A nurse practitioner from Tennessee who promoted himself as “Rock Doc” He will spend the next two decades in federal prison for illegally prescribing opioids, according to the Department of Justice reported.
Jeffrey W. Young Jr.49, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for prescribing various doses of hydrocodone, oxycodone and fentanyl in Jackson, Tennessee.
Prosecutors said Young maintained a “party atmosphere” at the Preventagenix clinic by unnecessarily prescribing the drug to hundreds of people, including pregnant women and women with whom he had sexual relations.
“The self-proclaimed ‘Rock Doc’ abused the power of the prescription pad to supply his small community with hundreds of thousands of doses of highly addictive prescription opioids for money, notoriety and sexual favors,” said Principal Deputy Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri. , head of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice.
Promoted a self-produced reality show
According to The Tennesseean, an investigator testified that Young may have been having sexual relations with approximately 50 of his patients.
Along with money and sexual favors, prosecutors said Young was popular on social media through his opioid prescriptions, even using his “Rock Doc” persona to promote a self-produced reality show pilot.
“Mr. Young operated a medical practice with a wanton disregard for the health and well-being of his patients who entrusted him with their medical care,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Erek Davodowich of the DEA’s Louisville Field Division. .
“Any healthcare provider who conducts business in a manner that causes harm to their patients and the community should expect to receive the full weight of the justice system,” he added.
Young was found guilty of conspiracy to illegally distribute controlled substances, maintaining a drug-related premises and 13 counts of distribution of controlled substancessix of which involved distribution to a pregnant woman.
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