DEA is okay with some pain management clinics. A DEA official told an industry conference that some pain management clinics are legitimate. When describing the proliferation of pain management clinics, DEA Associate Deputy Administrator Alan Santos told the audience at HDMA’s Distribution Management Conference and Technology Expo that prior to the rapid growth of pain
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Oral Argument: Walgreen Co. v. DEA
By Larry P. Cote on
Posted in Enforcement Actions
Today the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments in the matter of Walgreen Co. v. Drug Enforcement Administration, et al., (Docket No. 12-1397). I will leave the prognosticating to trained professionals; however, it was clear to me that Walgreens was before a sympathetic panel. The three-judge panel asked…