WITH supporting documentation

MICHAEL BARNES ESQ, of dcbalaw.com________

“DEA AGENTS HAVE NO BUSINESS SECOND-GUESSING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS’ DECISIONS ON MEDICAL NEEDS AND PATIENT CARE. THAT’S A JOB FOR STATE LICENSING BOARDS – AND ONLY WHEN THERE IS A VALID COMPLAINT TO INVESTIGATE.”

REPORTED BY

NORMAN J CLEMENT RPH., DDS, NORMAN L.CLEMENT PHARM-TECH, MALACHI F. MACKANDAL PHARMD, JOSEPH SOLVO ESQ., REV. C.T. VIVIAN, JELANI ZIMBABWE CLEMENT, BS., MBA., WILLIE GUINYARD BS., BRAHM FISHER ESQ., JOSEPH WEBSTER MD.ESTER HYATT PHD., BRAHM FISHER ESQ., MICHELE ALEXANDERBERES E. MUSCHETT, STRATEGIC ADVISOR

Norman J Clement, Aaron Howard, Rick Fertil demand the return of our DEA pharmacy Control Substance Registrations Immediately.

BY PAT ANSON, EDITOR PAIN NEWS NETWORK

November 11, 2020

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DEA Expanding Surveillance of Prescription Drug Data

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is making plans for a major expansion of its monitoring of prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances, with the goal of identifying virtually every prescriber, pharmacy, and patient in the country that shows signs of drug diversion or abusing their medication. (5)

In a request for proposal (RFP) made in early September, the DEA asked software contractors to submit bids for the creation of a nationwide data system that would track “a minimum of 85 percent of all prescriptions” for Schedule II through V controlled substances. The RFP was first reported by the website Filter. (1)

Critics say the surveillance program will have a chilling effect on many healthcare providers, who are already fearful of being flagged by law enforcement for prescribing and dispensing opioids and other medications to patients suffering from pain and other illnesses.  

“This RFP illustrates that the DEA, and U.S. Department of Justice more broadly, remains fixated on monitoring and scrutinizing the medical decisions of licensed health professionals while illegal fentanyl and heroin contribute to two-thirds of opioid-involved drug poisonings in the U.S.,” says attorney Michael Barnes, who is managing partner at DCBA Law & Policy, a law firm that advises healthcare providers. (2)

“DEA agents have no business second-guessing health care providers’ decisions on medical needs and patient care. That’s a job for state licensing boards – and only when there is a valid complaint to investigate.”

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‘UNLIMITED ACCESS’ TO PRESCRIPTION DATA

Hundreds of medications would be covered under the DEA’s surveillance program, including drugs used to treat pain, opioid use disorder, anxiety, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).  Under the program, DEA investigators would have “unlimited access” to prescription data compiled over the last five years, including the names of prescribers and pharmacists, types of medication, quantity, dose, refills, and forms of payment.

The names of patients would be encrypted, but if investigators suspect a medication was being abused or diverted, they could get a subpoena to quickly identify the patients involved.

“The subpoena process would be that we would generate a DEA Administrative Subpoena and send it to you for the unmasking of specified patients. The data provider would then need to respond to us providing the unmasked patient information that was requested within three business days,” the DEA said in response to a contractor who inquired how the subpoena process would work. (3)     

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THE SCAVENGERS

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Asked how many DEA investigators would have access to the prescription data at any given time, the agency said there could be over a thousand.

“We would start with 1,100 users and would renegotiate if more were needed. It is unlikely that 1,100 users will all access the system concurrently but is hypothetically possible in the future,” the agency replied.

Why the DEA is seeking to expand its monitoring of opioid prescriptions is unclear. In recent years, the number of prescriptions has fallen by about a third and the DEA itself estimates that less than one percent of legally prescribed opioids are diverted.

THE CHRONIC INTRACTABLE PAIN PATIENT REAL DANGERS ARE THE INCOMPETENCE OF THE CDC SCIENTIST AND THEIR GUIDELINES

From CDC Board of Scientific Counselors July 16, 2021 Dr. Grant Baldwin!!!!

