Obesity and diabetes are rampant; so is chronic pain. Young benefited from an almost reflexive societal trust in the medical profession. Though many of these deaths have been caused by street drugs such as heroin and illegally manufactured fentanyl, the nations opioid epidemic was sparked by the kinds of painkillers medical providers prescribed. They didnt openly harass anyone who criticized them. You can find Olgas written reporting on the Rock Doc at our website: http://www.theatlantic.com/experiment. It doesnt sound like much of a sella middle-aged man doling out medical advice in a city midway between Memphis and Nashville. Being around Young made her feel emotionally safe, she said. What a great, great, great, great song! Khazan: There was this really big series of indictments that came down in 2019 where the federal government said, You know what? Like many actual rock stars, he flamed out on his own extravagant lifestyle. Know his wife, age, net worth, family, Most of these doctors werent like Jeff. Additional music by Nelson Bandela (04 HIDDEN FORCES and Auddi Sun 01 131). Dan Reaves, a local radio host on whose show Young occasionally appeared as part of a marketing plan, described Young as medically gifted. Some speculated that it could have been drugs, alcohol, the prospect of fame, a divorce from his second wife the year after PreventaGenix launched, or a combination of all of them. (Later, Phillips pleaded guilty to threatening a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was investigating Young. Whenever he ran into trouble, his fans would fill his social-media feeds with pledges of support. But Young soon revealed a blustering personality that started to overwhelm the team project. ), Khazan: So doctors were kind of like, Okay.. Heres what I can tell you. Less than half answered. Some people from the area said they had been harassed by Jeff and were afraid to speak out. You may not like my piercings. Thats okay. He tried to ignore it, but when he woke up the next morning, LeAnn noticed he still looked really bad. Occasionally he would glare at his ex-wife Dawn, who was in the gallery. But when he suggested it the way he did, I took it seriously. And if you want to help other people discover the show, share it online with the hashtag #TheExperimentPodcast, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Phillips popped off to a friend.). He decked out PreventaGenix with psychedelic artwork and set the stereo to loud rock. Opioid manufacturers such as Endo, the maker of Opana, and Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, targeted high-volume providers, in particular generalists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, who generally had less expertise in pain management and were more receptive to marketing from sales consultants, according to a lawsuit filed by the state of Tennessee against Endo in May 2019. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. A restaurant called the Little Rebel displayed a Confederate flag. The camera follows Young as he treats patients, talks on a local radio station, dances with women at a club, and brags about drinking. But she also told me the story of her ex-husband. (Young has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Jeffery Dale Young known as Dr. Jeff Young or Dr. Jeff is American Veterinarian and a reality TV actor. In confessional-style interviews, Young seems to enjoy offending anyone whos shocked by his approach. According to a medical-board report, one employee recalled Young having sex in his office with a patient who appeared to be drugged; when Young left, she was passed out on the couch. This is Aalto. Longoria: The result is that more than 450,000 people are dead from overdose in the last 20 years. His case before the nursing board stalled for two more years. Former employees speculated that he met the women in bars. Jeff wanted what was best for his patient. Calles: Yes. 14:46. Young appeared to operate more subtly. Hey, are you paying attention? In April 2019, he was indicted on drug-trafficking charges, along with five other medical providers in Jackson, two of whom were the supervising physicians Young, as a nurse practitioner, was required to have. I just didnt feel comfortable. After the hearing, Young was jailed pending his trial, which is currently scheduled to be held this spring. In 2018, a woman told police that Young put his hands down her pants during an office visit, but that apparently led to nothing. To one patient, who he prescribed hydrocodone, amphetamines, and fentanyl, he said, I accept all insurance. When I visited the clinic shortly before the hearing, Young had just finished up with a patient. Look at me! His small fiefdom of followers created a mini echo chamber, feeding back approval and encouragement. In August 2015, Young prescribed MY what the letter calls a dangerous combination of an opioid, a benzodiazepine, and a muscle relaxant. Music by Tasty Morsels and Nelson Nance. Thats very distressing Yeah, Im shocked, you know? The daughter, Melody, actually works in her dad's vet clinic. Khazan: The Rock Doc, Jeff Young, has been in jail for almost two years, awaiting trial. Jackson, a city of about 70,000 people, looks like almost any midsize patch of America that sprang up sometime after the Pilgrims but before Microsoft. Before long, the three men hatched a plan to found a network of health clinics that would check patients cholesterol levels and offer diet and exercise advice. Some of the doctors who have been accused of exchanging drugs for sex in recent years threatened patients that they would cut off