Opioid Executive Sentenced for Criminal Conspiracy

An executive who served as the head of the Rochester Drug Cooperative has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for funneling large amounts of narcotic medication into pill mills. Laurence F. Doud III was sentenced on March 8 on charges of criminal conspiracy to deceive the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). According to the New York Times, Doud directed Rochester Drug Cooperative to send large amounts of opioids into pharmacies throughout the Northeastern U.S. despite knowing that the pharmacies were using the narcotics to fuel opioid addictions. This was the grounds for Mr. Doud’s charge of criminal conspiracy, which has resulted in a 27-month prison sentence. Doud was also convicted of conspiring to distribute narcotics and defraud the U.S. in 2022. <a href="https://medtruth.medium.com/opioid-executive-sentenced-for-criminal-conspiracy-d9a33c0cd7b1">Website</a>