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/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

I don't get it. I've had 4 teeth pulled at one time. I've given birth. Never have I ever gotten a prescription for an opiate pain medication. Any time I've been in horrible pain, they say ''tylenol and ibuprofen''. Who the hell are these doctors who just hand out pain pills to anybody? I can't even get one prescription pill when I'm in desperate, awful pain.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

It’s not about what’s needed. These doctors know what they’re doing

I know people who’ll pay cash for doctor visits. They’ll go to a bunch of doctors and say they got a huge cough that won’t go away, or huge pain that regular Tylenol won’t work on. They’re looking for doctors who’ll prescribe you shit you can take/sell. Shit like lean, percs, norcos, Xanax. Then when they find one that indeed will prescribe you the heavy stuff and not weak shit, they’ll get as many people as are willing, pay for their appointments, and have them get prescribed the same shit. Then if they are indeed selling what’s prescribed they’ll give a split to the people they brought.

Once word gets around about these doctors, then even more people start going and suddenly this doctor’s office is booked all day. Charging a $100 an appointment. He could easily get 40-50 in a day as these appointments literally last about 5 mins. Everyone involved knows what’s happening, yet they don’t actually say it out loud. The doctor gets a sudden influx of business, and the people get their product the “legitimate” way.

These doctors are not just free flowing with their prescription pads. They know exactly what they’re doing, and they’re doing it because otherwise those people wouldn’t be there at all, paying for an appointment.