WAXHAW, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A Waxhaw doctor accused of illegally prescribing drugs has been sentenced to prison, according to the Department of Justice.
Henry Ronald Emery, Jr., 54, was sentenced to six months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for conspiring to allow his DEA registration number to be used for thousands of unlawful buprenorphine prescriptions.
Buprenorphine is used to treat pain and opioid use disorders, according to the National Institutes of Health…