20 yrs in prison for Dr. MacKay. I'm OK with that. What the hell kind of doctor would start giving methadone indefinitely to an 18-year old kid with a football injury? Ridiculous:
Allan Starr, who went to MacKay in 2004 as an 18-year-old after suffering a football injury, testified that MacKay took no medical history when Starr visited his office. MacKay, gave the teenager a prescription for methadone. Starr returned for several more visits, with MacKay spending only minutes in the room before renewing prescriptions.
As Starr began his freshman year at Weber State University, he had trouble concentrating and his pain continued. MacKay continued with prescriptions, but, Starr said, "I was never told about how addictive these drugs were."
Starr became an addict who eventually started buying drugs off the street to fuel the need for a high that started with painkillers, he said. He went to rehab twice before kicking his habit. But tragedy found him again when on a 2009 trip to Lake Powell, he found his brother dead in a bunk bed.
"He had stolen my medication and overdosed on it," he told Benson. Starr said he is now sober and living with his mother.
As Starr began his freshman year at Weber State University, he had trouble concentrating and his pain continued. MacKay continued with prescriptions, but, Starr said, "I was never told about how addictive these drugs were."
Starr became an addict who eventually started buying drugs off the street to fuel the need for a high that started with painkillers, he said. He went to rehab twice before kicking his habit. But tragedy found him again when on a 2009 trip to Lake Powell, he found his brother dead in a bunk bed.
"He had stolen my medication and overdosed on it," he told Benson. Starr said he is now sober and living with his mother.
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