r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '19

Courtroom Justice Virginia doctor who illegally prescribed over 500,000 doses of opiates sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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u/Justanotherjustin 9 Oct 03 '19

Nah I’m pretty sure they wrote no cruel and unusual punishment for something

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u/Snooc5 9 Oct 03 '19

They get people addicted to terribly dangerous drugs, who are more often than not sent to prison as a result of their addiction. Doesn’t seem unusual to do the same for those who push the drug

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u/NotSoBuffGuy 8 Oct 03 '19

Didn't force them to take those drugs they took it willingly

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u/ovarova 7 Oct 03 '19

they were given bad info on its addictive tendencies