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 Drug Enforcement Administration 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.
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“To end the opioid epidemic, we have to address the problem on all fronts, and that includes physicians who abuse their responsibility prescribing controlled substances,” said U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson. “Physicians play a significant role in treating patients struggling with substance use disorder and the vast majority take that responsibility very seriously. However, those who abandon that responsibility, compromise patient care, and fuel the unlawful distribution of addictive drugs will be held accountable.”…