their supply of painkillers if they didnt gratify them. Im very shocked. Despite some patients praise for Young, the evidence that he routinely walked far over that line remains alarming. Khazan: He had an account on Periscope, the live-streaming site. The nurse practitioner Jeffrey Young produced a reality-TV pilot in which he branded himself "the Rock Doc., The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? People who criticized Young swiftly became his enemies. Fact-check by Michelle Ciarrocca and Jack Segelstein. But one thing that I was really curious about is how you actually went from having opioids being a thing that existed to having opioids be a thing that existed in peoples medicine cabinets. The men each contributed $40,000 to the endeavor. Scott Deberry: Kinda made it start seeming like he was unprofessional. The half-dozen former patients who did agree to talk with me were mostly people who wanted to defend Jeff. M.Y. Later that month, M.Y. I cant wait to start being your patient again, one woman wrote. Well all be killed., It helped that Young had prominent friends he could call on for help. (In response to a request for comment, a health-department spokesperson noted that, according to state law, the department cant suspend medical licenses without first giving practitioners the opportunity to demonstrate compliance regarding the allegations against them. His lawyer also declined to answer any specific allegations. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. Young was late to the office almost every day. She doesnt believe the allegations against him, and chalks them up to pure jealousy. Yes. Khazan: And he posted dozens of videos there. (Four years later, the health department received a complaint about this testosterone sideline, but the complaint was never assigned to an investigator, according to Pickering.) The next year, Jeff prescribed M.Y. It fit neatly, at least, into a story I was already really familiar with: It was the greedy provider who was allegedly taking advantage of his patients. Hes so cute thats my brother and my best friend, Young says, giving Phillips a gentle kiss. (One employee, Karla Wright, testified later that she had never seen Young have sex with women at the office. A woman I spoke with who has worked for seven doctors offices in the area estimates that about three-quarters of medical visits there result in an opioid prescription. And the consequences might have gone beyond sexual abuse and addiction. Furthermore, Dr. Young along with his wife and daughter Melody works at his clinic. Everybody pay fucking attention worldwide because Im about to save this motherfuckers lifelive on Periscope broadcast! She told me that Jeff took her pain seriously. You may not like my sexy-ass beard. The cost of producing the Rock Doc pilot, about $2,000, was entirely paid for by the clinic, Gutgsell claimed in a deposition. Khazan: Because I couldnt talk to Jeff, Ive spent more hours than I want to admit combing through his Periscope videos, trying to understand this man. Be part of The Experiment. Off camera, Young allegedly prescribed 1.4 million addictive pills and had sex with female patients. She doesnt think Young was the one who drugged her, but she believes nevertheless that she was drugged. Rock Doc TV. Will be glad to take the balance out of your ass. He asked another patient, to whom he prescribed the opioid hydrocodone, to come in for a checkup the following day and wear a short skirt and no panties., Young was sometimes even more direct. One former employee told me its not clear whether Young was exchanging prescriptions for sex or just giving his many girlfriends the medications they asked for. He seemed, to his former employees, constitutionally unable to deny patients the pills they wanted, even if it was the last thing they needed. You may not like my tattoos. And whats remarkable about the Rock Doc is that he streamed his private interactions with patients online. Off camera, Young allegedly prescribed 1.4 million addictive pills and had sex with female patients. Who cares? All throughout the past few months, Youngs fans have papered his Facebook wall with loving messages. There were reports of after-hours partiespossibly of Jeff having sex with his patients. So what, I dont go get fucked up at the country club with the rest of the stiffs here in J-Town? Officials were well aware of the allegations surrounding him over this period: The states health department had received at least 13 complaints about Young since 2015. Many medical providers are small-business owners who operate with limited oversight from authorities. His wife also loves animals and works in the same clinic. (Youngs attorney claimed in court that only about 25 percent of his patients were.) Young: Listen, I am for the patient. I told him about this podcastexplained to him what a podcast was. So hes a little out there. He didnt mind saying a curse word or two.. #coffeeplease #noontime #rockrageradio www.rockrageradio.com Stephanie would accompany him to different clubs in the area, and wherever he went, she said, he was surrounded by hired bodyguards and friends she called bouncers, who were around for the times when he drank too much or flirted with women and got into fights with their boyfriends. Jeff refilled M.Y.s prescriptions for Percocet and Valium and gave him a new one for hydrocodone. Khazan: Even LaRhonda, the retired teacher who had soured on Jeff, told me that Jeff was the rare provider who would take her pain seriously. Always have been for the patient. 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