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Dietrich Stoermer, who had treated our troops in Vietnam, on trial here for writing “too many” painkiller prescriptions.
The government, on the other hand, contended he was a mere “prescription factory,” issuing scrips for pain medications in order to profit from his $60 charge per office visit.
The Las Vegas jury weighed the evidence and unanimously acquitted Dr. Stoermer. He held out his hand to the federal prosecutor, that Christmas Eve, saying “No hard feelings.”
But there were hard feelings. The federal drug police declined to renew Dr. Stoermer’s federal license to write painkiller prescriptions, claiming they had a “different standard of evidence” than that used by juries.
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The government, on the other hand, contended he was a mere “prescription factory,” issuing scrips for pain medications in order to profit from his $60 charge per office visit.
The Las Vegas jury weighed the evidence and unanimously acquitted Dr. Stoermer. He held out his hand to the federal prosecutor, that Christmas Eve, saying “No hard feelings.”
But there were hard feelings. The federal drug police declined to renew Dr. Stoermer’s federal license to write painkiller prescriptions, claiming they had a “different standard of evidence” than that used by juries.
Vin Suprynowicz » Blog Archive » Making life worse for those in pain