Kevin: And were going to ask our friendsour warriors out thereto put these folks in their place, because, you know, the Golden Rule. In one post, tagged with American holocaust, he writes, I have always been a survivor and have scars of significance to symbolize thus, and this is where they have underestimated me and my resolve., In March 2020, after the coronavirus pandemic broke out, Young petitioned the court to be released to house arrest because he was on immunosuppressive drugs for a kidney transplant he had years ago and was concerned about the risk of complications from COVID-19. Young failed to diagnose the mans hypertension and overprescribed to him, according to court testimony, and later the patient suffered a stroke. Khazan: I started calling up former patients to try to understand the relationship Jeff had with them, and the appeal of this whole Rock Doc thing. Throughout Youngs year-long treatment of MY, Young failed to conduct pill counts, consult a state database meant to monitor the dispensing of controlled substances, and discuss with MY the risks of combining these drugs, according to the document. Sound design by David Herman. (Youngs attorney claimed in court that only about 25 percent of his patients were.) But that did not put a stop to Youngs ambitions. So, no, I cant say that. The next year, Jeff prescribed M.Y. Khazan: In one sense, I understand some of Jeffs patients defensiveness toward him. Defending himself in one of his on-camera interviews, Young acknowledges that he is maybe a little untraditional and that he might like to drink a little bit after hours. But, he says, Im very passionate about what I do I work hard, but I play harder. Youngs practice was, for a time, an inexpensive, reliable option for medical care in Jackson. On Instagram, photos tagged #preventagenix show Young on a motorcycle, surrounded by women. There was no statement even made to the Feds. Still, the citys southernness peeks through. He raises a glass filled with red wine, as if in a toast. Scott Deberry: And, you know, once you get around the tattoos and the way he talkscause he talks to you as if hes talking to you on the streets As long as he was going to take care of me and make me feel okay, or make me feel better, I had no problem with that. I had a lot of Why on earth? questions, the Atlantic reporter Olga Khazan says. FNP Jeff Young Jr. shares his life with his fans and promotes a healthy and fun lifestyle to make you "young" at heart! 1:32. She appreciated that he asked about her grandkids. Naylor: I said, Go see Jeff. And she said, Id rather not. And I said, Why? And she said, Because if I go see him, hell start texting me and calling me. And I said, And wanting to go out with you? And she said, Yeah. Thats the thing. Thats the big joke. Though Young claimed that he also fired drug-seeking patients, Gutgsell testified in a deposition that he would meet some patients after hours and write them prescriptions anyway. Young got married, then quickly got divorced, according to several people who knew him then. Khazan: Which was exactly what she liked about him. Young: (Over the sound of a pool-filtration system.) Federal prosecutors who charged him in a massive opioid bust say he overprescribed painkillers, often for "money, notoriety, and sexual favors." Young's case provides a rare gl Because he prescribed my opiates, and I took them as prescribed, and I had no problems with it. Some female patients opted for a service the clinic offered that Young called VIP status, in which they paid $500 a year to skip the waiting room and get Youngs cellphone number, one former employee said. Of course other doctors dont write as many prescriptions, the implication seemed to be. 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. Khazan: Jeff was working as a nurse practitioner at a clinic called Preventagenix in Jackson, Tennessee. Instead, Young began by kicking Reitz out of the business, Reitz told me. And Jeff, sitting at the center of it, covered in tattooshe had a sort of unlikely charisma too. Theyre standoffish towards you. She became his patient around 2016. Not that theyre not cheating on their wives. LaRhonda Scott Deberry: When I first met him, I thought maybe he was prejudiced. I mean, you wouldve thought they were giving away meds for free, to be honest. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. In March 2019, the health department received a complaint that Young had inappropriate sexual contact with patients, and sent him a letter of warning without disciplining him. Patients would spend an hour or two in the waiting room, only to get a rushed exam and prescription. He tied the knot with his beautiful wife Dr. Petra. This is Aalto. So what? Whenever he ran into trouble, his fans would fill his social-media feeds with pledges of support. And, to be honest, most of the time when you see a white male with a lot of tattoos, theyre usually not someone that hangs around with people of different races. Another said, I was thinking of you today and how much you have helped me.. Longoria: The result is that more than 450,000 people are dead from overdose in the last 20 years. Naylor: And I remember him saying, Bring him to the office. On it, they found evidence of Young having sex with many different women, one of whom appeared to be motionless and had her eyes closed, a DEA agent testified later. Jeff gets his nick name "Rock Doc" from his loyal patients. Young neither admits nor denies the following allegations, Tracy Alcock, a lawyer with the state health department, said at the hearing, but he acknowledges that the departments proof would show the following: From August 2013 to November 2016, Young prescribed controlled substances in amounts and for durations that were not medically necessary, advisable, or justified for a diagnosed condition. The board put