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DR. OGDEN
ACQUITTED OF|
3 CHARGES,

Fir ‘Unit Surge Surgeon. Put
‘On Probation In 4th
‘Narcotic Count

Dr. Frank N. ution, Fire De-
partment surgeon, yesterday was
acquitted of three narcotics
charges and placed on probation
before verdict in a fourth
charge, about which Judge Jo-
seph L. Carter declared he dis-|

agreed with experts in the nisdi
eal profession. *
“In a ten-page opinion dispos-
ing of the criminal matters. that
had been pending since last De-
cember, Judge Carter disclosed
that Dr. Ogden has voluntarily
surrendered: a narcotic stamp
he held for nearly 40 years,
thereby giving up his right to
ever again prescribe dope.
Judge Carter acquitted the
physician of charges of prescrib-
ing dope for two addicts in bad
faith.and of keeping inadequate
records of drugs administered,
dispensed or professionally used |:
other than by prescription.  .
- But he placed: the 61-year-old}.
physician . on Probation on a
charge of prescribing\ narcoties
for a man he had not examined
or seen, This prescription. was
obtained, testimony revealed,
by .an addict who pretended to
have an ill friend waiting out-
side the doctor’s offices,
_ Jurisdiction Discussed

with the question of where the
jurisdiction of the medical’ pro-
fession ends and that of: law-
enforcement begins in the han-
dling of the narcotics problem.

“This. case brought: to light,”
he said, “the feeling that is ap-
parently prevalent in the medi-
cal profession: In the course of
his testimony, one of the doc-
tors said that he felt as though
indirectly the entire medical

‘|profession was on trial.” ~

A number of medical experts
sat through the week-long trial
and oe that in their judg-

  
 
   

 

 

e accused may have.
used bad judement in prescrib-
ing dope for an unseen patient.
Judge Carter said he saw no
reason for the attitude that the
medical profession was on. trial..
“It seems to me we are work-
ing in an area that requires the
co-operation of the medical pro-
fession- and the law entorce-
ment agencies,” he said. .
“Our laws relating to the dis-
pensation of narcotics do not at-
tempt to regulate the practice of
medicine or to prescribe the

 

 

 

 

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course of treatment that a physi-||
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.{and/or juries under instructions
of the court must consider the ae
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Problem Discussed -

ja case of medicine versus law

jJamong other things,

‘leertain that this is the attitude

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PROBATION

Narcotics Charges

(Continued from. Page 40)
cian should recommend to his
patient.

“Neither do they pretend: to
substitute the judgment’ of ‘an
éfiforcement officer for that of a
physician; nor do they make the
court the arbité
of medicine

   

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evidenced by many eminent
character witnesses.

“JT do not wish,” he said,
interfere with his work .
to jeopardize his privilege of
practicing his profession.”

Judge Carter said the action
of Dr.. Ogden in surrendering
his. narcotics license will. not
prevent the physician from pre-
scribing for: patients in such

to

 Jeases where a prohibited nar-
Jeotics is a component part of

the prescription.

The defendant was requited
to pay court costs amounting to
($17.25. He was represented by
'G..C. A. Anderson and Edward
KA. Smith, attorneys.
John .C.. Weiss,
the cases.

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prosecuted

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FI OT Cer aatnseeesnamn ecb tceatireesreertiy
“There is no dogmatic rule

laid down for the purpose of de®

termining what is good or bad]

professional practice. The law

simply requires the prescription}.
i-j}of narcotics in good faith and in
1|the course . of pro ny prac-

tice. _

“In determining whether a
physician has acted in good faith
in’ prescribing narcotics, courts

   

profession together with all of

the other evidence presented in|

any particular case; and if there
is reasonable doubt as to what
constitutes good faith, or bad

faith, or as to what fair medical]

practice would require, the bene-
fit of such reasonable doubt must
be given to the accused

“The narectics problem ‘is not}

enforcement, but it is, or at
least should: be, that of medicine
and law enforcement in co-oper-
ation with each other. .

“The duty of \.a. physician,
calls for
the treating and healing of the
sick and the relief of suffering,
and the physician must -be al-

lowed to use his own judgment}

to a very great extent.

“He is subjected to all sorts
of trickery by drug addicts,
many of which he is able to de-
tect, but it is undoubtedly true
that. sometimes a skilled addict
can and does fool him.

“On the other hand, there is
certainly no one. who better
knows or ought to have superior
knowledge of the sad results of
drug . addiction than the physi-
cian himself.

“Therefore, it seems to me
that it should be the desire of
the. medical profession—and._ I
am absolutely certain that it is.
—to co-operate with the law en-)
forcement agencies in their
effort to wipe out, if possible,
all illicit drug traffic.

Equally Incumbent Mog

“And it is equally incumbent

upon those im charge of law en-}
forcement to recognize the phy-

sician’s frequent - difficult pesi-
tion—and while I cannot speak
for any other area, I am equally

of those in charge of law: en-
forcement in Baltimore city.”

Judge Carter declared it “does|
not make much sense” to argue}
that the opinion of the informed | @
physicians should take prece-| @
dence over that of law enforce-| By

ment officers, or vice-versa.

He said, on the basis of his|’]

experience in the Criminal
Courts, he has found that strict
and severe penalties should be
maintained in the law. Such
treatment of dope-law offenders
has “had a valuable and deter-
rent effect,” the Judge asserted.

In granting probation before
verdict; Judge Carter stated.
that he could not ignore “the
enviable reputation enjoyed by
Dr. Ogden” for many years, as

 

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