Doctors and Pain Patients Avoid 'Ruan' in the Supreme Court
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Physicians’ fear of criminal prosecution for prescribing opioid analgesics is a major reason why many chronic pain patients are having an increasingly difficult time obtaining medically appropriate pain relief. In Ruan v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2370 (2022), the Supreme Court unanimously vacated two federal convictions under the Controlled Substances Act. The Court held that the government must prove that the defendant knowingly or intentionally acted in an unauthorized manner.
DOI: 10.1017/jme.2023.25
Authors: Mark A. Rothstein, Mary E. Dyche, Julia Irzyk
Institution: University of Louisville
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4323535539