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Posted: 10:42 AM Nov 5, 2009
Ill. Doctor Admits Illegally Dispensing Drugs
BENTON, Ill. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say a southern Illinois doctor has agreed to surrender his medical license after admitting he illegally dispensed methadone, tampered with a witness and obstructed justice.
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Fifty-six-year-old Sukhdarshan Bedi of Energy entered the pleas Wednesday in federal court in Benton. His three clinics pleaded guilty to charges of health-care fraud and conspiracy to illegally dispense a controlled substance.
Although it is best known as a prescription drug that curbs heroin addiction, methadone increasingly has been prescribed as a pain medication.
The U.S. government also says Bedi agreed to pay nearly $48,000 in restitution to a program administered by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
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