A Virginia physician who had issued prescriptions for more than half a million controlled substances was convicted on hundreds of charges of illegal prescribing (United States v. Smithers, No. 1:17-cr-00027-JPJ-PMS (W.D. Va.)). Following a two-day trial, Dr. Joel Smithers, a former doctor of osteopathy, was found guilty by a jury of the U.S. District Court for the Western District ... Read More