his license on probation for two years, during which time he could not prescribe certain Schedule II or Schedule III controlled substances, including drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl, Vicodin, and Adderall. The feds say Young . Im like, Im as outspoken as he is. (A meandering guitar melody enters the background. But none of these barred the Rock Doc from getting drugs into the hands of patients. Moreover, throwing some glimpse of lights to his personal life, Dr. Jeff is a happily married man. When one patient told Young over Facebook Messenger that she was in shitty health and about to jump off a bridge, he prescribed her a cocktail of several different drugs, including fentanyl. Young and the others were among dozens of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists arrested across seven states, targets in the nations largest takedown of medical providers related to prescription opioids. was found dead of an apparent overdose. Young: All right. If you speak against me, she remembers him saying, youre gonna regret it.. But it played [Emphasizing.] Stephanie, who returned to Youngs clinic after the incident at the club, said Young helped her more than any doctor shes ever seen. A restaurant called the Little Rebel displayed a Confederate flag. Khazan: LaRhonda was skepticalbut she was also dealing with a lot of pain. And hed stream from inside the clinic sometimes. You may not like my rock and roll. (A long beat of music. (Somber, reflective droning notes play up. 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 have found accounts of at least 40 other medical providers in the country who have been accused of exchanging sex for addictive drugs. In 2013, she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder that is usually accompanied by widespread pain and fatigue. Jeff wanted what was best for his patient. (The DEA declined to comment on Youngs case for this story.) He did know exactly what to talk to him about to make him feel at ease, and he impressed that grumpy old man so much that that was his primary-care doctor and the only doctor he would see. While Youngs antics could be a nightmare for his staff, his pool of patients increased as word about his practice spread. Case 18-11780-BLS Doc 45 Filed 08/02/18 Page 1 of 1041. She doesnt think Young was the one who drugged her, but she believes nevertheless that she was drugged. Khazan: In the pilot, he presents himself as more of a friend than a medical professional. He invited a cameraman to document his life and eventually had it edited into a pilot for a reality-TV show. He tried to ignore it, but when he woke up the next morning, LeAnn noticed he still looked really bad. Doctors, in theory, would only prescribe to people who needed the drugs and would monitor patients so they wouldnt get addicted. A staffer, who declined to talk on the record, asked me why I was writing about him. They didnt drop F-bombs or smell womens underwear online. Three, two, one. Naylor: I felt like he was being treated unfairlythat maybe he had even been set up. Young did seem to be famous enough in Jackson, however, to reinforce his own grand vision of himself. Young was indicted on drug-trafficking charges in April 2019. One patient she knew kept a cane in the trunk of her car and visited doctors offices with it in order to appear disabled so she could get more pills. As so often happens with irresponsible medical providers, Youngs popularity in the communityalong with an indifferent, slow-moving bureaucracyallowed him to operate for half a decade despite initial warning signs and then multiple arrests and investigations. You may not like my tattoos. Two bouncers made sure she got home, but when she woke up in bed the next morning, her eyes were black, her nose was broken, and her mouth was bleeding. Yeah. (Green, who has since cut ties with Young, would not comment on this when I reached him, but he told the Sun that he asked another officer to look up the information.). All rights reserved. You can all suck my dick! he yells at the camera in one Periscope video, a stethoscope around his neck and a cigar in his hand. Angele Latham. The scenes are meant to serve as a testament to the effectiveness of Youngs work hard, play harder ethos. For the occasion of his detention hearing, Young wore a cerulean suit and a comb-over. Young began arriving at the clinic smelling rancid, with greasy hair, and the clinics money problems mounted. And were gonna send a message. They called it the single largest crackdown on prescription opioids in history. He was always polite. To one patient, who he prescribed hydrocodone, amphetamines, and fentanyl, he said, I accept all insurance. He refilled MYs prescriptions for Percocet and Valium, and also prescribed him hydrocodone. Young seemed eager to hire lots of staff, but would end up firing them later. When it was getting close to the end of when I was going, it would be packed. States largely rely on medical boards to regulate practitioners, but these entities have a reputation for leniency. Nurses are consistently rated higher in honesty and ethics than all other professions that Gallup asks about, by a wide margin, the polling firm said in a January 2020 survey. His wife also loves animals and works in the same clinic. RockDocTV Show. 