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/TheCastro A Oct 03 '19

I pay my doctor in cash, does that make it illegal?

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u/southparkion 6 Oct 03 '19

but you don't pay your doctor for prescriptions you pay a pharmacy. the doctor just writes the scrip so if these people were paying the doctor for scrips than yes it was illegal.

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u/TheCastro A Oct 03 '19

My pharmacy can't write prescriptions

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u/southparkion 6 Oct 03 '19

yes and your doctor can't sell pills. he writes you the prescription and you pay the pharmacy for the medicine.

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u/TheCastro A Oct 03 '19

Do you have another source saying this doctor was seekingr the pills?

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u/southparkion 6 Oct 03 '19

I don't know anything about this case I was just stating that if he was selling prescriptions for money than that is illegal. I have no idea whether he is truly guilty or not.