Pill Mills: Administrative Law to the Rescue

Nearly every jurisdiction in the United States has been affected by the opioid crisis—more specifically, “pill mills.” Pill mill is a term that has been used “primarily by local and state investigators to describe a doctor, clinic or pharmacy that is prescribing or dispensing powerful narcotics inappropriately or for non-medical reasons.” These “thriving ‘pill mills’ helped seed an overdose epidemic that ended up devastating many of the communities where the pills were sent.” Administrative law is a particularly effective remedy for addressing the problem.