Psychiatrist Charged with Issuing Illegal Prescriptions
An 84-year-old female psychiatrist has been arrested for issuing illegal prescriptions for oxycodone. According to a news report in the Bergen County Record, she has pleaded not guilty to illegally giving out prescriptions.
Undercover investigators claim that she was issuing prescriptions to individuals who did not visit her long enough for the type of evaluation that is needed to prescribe the drug. The authorities believe that she was handing out prescriptions to individuals who paid her in cash and who may have then turned around and sold the drugs on the street. The woman claims that she stopped prescribing the medication in July because she saw an increase in young individuals visiting her office.
Illegally prescribing a dangerous drug such as oxycodone is a serious crime. Drug crime punishments in New Jersey for this type of offense may include fines of up to 20 years of incarceration and the loss of a professional license. The severity of a drug crime charge depends on the quantity of drugs involved, the defendant's prior criminal record and whether he or she was involved in drug sales.
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