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Amid overdose crisis, court will weigh physician intent in “pill mill” prosecutions and more under the Controlled Substances Act

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The Controlled Substances Act makes it unlawful for “any person knowingly or intentionally … to manufacture, distribute, or dispense” a controlled substance, “[e]xcept as authorized by this subchapter.” Medicine, they contend, is by nature iterative, and the science of pain medicine in particular continues to evolve. (As