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An Indian-American physician in California is accused of prescribing opioids in exchange for sex acts.
Drug Enforcement Administration agents took Dr. Naga Raja Thota, 62, a pain specialist with an office in El Cajon, into custody Aug. 31. He was charged for allegedly distributing oxycodone and other highly addictive drugs without any legitimate medical purpose in exchange for sex acts.
The complaint under which Thota was arrested, said at least two young women received such prescriptions numerous times in exchange for sex acts.
The complaint also shows sexually-explicit texts were exchanged by the doctor and the women, followed by prescriptions written for them by Thota, a press release from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Laura Duffy said.
According to the complaint, one victim said she met Thota when she was 20 years old and hospitalized for withdrawal symptoms for Hydrocodone and Alprazolam. Thota agreed to treat her but documented that his treatment was for pain even though she did not suffer from any medical condition that caused chronic or ongoing pain. She also said in the complaint that she felt if she did not submit to sexual acts with Thota he would not have given her with additional opioid prescriptions.
“Prescription drug abuse and overdoses have reached alarming levels,” Duffy is quoted saying in the press release. “We are going after doctors who abuse their power to prescribe and exploit the desperation of addicts for their own gratification.”
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