“The governor congratulates the Board for its decision and hopes that they continue this aggressive level of driving the scourge of prescription drug abuse out of southern Ohio,” said Rob Nichols, aide to Kasich.
Kasich had taken the Board to task for not suspending quickly enough Lundeen’s license after Lundeen had been decertified by the BWC just days after the raid.
“This guy is still practicing medicine,” Kasich said at the time. “Suspend the guy for probable cause. Either we’re serious about this or we’re not.”
Wednesday’s suspension accuses Lundeen of violating the Medical Practice Act, and the release sent by the Medical Board said Lundeen’s “continued practice presents a danger of immediate and serious harm to the public.”
The Medical Board accuses Lundeen’s practice as being atypical of common medical practice. As an example, the board said he maintained one main office and operated about 12 offices across Ohio. He worked in Portsmouth one day every two weeks, the board said, treating about 90 patients per day, often with 30-40 people waiting at one time.
By Dr. Lundeen’s own statement, the board said, “a high percentage” of the patients received controlled substances.
Last week, Lundeen filed a Motion for Default Judgment against the BWC in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, claiming the OBWC has not responded in a timely manner to his Verified Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order after 18 days had passed. He has also threatened to file a federal civil rights suit against Portsmouth City Solicitor Mike Jones because Jones had earlier failed to give him a determination as to whether his practice fell within the guidelines of a new ordinance regulating pain clinics. Jones said he sent a one-sentence response informing Lundeen he could not give him legal advice.
Now.. Mr Kasisch and all other public officials.
Put some focus on Purdue Pharma Corporation. They are the sole maker of OxyContin and obvious to anyone who gives it a half notion that this druggernaut is way over producing their poison. Just read any news source for the sheer amount of confiscated pills and sickenly large quantity of Pill Mills across the country (more accurately they are OPIUM DENS).
The stuff is syntensized from morphine brick which is the extract from Poppy Plants. They import large quantitys of morphine brick whle turning a blind eye to the country of origin. Any intelligence angency will tell you that 90% of the stuff is grown in Afghanistan.
So, no matter how it is spun, our troops are over there protecting their profits from the very drug-pill that has depleted wealth (and loss of life) from hundreds of familys and communitys.
Very sick nation with such double-standard (and no standard) principals.