Doctor gets 40 years in prison for prescribing over 500,000 opioid doses

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Doctor gets 40 years in prison for prescribing over 500,000 opioid doses
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Virginia doctor Joel Smithers was convicted in May of more than 800 counts of illegally distributing opioids

A doctor who prosecutors said ran a medical practice in Virginia like an interstate drug distribution ring was sentenced on Wednesday to 40 years in prison for illegally prescribing opioids.

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