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BYPASSING PDMPS

State-run prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) already track much of the information DEA is seeking, but law enforcement access to the data usually requires an active investigation or warrant – no data mining or fishing expeditions allowed. To maintain patient privacy, some states prohibit sharing prescription data with federal or out-of-state law enforcement agencies. Last year, the DEA had to sue Colorado to get access to the state’s PDMP data. (4)

The DEA’s plan would bypass these privacy safeguards and effectively create a national PDMP for law enforcement. The agency would even be allowed to share some prescription data with unnamed “outside agencies and/or organizations without prior review by the Contractor.”      

The DEA did not respond to multiple requests for comment. In the RFP, the agency said it was required to maintain “comprehensive, detailed, accessible, and timely prescription, pharmacy, and prescriber information.”

Much of the data mining the agency is planning appears to go beyond the prescription data that is currently covered by PDMPs.  For example, the DEA wants to know the distance patients travel to see their doctors and pharmacies; whether patients living at the same address are getting the same drugs; whether a patient pays in cash for their medications; and whether a patient is getting a combination of opioids and benzodiazepines to treat their pain and anxiety.

“This DEA program will increase the fear associated with prescribing and dispensing controlled medications, making it even more difficult for people with pain, opioid use disorder, anxiety, insomnia, and ADHD to access individualized treatment. More such patients will be left in despair. It’s as though the federal government is unaware or does not care that the U.S. is in the midst of a suicide epidemic,” Barnes told PNN. 

JAY JOSHI MD, MBA PRATITIONER VICTIM OF MISGUIDED CDC INCOMPOTENCE AND DEA INTRUSION ONTO MEDICAL PROTOCOLS

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‘APPALLING FOR PEOPLE’S HEALTH’

The software contractor is also expected to provide DEA with a list of top prescribers and pharmacies that are writing and filling prescriptions for fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, buprenorphine and other opioids. The inclusion of buprenorphine is troubling to substance abuse treatment experts, because it is a primary ingredient of Suboxone. 

“The impact of including buprenorphine will be appalling for people’s health,” said Dr. Hannah Cooper, the chair of substance use disorder research at Emory University. Cooper fears the DEA surveillance program would make doctors and pharmacies reluctant to supply Suboxone to patients who need addiction treatment. 

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WEST CAPE WINE COUNTRY, REPUBLIC SOUTH AFRICA

“The idea that patient-level data is available to the DEA is quite frightening. We don’t want to make people worry that their decisions will be monitored by this highly punitive federal agency,” Cooper told Filter. “If you’ve been inhabiting a space where you’ve been persecuted by the federal government for some time, and they now have access to your private medical information, there will be tremendous consequences for population health and health equity.”

This program will undoubtedly decrease the prescribing of controlled medications, including buprenorphine for opioid use disorder,” said Barnes. “Why in the world would the federal government, in the midst of a worsening drug-poisoning epidemic, discourage the prescribing of a medication to treat opioid use disorder and prevent opioid poisonings?”

The DEA deadline for receiving proposals from software contractors was October 20. No contract awards have been announced. The surveillance program could begin as early as December 1, 2020, and continue for a minimum of one year, with an option for up to four years The potential cost of the program has not been disclosed.

!!! CONGRESS MUST INVESTIGATE OR THE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS DOOMED!!!!

From CDC Board of Scientific Counselors Forum July 16th 2021

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In 2017 Former Utah Senator 
This video is the game changer which exposes the nature of DEA/DOJ abuses in targeting BLACK OWN PHARMACIES: Senator Hatch on DEA and Opioid Crisis and AbuseC-SPAN.org

https://www.c-span.org/video/?435395-3/senator-hatch-dea-opioid-crisis

FOR NOW YOU ARE WITHIN THE

YOUWITHINTHENORMS.COM , (WYNTON MARSALIS CONCERTO FOR TRUMPET AND 2 OBOES, 1984)

NORMS

END NOTES

  1. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54d50ceee4b05797b34869cf/t/5fac5d699a1aef48f6f43d39/1605131626625/DEA+RFP+amendment.pdf
  2. https://dcbalaw.com
  3. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54d50ceee4b05797b34869cf/t/5fac5d699a1aef48f6f43d39/1605131626625/DEA+RFP+amendment.pdf
  4. https://coloradosun.com/2019/11/11/dea-subpoena-opioid-pharmacy-board/
  5. https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2020/11/11/dea-planning-expanded-surveillance-of-prescription-data

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