CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A Clay County physician has been sentenced after pleading guilty to one charge of distributing a controlled substance for "no legitimate medical purpose."
Russell Sachs was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday.
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According to the indictment, Sachs owned and operated Physician Pain Management in Green Cove Springs.
U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III said Sachs dispensed and distributed various combinations controlled substances between 2011 and 2012 that weren't medically needed, including alprazolam (Xanax), carisoprodol (Soma), clonazepam, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), methadone, morphine and oxycodone.
Ten of Sachs' patients died from overdoses while in his care, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Another patient testified during the sentencing hearing that Sachs allegedly had sex with her after he injected her with a narcotic.