James Lundeen

DeWine admits his calling 61 pain docs drug dealers drove Ohioans to heroin

Richard Michael DeWine's attack on 61 Ohio physicians he falsely-accused of being drug dealers is the exact and traceable reason Ohioans went to the streets instead of doctors for pain medications.

CLEVELAND, OH – In a 2015 telephone interview Governor Richard Michael DeWine, when he was the state’s attorney general, shockingly revealed to an Ohio law enforcement newsletter how his duty-exceeding pursuit of physicians he accused without evidence of being drug dealers or “pill mill” operators caused people to turn to heroin. EJBNEWS uncovered DeWine’s sad admission in a February 16, 2015 newsletter published by the Ohio Task Force Commanders Association.  The newsletter featured a story headlined, “Ohio state, local officials working to prevent ‘pill mills’.” The story doesn’t carry a byline, but the writer wrote that a telephone interview was…

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