DEA surprises NFL.. Stages inspections of NFL Med Staff

[DaBruinz]

Noticed that no one mentioned this tweet from Field Yates. It would seem that the DEA pulled some surprise inspections of the Medical Staffs of NFL teams today.

Supposedly the inspections were prompted by a lawsuit filed this past spring alleging that Teams Doctors and Training staff would illegally give out pain killers to players to keep them on the field.

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_...dministration-stages-surprise-nfl-inspections

 

[h0c2000]

Might as well take a swing up to the owner's box tonight in Indy.

 

[fnordcircle]

**** the DEA. Gigantic waste of time and money devoted to ruining people's lives when the drug problem should be treated as a health one.

 

[Galeb]

Just another thing to distract the masses.

 

[Skree]

Obama trying to distract

 

[RobertWeathers]

Obama trying to distract

Hes trying to help the 'Crats win the House and Senate....Oh wait...

 

[Galeb]

Obama trying to distract

Yes, only one of our political parties aims to distract.

 

[woolster22]

**** the DEA. Gigantic waste of time and money devoted to ruining people's lives when the drug problem should be treated as a health one.

Right, NFL medicating players is the problem! Not a lack of database to see what a patient has been prescribed previously (and when) to doctors considering prescribing medication (regarding pain killers and other generally abused prescriptions). To take that a step further, scrutiny on doctors regarding amounts and frequency for prescribing said medication.

Unfortunately patient/doctor confidentiality supercedes the obvious, and most effective way to shut down a rapidly growing black market.

Instead, the government wants a big ticket scandal (one easily avoided with purposely licensed personnel on hand at all times from here on out) to take over headlines for whatever reason. Sports medicine is not the problem, general practice by unsavory docs is. the problem is taking steps to curtail abuses will result in far worse headlines, citing an erosion of patient doctor privilege.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Right, NFL medicating players is the problem! Not a lack of database to see what a patient has been prescribed previously (and when) to doctors considering prescribing medication (regarding pain killers and other generally abused prescriptions). To take that a step further, scrutiny on doctors regarding amounts and frequency for prescribing said medication.
.

Actually more and more states are setting up hotlines for prescribers ( MD, DMD) to check whether a patient is a drug seeker by getting RXs from multiple docs...

 

[Galeb]

Actually more and more states are setting up hotlines for prescribers ( MD, DMD) to check whether a patient is a drug seeker by getting RXs from multiple docs...

Wouldn't that be a serious HIPPA violation?

 

[woolster22]

Wouldn't that be a serious HIPPA violation?

Yes

Correction:
Checking patient rx is fine. Checking doctors (source of the problem) is the issue.

 

[fnordcircle]

Wouldn't that be a serious HIPPA violation?

Hahah, yeah, like rights matter when it comes to DROOOOGS.

The War on Drugs has, intentionally or not, lead to ridiculous policy that has seriously curtailed our rights, but I mean think of the Children!

 

[IcyPatriot]

Obama trying to distract

His Bears are 4-6 ... he'll need more than the DEA.