I'm not going to defend all actions of this psychiatrist, but know there's a war going on with the DEA and medical doctors(mainly Psychiatrists and and doctor who deals with patients in pain--Pain Specialists).

I discount all the testimony on his first wife, and children; I just don't know if he did anything illegial. Yes, it might have been weird, but not illegal. He married a much younger wife--not unheard of? I recall one med student joke about having a medschool spouse, and that was comming from a woman.

I believe the DEA, did an accounting of his prescribing practices between 2004 and 2007. We all read those huge amounts of drugs he was dispensing, but why did they count the number of pills, and not the correlate that to patients.
They said he prescribed 37,000 Xanax in in those years. That's also 1223 patients in that time period with a script for 30 pills? The hydrocodone was 2630 scripts for 30 pills.

This is a well know Psychiatrist in his 60's. He must have thousands of patient he's treating? He's lived through the SSRI lies? He knows what works, and what doesn't. I don't know why he was prescribing a Fetnal type drug, other than maybe he was seeing cancer patients, or he took pity on patients who just had pain other physicians refused to treat?

He was investigated by three agencies. I don't belive the local police investigation; I have seen them lie too frequently to make their case. I am Leary of the DEA undercover investigation. I'm not Leary of the California State licensing Board. In that instance he offerd advise and warnings.

"In March, an undercover agent from the California Medical Board came to Dreyer, saying she had a sore throat and cramps. He told her she was “very pretty” and inquired if she was single. She asked for Xanax, and Dreyer said he worried about her “getting all these crazy meds,” adding, “I don’t want to hook you, baby.” He prescribed 30 doses of Xanax and 60 doses of Vicodin."

He shouldn't have flirted with her, but he warned her about addiction, and didn't give an unreasonable amount of medication--especially if he wasen't going to see her for months? We don't have the transcript of that office visit.

My point is he's a older physician who dealt with patients whom were in psychological, and physical pain. He was taught in med school to alleviate pain, and misery.

Through out the article, everyone was astonished he was Not making much money 'doing these illegial acts'? He was charging $100 a visit, which in my neck of the woods is a bargain. Most of these Psychaitrists are charging $350-$500 an office visit, and you leave with a safe, and so many times ineffective SSRI, and a business card of a MFCC.

My point is I'm not sure he was so reckless; he should be in prison? Psychiatrist deal with people in pain. How many patients are they allowed to see? Just how many scripts are they allowed to write? Maybe they should tell doctors exactly what, and whom to prescribe too?

I usually don't defend doctors, but know the DEA is after them on a large scale. One day, you might be in a Psychiatrist office and you won't get that medication that stops a panic attack dead in its track?

I guess what I'm trying to say is I would like to see all the transcripts. I would like to know how many of his patients were diagnosed with terminal cancer, or another deadly, painful disease?

I Don't want to argue with anyone, he's in jail--Yay right? Just another drug dealer? Maybe misunderstood, by a paranoid government agency? An agency with agents, administrators who didn't go to medical school?

Again--I fear a medical establishment that won't treat pain(psychological/physical) because they don't want the DEA breathing down their backs. Hell, it's happening right now. Good luck with that slipped disc. They just aren't prescribing drugs that actually work--out of fear.

Yes--we have a problem with opoid/benzo addiction, but their are people who benefit from these drugs too. Why, in America, do we need to solve complex problems with a hammer?