According to the Justice Department, the suspects wrote some 350,000 prescriptions and distributed 32 million pills.
In Tennessee, according to prosecutors, a doctor known as the "Roc Doc," 'allegedly prescribed powerful and dangerous combinations of opioids and benzodiazepines, sometimes in exchange for sexual favors.' The Justice Department said over three years the doctor "allegedly prescribed approximately 500,000 hydrocodone pills, 300,000 oxycodone pills, 1,500 fentanyl patches, and more than 600,000 benzodiazepine pills."In another instance, in the Western District of Kentucky, according to the DOJ, a doctor would provide pre-signed blank prescriptions to office staff who used them to prescribe drugs while he was out of the office.
In a case out of Dayton, Ohio, the DOJ said a doctor who is alleged to have been the highest prescriber of controlled substances in the state, and several pharmacists, are charged with operating an alleged “pill mill.” According to the indictment, the DOJ says, "between October 2015 and October 2017 alone, the pharmacy allegedly dispensed over 1.75 million pills.
"The Trump Administration’s law enforcement and public health leaders will continue to work hand in hand to end this crisis that has hit Appalachia hard and steals far too many lives across America every day," Azar continued.at the top of opioid overdoses in the country.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
prison for a long time
Good job!!!!!
Well the people of Appalachia need some sort of income...
Why are you putting 'Appalachia' in quotes? Unlike me, here, you are not quoting anyone. I'm curious: What are you trying to communicate with that choice?
Electric chair an option?
Deputy Raylan Givens?
Thank-you President Trump
There are surely so many more all over the country. Criminals.
Amateurs. toddbarry moves more that on a good Monday.
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