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Originally Posted by Storm Cadet
Astin pleaded not guilty and was being held in lieu of $125,000 bond. He will be under house arrest once he posts bond and must surrender his medical license, U.S. Magistrate Judge Linda Walker ordered.
Astin had written prescriptions for about 1 million doses of controlled substances over the past two years, including "significant quantities" of injectable testosterone cypionate, an anabolic steroid, according to the criminal complaint.
The complaint by Drug Enforcement Administration agent Anissa Jones said the amount of prescriptions was "excessive" for a medical office with a sole practitioner in a rural area like Carrollton, about 40 miles west of Atlanta.
Excessive??? Just maybe! One million doses...I wish I had stock in the pharma company that filled those prescriptions!
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i don't think the word 'excessive' explains it well enough! that really is a ton more than excessive. shame it took this to expose him.