Opioid crisis: doctors among 60 charged in crackdown on illegal prescriptions

Those charged include 53 medical professionals tied to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32m pills, US officials say Federal authorities said... thumbnail 1 summary

Those charged include 53 medical professionals tied to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32m pills, US officials say

Federal authorities said on Wednesday they have charged 60 people, including 31 doctors, for their roles in illegally prescribing and distributing millions of pills containing opioids and other dangerous drugs.

Among those charged was a Tennessee doctor who dubbed himself the “Rock Doc” and is accused of prescribing dangerous combinations of drugs such as fentanyl and oxycodone, sometimes in exchange for sex, authorities said.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2IB2vGS

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