Doctors took advantage of the OxyContin gold rush, selling prescriptions for money or sex. Dr. Randolph W. Lievertz of Indianapolis wrote more than $1 million in prescriptions paid for by the state’s Medicaid program; $130,000 of that total was written for one female patient who was part of a drug ring that sold OxyContin on the street. To honor the prescription, the woman would have had to ingest 31 tablets every 12 hours instead of the one tablet recommended by the manufacturer. Lievertz wasn’t alone. Pill mills sprang up across the country. One eastern Kentucky doctor saw 150 patients a
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