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. Young seemed to have been expecting them. Thats okay. At least 50 women are thought to have come to the clinic to have sex with Young, some of them allegedly doing so in exchange for drugs, according to court testimony. Many told me that they didnt want to talk on the record. They go on working. Khazan: Like, for example, here he is sniffing a pair of womens underwear with his sidekick, a friend named Kevin. Patel left soon after. The allegations against Young point toward an especially sordid type of abuse in which some doctors victimize patients twice: first by getting them addicted to drugs, and then by sexually exploiting them. And now we see the result. Thank you for listening. Were going to take the worst of the worst. Many people trust doctors even when theyre harmed by their treatment, and a 2008 study found that people are more likely to spend time researching a new employer or a new car than vetting a new surgeon. In his early adulthood, he was a straitlaced young Republican who had short hair and wore a tie much of the time, one of his former co-workers told me. Young: (Just after another person laughs.) Years active. 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. Right? Off camera, Young allegedly prescribed 1.4 million addictive pills and had sex with female patients. Not that half of the, you know powers that be are on some sort of whatever. 1:07. Khazan: And some of what she saw really weirded her out. Even after this, she returned to Young as a patient. Purdue voice-over: Some patients may be afraid of taking opioids because theyre perceived as too strong or addictive but that is far from actual fact. I dont like him asking out my daughter But even then, I still went to him, and my ex-husband still went to him. So what, I dont go get fucked up at the country club with the rest of the stiffs here in J-Town? Young would call these liaisons nooners or say it was tap-that-ass Tuesday, according to court testimony. I had had back surgery, and I really had real problems that no one wanted to listen to me about. She told me that while she was a patient at the clinic, she had a front-row seat to Preventagenix getting more and more popular. Hes prescribing drugs that people want, another man added. Tennessees nursing board, the main agency that has power over nurse practitioners in the state, launched its investigation into Young within a year of PreventaGenix opening. The cost of producing the Rock Doc pilot, about $2,000, was entirely paid for by the clinic, Gutgsell claimed in a deposition. Rock Doc TV. And he said, You be sure and tell them that Jeff is the best doctor Ive ever seen. He said, Promise me you will tell them that. I said, I promise I will. I said, I will tell them that., (The music plays up for a long moment, then fades out under the narration.). I mean, I worked at a bank for 15 years, and when youve worked at a bank and youve cashed checks, you have to judge people in two seconds. Scott Deberry: I just didnt like all the bickering on social media and in that newspaper. Khazan: The Rock Doc, Jeff Young, has been in jail for almost two years, awaiting trial. Some of Youngs dalliances with his patient-friends similarly took a dark turn. He gave Young total control over what was recorded. One young man told me he went to Youngs house that year to pay cash for a vial, knowing that a traditional doctor would be unlikely to prescribe testosterone to a healthy teenage boy. Young: That was what Im going to say. This ingratiating tendency allegedly extended to handing out prescriptions. Khazan: Does that change how you feel about him? The first move of any significant consequence for Young came in early 2017, when the DEA raided the clinic. 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. Everybody pay fucking attention worldwide because Im about to save this motherfuckers lifelive on Periscope broadcast! This is The Experiment, a show about our unfinished country. No one could quite tell me who or what was responsible for Youngs transformation. 1,274 likes. 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. Nearly a fifth of the citys residents live below the poverty line, and many are afflicted with chronic diseases that often accompany the stresses of a low income. In February 2016, he texted one of his opioid patients, a police officer named Jay Green. Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. LeAnn said that Jeff stayed for hours, changing IV bags and chatting with him. (They relied on messages obtained by agents during the investigations into Young.) And the consequences might have gone beyond sexual abuse and addiction. To deal with the latter, the city, like so many others in America, has become ever more reliant on opioids. Why didnt anyone try to put a stop to this? I just had a lot of questions about how could this happen., Further reading: The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust. Updated at 10:28 p.m. It doesnt sound like much of a sella middle-aged man doling out medical advice in a city midway between Memphis and Nashville. Longoria: Pharmaceutical companies marketed these drugs aggressively to doctors. You may not like my sexy-ass beard. Young: (Over hard-rock music.) (One employee, Karla Wright, testified later that she had never seen Young have sex with women at the office. Though criminal cases against doctors and nurse practitioners like Young are still relatively rare, they are growing more common. She would get phone calls at her house, answer, and hear only strange whispers, she said in a court hearing. You may not like me. 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. He messaged at least five female patients about sex and filling prescriptions, prosecutors would later say, detailing the anonymized encounters in court. The waiting room often overflowed with patients. As the cameraman who filmed the pilot told me, Everywhere he went, it was like the Beatles., But the way in which Young gained some of these fans has become the focus of a federal court case. This episode was reported by Olga Khazan and produced by Alvin Melathe. Young: Very nice. (Court records do not contain the names of Youngs alleged victims.) The music plays on.). Some of his patients were police officers whom he would occasionally ask for favors. At other times, PreventaGenix staffers would stumble upon a woman he had brought to the clinic the previous night. Hed wandered off into the woods. Khazan: I was wondering if your ex-husband still supports Jeff or thinks he was a good medical provider. Young: So, the, uh, the sinister ministerthat would be me (Fades under again.). I cant say for sure what the right course of treatment for LaRhonda was, and where opioids fit into that. Jackson Sun. Dr. Jeff is married to Petra Mickova Petra though she is his second wife. In another, he totters around with an empty bottle of bourbon and pans the camera over to Phillips, who is asleep on the couch. Other female patients checkout sheets simply said No charge., Though he portrayed himself as harmlessly vulgar, Young could, in fact, get violent with women. 