[driverdan]

There's a lot more to this story you're not disclosing. The DEA doesn't just imprison someone overnight because "decided he was writing too many prescriptions".

[sjtgraham]

Of course, at no point in history has someone been prosecuted by a government on trumped up charges.

[nirvana]

I guess you're not aware of it, but my acquaintance is not the only one. Many doctors across the USA have been attacked this way.

Here's an article going back to 2003: http://www.opioids.com/offshorepharmacy/deapaindoc.html

Here's one on 2004: http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/wod-pca/

Doctor's opinion from 2008: http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/91/46424/prescri...

A briefing to congress from 2004, contains many useful references: http://www.aapsonline.org/painman/paindocs2/libbystatement.p...

Doctors shirking their duty due to fear of persecution via prosecution: http://www.doctorgorrell.com/a-bad-time-to-be-a-chronic-pain...

Article about how the fear is causing doctors to resist adequate remedies: http://www.healthsearchonline.com/doctors-prescribing-pain-m...

The white house is calling it an "epidemic": http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/