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Tenn. U.S. Attorney: Nurse Practitioner Convicted of Opioid Distribution Conspiracy
April 04, 2023
WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release:

A federal jury convicted a Tennessee nurse practitioner last week for illegally prescribing opioids - including oxycodone and fentanyl - from his medical practice.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Jeffrey Young, 49, of Jackson, used his medical practice, Preventagenix, to illegally prescribe more than one million . . .

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