Deadly Morals

August, 1997

Deadly MoralsThe DEA is Busting Doctors for Prescribing Drugs--and Patients are Dying in PainDonald Dewberry, 44, a retired aircraft mechanic, went to Dr. John McFadden several years ago after two failed surgeries for degenerative disk disease. The pain in his neck was crippling, and even moving his eyes triggered it. Dr. McFadden, who is medical director of the Tupelo Pain Clinic in Tupelo, Mississippi, prescribed Dewberry narcotic painkillers known as opioids, which are highly effective and ra...