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In the Western District of Tennessee, Dr. Thomas Ballard III, is accused of issuing prescriptions for opioids including oxycodone, morphine and hydrocodone along with benzodiazepines, which are dangerous to take at the same time as opioids, at Ballard Clinic-Family Practice in Jackson outside the usual scope of professional practice and with no legitimate reason. He’s also accused of seeking sexual favors and prescribed to at least one patient who was pregnant, and caused her death, the indictment states. It also claims he didn’t monitor patients for diversion of prescribed drugs or for addiction, despite warnings or evidence of addiction and didn’t corroborate patients’ reports of pain through medical diagnostic tools. The charges included maintaining a drug-involved premises and aiding and abetting, as well as unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances.

See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1155111/download