Milton doctor gets 3 months in illicit prescription scheme
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HUNTINGTON — A former Milton psychiatrist has been sentenced to three months in prison and will be given the opportunity to continue to address his substance use disorder after admitting to writing illicit opioid prescriptions for his own gain.
Marc Spelar, 37, previously pleaded guilty in the Southern District of West Virginia to one count of illegal drug distributions related to an April 2017 prescription written for Dextroamphetamine, a scheduled II drug.
Spelar was one of 60 individuals, including 53 medical professionals, named in April as being tied to illegal activity involving 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills throughout seven states. The operation was conducted by the federal Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force…
Spelar previously owned Prometheus Mentis Psych PLLC in Milton, West Virginia…
He now works as a delivery man for a pizza restaurant while living in Catlettsburg…
Excerpted from:Milton doctor gets 3 months in illicit prescription scheme
By Courtney Hessler
Herald Dispatch
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