Something smells in the AG’s office
As a public service for doctors in jeop- ardy, I think the article by Ms. Conde, “Physician-Buyer Beware,” (August 2011 Texas Medicine, pages 49–53) is needed and well timed. What it says about the office practices of our attorney general is something else. The more I thought about what the
article revealed, the more upset I be- came. It is one thing to technically apply statutes for needed correction of offens- es. It is another to apply a statute with the apparent motive of simply bringing in cash to a state office. If the attorney general’s aim is to correct illegal be- havior, why not just accept the actions of the Harlingen physician who imme- diately stopped buying from the illegal seller? The same could be argued for the Grapevine group. To me, the article identifies a stench coming from the area of Attorney Gen- eral Greg Abbott’s office. I cannot conceive of the Texas Leg-
islature having this type of enforcement in mind when it voted this law into existence.
Thanks for all you are doing.
Jan D. Cochrum, MD Fort Worth
8 TEXAS MEDICINE October 2011
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