A family doctor in South Carolina is headed to federal prison after he prescribed 100,000 pills of various controlled substances to one couple within five years.
A former physician was sentenced to five years in federal prison for illegally prescribing narcotics while he was practicing as a family doctor in Columbia.
Dr. James Oscar Williams of West Columbia was a widely respected family doctor, but he had a hidden side – he prescribed so many painkillers to special patients that one drug store stopped doing business with him.
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