Doctor jailed, accused of writing unlawful prescriptions

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BOCA RATON, Fla. — Patients coming to see Dr. James Cocores will be disappointed to discover he’s not in his Boca Raton office Friday.

Instead, the psychiatrist is in jail.

Cocores was arrested late Thursday and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail on charges of trafficking in opium and writing an unlawful prescription for at least $1,000 worth of dangerous drugs.

Boca Raton police said an undercover officer posing as a patient sought prescription medication and counseling for a traumatic event. Police said Cocores prescribed multiple medications to her, including Xanax, Vicodin, Percocet and Oxycodone, over several months, even though he never gave her a physical examination or took any vital statistics…

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