Physician Prosecutions under the Controlled Substance Act

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

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Ignacio Cerdena¹  Simha Ravven¹ 

[1] Law and Psychiatry Division,Department of Psychiatry,Yale University School of Medicine

关键词: controlled substance;    mens rea;    negligence;    Supreme Court;    clinical practice;   

DOI  :  10.29158/JAAPL.230005L3-23

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In Ruan v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2370 (2022),the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the 10th and11th Circuit Courts erred in affirming jury instructionswith a negligence standard for the prosecution of twophysicians under the Controlled Substances Act(CSA), 21 U.S.C. § 841 (2018). The Court foundthat the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubtthat the physicians knowingly wrote prescriptions without a legitimate medical purpose. The holding establishes a new mens rea standard for CSA physicianprosecutions.

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