A Virginia doctor could face life in prison at his sentencing next week for prescribing half a million doses of opioids to patients over a two-year period.
Joel Smithers, a 36-year-old father of five, was arrested at his southern Virginia practice in 2017.
In May, he was found guilty on more than 800 counts of illegally prescribing drugs, including the oxycodone and oxymorphone that killed a West Virginia woman.
Smithers’ mandatory minimum sentence is 20 years.
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This is not unusual a very well respected and adored Penn Medicine Doc just got nabbed by the Feds. The kick backs from the Pharms was too tempting. Life long career down the drain and a retirement in jail for pushing pills. The myth of pain management made him basically a dope pusher.
ReplyDeleteI bet he knew my ex wife
ReplyDeleteBIG TIME PRESCRIPTION OPIATES.....
SHE ATE THEM LIKE EATING M & M Candy
Yup...now I take aspirin for my kidney stones..thanks...no thanks...
ReplyDeleteDo no harm?
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