PILL MILL INVESTIGATION
Former Mingo County Doctor Faces Sentencing In Pill Mill Probe
Reported by: Deborah Linz
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Also Contributing: Associated Press
Reported: Sep. 18, 2012 11:40 AM EDT
Updated: Sep. 18, 2012 12:48 PM EDT
Eyewitness News Photo
Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
A former West Virginia doctor is seeking probation after pleading guilty to negligently prescribing pain pills.
Diane Shafer, 60, a longtime Mingo County physician, admits she prescribed pain and anti-anxiety pills to people she did not examine.
Shafer left pre-signed prescription slips at her Williamson office for staff members to hand out.
Prosecutors said she issued more controlled substance prescriptions over a seven-year period than some West Virginia hospitals.
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