Criminal Law: Physician Convicted for Recklessly Prescribing OxyContin

Florida v. Graves, No. 01-422-CFA (Fla. Cir. Ct. Feb. 20, 2002); Scandlen M. , “Graves Guilty: Pace Doctor Convicted in 4 Drug Deaths,” Pensacola News Journal, February 20, 2002, available at <http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/news/022002/Local/St001.shtml>.

Florida v. Craves, No. 01-422-CFA (Fla. Cir. Ct. March 22, 2002) (sentencing); Douglas D. , “Physician Receives Nearly 63-Year Prison Sentence for OxyContin Deaths,” BNA's Health Law Reporter, 11, no. 13 (March 28, 2002): 469.

Douglas , supra note 2.

Scandlen , supra note 1. See also Albert T. , “Florida Physician Guilty of Manslaughter in OxyContin Case,” American Medical News, March 11, 2002, available at <http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_02/prl20311.htm>.

Douglas , supra note 2.

Id.; Scandlen , supra note 1.

Florida v. Graves, No. 01–422-CFA (Fla. Cir. Ct. Feb. 20, 2002); Albert, supra note 4.

Ritea S. , “Toughened Regulations for OxyContin Proposed,” The Times-Picayune, April 10, 2002, at 5. See also Crane M. Cadwaller B. , “More Overdose Deaths Blamed on Painkiller,” The Columbus Dispatch, January 6, 2002, at 1A; Tangney C. , “9 Indicted in Drug Robberies, AG: OxyContin was Targeted,” The Boston Globe, March 29, 2002, at B15.

Albert , supra note 4.

Douglas , supra note 2.

“Purdue Says Two OxyContin Suits Withdrawn, Other Lawsuits Will Be Resisted ‘Vigorously,’” BNA's Health Law Reporter, 11, no. 2 (January 10, 2002): 55.

Id. See also “West Virginia Sues OxyContin Makers, Claims They Exacerbated Addiction Problem,” BNA's Health Law Reporter, 10, no. 24 (June 14, 2001): 923.

Freeman L. , “Medical Professionals: Conviction Not Cause for Tougher Regulations,” Naples Daily News, March 9, 2002, available at <http://naplesnews.com/02/03/naples/d774952a.htm>.

Albert , supra note 4.