40 members in the TDBauto community. Young, 43, a Tennessee nurse practitioner who called himself 'Rock Doc' and once piloted . Youngs case provides a rare glimpse into the ways patients wind up addicted to the powerful painkillers fueling the national opioid epidemic. This social-media stardom appears to have helped inoculate him against concerns that his loose approach to medicine could harm anyone. How far can medical providers go in giving patients what they want? Apparently she felt strongly enough about it that he wouldnt leave her alone if she went to see him. The trial for "Rock Doc" Jeffrey Young, the infamous nurse practitioner from Jackson who was indicted in 2019 on drug trafficking charges and accused of . Use the hashtag #TheExperimentPodcast, or write to us at theexperiment@theatlantic.com. I dont wear underwear. Additional audio from Purdue Pharma, The Rock Doc TV Show, @JY2RocDoc, and Bat Pig Pictures. Khazan: Not long after Jeff opened Preventagenix, the Tennessee nursing board started to investigate him for prescribing high doses of opioids to his patients, even when he didnt have a good medical reason. After the hearing, Young was jailed pending his trial, which is currently scheduled to be held this spring. (Lo-fi synthesizer music plays up. It really meant a lot to me. Some of the pills had been prescribed by Young. Having hordes of fans seems to have allowed Young to buy more deeply into his own rock-and-roll fantasy, which in turn gave him the confidence to broadcast his life through even more videos and updates. Country music lyrics, guitar tabs/tablatures, chords source #1. Hes just one of the guys that you could drink a beer with, or you can go let him give you a shot in the ass (Fades under.). I visited Youngs clinic, but, through a staffer, he declined to speak with me. Brown hair, green eyes, amazing body. He smells them again. Khazan: Ive talked to a lot of patients over the years who feel very uncomfortable around their doctors. Khazan: LaRhonda didnt know anything about all of thisthe nursing board didnt make their investigation publicbut she was following him on social media. She said, He latches on to young single mothers, and he rushes in and wants toquote-unquotesave them.. Am I a misogynist, or do women just like rough sex? Young asks himself in one video. Part of the judges reasoning was that Youngs Facebook posts showed a propensity for violence., Young continued blogging from jail, somehow managing to write a few posts for a website that promotes medical providers rights to prescribe opioids freely. 0:06. Hey, are you paying attention? Hed wear Halloween masks and make off-color jokes. Then and over the ensuing months, I spoke with dozens of Youngs friends, enemies, alleged victims, and former co-workers. Will be glad to take the balance out of your ass. To another, Jeff asked, You want to come by for a checkup tomorrow? Jackson, TN USA. They didnt try to become reality-TV stars. Heres what I can tell you about the JY2, all right? She would wake up to find that all her car doors had been opened overnight. What a great, great, great, great song! Khazan: When Jeffs indictment became public, LeAnnlike many of his former patientswas suspicious at first. Khazan: The Rock Doc, Jeff Young, has been in jail for almost two years, awaiting trial. Then it fades out.). His case before the nursing board stalled for two more years. Khazan: So, like, that doctor-patient interaction and how the opioids actually got prescribed. A transcript of this episode is presented below: (Abruptly, rock music begins to play, and then, just as quickly, it ends with a light echo.). But she also told me the story of her ex-husband. I tried to reach out to women who Jeff was rumored to have exchanged drugs for sex with, but none of them wanted to talk on the record. Do you feel safe with Mr. Young being out there? a prosecutor on the case, Andrew Pennebaker, asked Pickering in court. the rock doc' jeff young. To a different patient, he wrote, Come fuck me at my office right now., It is not illegal for doctors to have sex with their patients, though its considered unethical. Lets see here, shes 23, Young says. The clinics aim would be to halt the parade of miseriesheart attacks, early deaths, hospital billsbrought on by the obesity epidemic. They didnt have tattoos. You ready? He pleaded not guilty to the . The agency also searched Youngs cellphone. Many people in Jackson seemed to see themselves in Young. Have you ever been to a doctor and you just didnt feel comfortable? Most of these doctors werent like Jeff. Khazan: Do you remember what kind of music was playing? At the beginning of the opioid epidemic, the autonomy of doctors to prescribe opioids was almost limitless, Keith Humphreys, a Stanford University professor who researches mental-health policy, says. Nurse practitioners have played a key role in Tennessees opioid epidemic. Whatever the inspiration, his new persona was good for business. But it seemed like she wasnt the only one getting pain meds from the Rock Doc. 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