A Tennessee nurse practitioner who called himself the “Rock Doc” has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegally prescribing thousands of doses of opioids including oxycodone and fentanyl in return for money and sex, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Jeffrey W. Young Jr., was sentenced Monday in federal court, about a year after he was convicted of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances out of a clinic in Jackson, Tennessee. There is no parole in the federal court system.
Young, 49, was among 60 people indicted in April 2019 for their roles in illegally prescribing and distributing pills containing opioids and other drugs. Authorities said the defendants included 53 medical professionals tied to some 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills.
Young, who dubbed himself as the “Rock Doc,” promoted his practice with the motto “work hard, play harder.” The indictment states he prescribed drugs that were highly addictive and at high risk of abuse as he tried to promote a “Rock Doc” reality TV pilot and podcast while obtaining sex and money for prescriptions.
Ive been on opioids a couple of times for dental related issues and never got addicted. These people are just weak, and I don’t really mind that a nurse got some extra money for giving them something they’d rob and steal for anyway. 20 years is a harsh sentence
You took pain medicine for dental related issues? Sounds like you’re the one who is weak. My teeth don’t hurt at all.
You’re really gatekeeping addiction? News flash, just because you find it so easy and simple doesn’t invalidate the struggle that millions of other addicts in the world suffer. These opiate pushers are enablers that take advantage of people in need.
This may un-ironically be the worst lemmy comment I’ve seen since joining.
Congrats, you absolute nonce.
Nope.
Just human variation.
I’ve been prescribed opioids before, and they legit do nothing for me. Because I’m lacking a liver enzyme that breaks it down into active elements and to use those active elements.
Sounds like you do as well
Some people are the other way, they have too much of that enzyme and “burn through” a pill faster than average.
So they get overdosed at first, then it wears off hours before the next pill, opening the door to abuse.
Opioid manufacturers knew all about this, but still pushed time release pills because they had a higher profit margin.
Which is why they’ve been sued for billions of dollars
Gotta be a troll… This take is far too stupid to be real…
