Please eliminate the DEA number available to the public.  Just recently, on the front page of the the ADA newsletter , there is a comment by the ADA President that focuses on prescribing opioids safely and effectively.  This  month's ADA journal  presents a paper concerning opioids prescription abuse.  Our concern is not only are we reducing the number of prescriptions of opioids, but we need to protect our right of privacy to our DEA number.