{"id":56104,"date":"2024-05-02T15:50:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T22:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56104"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T22:50:35","slug":"ohio-physician-sentenced-to-seven-years-in-prison-illegally-prescribing-137000-pills-to-nine-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56104","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Physician Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison Illegally Prescribing 137,000 Pills to Nine People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56097 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/statue-of-justice-stockpack-adobe-stock-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of justice\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/statue-of-justice-stockpack-adobe-stock-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/statue-of-justice-stockpack-adobe-stock-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/statue-of-justice-stockpack-adobe-stock-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/statue-of-justice-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>An Ohio physician was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for unlawfully distributing opioids from his clinic, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Between October 2014 and September 2019,\u00a0 officials stated that Romano prescribed over 137,000 pills, including opioids, benzodiazepines, and muscle relaxants, to nine people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Thomas Romano, 74, of Wheeling, West Virginia, owned and operated a self-named pain management clinic in Martin\u2019s Ferry, Ohio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15321 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DEA-IMAGE-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DEA-IMAGE-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DEA-IMAGE.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Individuals traveled hundreds of miles to obtain prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The prescriptions Romano issued for opioids and other controlled substances greatly exceeded recommended dosages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> They were in dangerous, life-threatening combinations that fueled the addiction of the individuals to whom he prescribed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53774 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1yeql23dvji-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"brown wooden chairs inside room\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1yeql23dvji-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1yeql23dvji-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1yeql23dvji-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1yeql23dvji.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>A federal jury\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/pain-management-physician-convicted-unlawfully-distributing-opioids-0\">convicted<\/a>\u00a0Romano in September 2023 of 24 counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Ohio Bureau of Workers&#8217; Compensation, the FBI, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and others looked into this case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trial attorneys Devon Helfmeyer and Danielle Sakowski and counsel Alexis Gregorian of the Criminal Division\u2019s Fraud Section prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Ohio physician was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for unlawfully distributing opioids from his clinic, officials stated. 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