"The patients of the nurse practitioner and aspiring reality star Jeffrey Young say he helped them like nobody else could. Federal prosecutors who charged him in a massive opioid bust say he overprescribed painkillers, often for 'money, notoriety, and sexual favors'.
"Young’s case provides a rare glimpse into the ways patients wind up addicted to the powerful painkillers fueling the national opioid epidemic."
Click on the link below for a podcast about a criminal case that's emblematic of how the present opioid crisis began.
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