The Doctor Is Not a Criminal

A painful drug-war case in Virginia

IN December, after a federal jury convicted Virginia pain doctor William Hurwitz of running a drug-trafficking operation, the jury’s foreman made a puzzling comment to the Washington Post: “He wasn’t running a criminal enterprise.” Hurwitz, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison, is the author of Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use.

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A painful drug-war case in Virginia

IN December, after a federal jury convicted Virginia pain doctor William Hurwitz of running a drug-trafficking operation, the jury’s foreman made a puzzling comment to the Washington Post: “He wasn’t running a criminal enterprise.” Hurwitz, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison, is the author of Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use.