Fight Over Opioid Prescribing–And When It Turns Criminal–Heads to Supreme Court

February 11, 2022

(STAT News) – Doctors have wide latitude to prescribe drugs, including potentially dangerous ones, but even they face limits. The question is, what threshold do physicians have to cross — and what sort of intent do they need to have — for their prescribing to be considered a crime? It’s an issue headed to the Supreme Court next month, in a case concerning two physicians who were convicted of unlawfully dispensing opioid painkillers. (Read More)