Federal prosecutors charged 60 physicians and pharmacists yesterday with illegally handing out opioid prescriptions in what they say is the biggest crackdown of its kind in U.S. history, the Yahoo website reports today (April 17, 2019).
Some of the doctors are accused of trading drugs for sex, giving prescriptions to Facebook friends without proper medical exams, and unnecessarily pulling teeth to justify writing pain pill prescriptions.
The list of indicted medical professionals includes podiatrists, orthopedic specialists, dentists, general practitioners , and nurse practitioners.
Prosecutors said people addicted to pain medication received dangerous amounts of opioids, including oxycodone, methadone, and morphine.
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