(Somber, reflective droning notes play up. 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. Health care is one of the Jackson areas most important industries, and West Tennessee Healthcare, which once employed Young, is the largest employer in the county. Sound design by David Herman. An obese man explains that Young helped him with his swollen leg. You may not like my rock and roll, you may not like my piercings, you may not like my sexy-ass beard, but you know what? Yall partying in the office? [Chuckles.] In February 2016, he texted one of his opioid patients, a police officer named Jay Green. In an email to The Atlantic, Working said that when it came to Phillipss actions, there was no direct threat. ), Youngs sexual desires and need to please patients allegedly soon blurred together. Listen and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts, The patients of the nurse practitioner and aspiring reality star Jeffrey Young say he helped them like nobody else could. Multiple surveys show that people tend to trust health-care workers more than they trust many other professionals, including police officers and clergy members. Young: (Moaning.) 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.). I am sick of people only judging you by what you do in your personal life, one woman wrote on his Facebook page in September 2016, when Young was charged with assault after a woman claimed that he had screamed at her in the parking lot of his office. Moreover, throwing some glimpse of lights to his personal life, Dr. Jeff is a happily married man. Khazan: He worked in the timber industry, and one day at work, he got overheated and disoriented. Calles: I really am so thankful that he suggested that to me, because if he hadnt have, I probably wouldve never done it, because I wouldnt take anybody else seriously enough to even think about doing it. In July 2016, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation began looking into allegations that Young was overprescribing opioids. Tanya Ballard: I think people are Just didnt like Jeff. 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. Young: So Im gonna not have a cigar. Khazan: Do you feel like Jeff has done more harm than good? Khazan: When Jeffs indictment became public, LeAnnlike many of his former patientswas suspicious at first. Furthermore, Dr. Young along with his wife and daughter Melody works at his clinic. So, no, I cant say that. The manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids have been sued by dozens of states and municipalities for the damage theyve allegedly caused. The resulting addictions were blamed on reckless patients, rather than the fundamental chemistry of the opioids themselves. Though Young at first just seemed to go along with the project, he grew more invested after the first visit, the cameraman told me. But the board has a history of letting suspicious providers go on practicing for years. Young: That was what Im going to say. 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. Look at me! The resulting videos are typical scenes from a medical practicepeople donning gloves, waiting in chairsspliced together over a heavy-metal soundtrack. And Im like, Oh. [A beat.] They learned to ignore it. Naylor: I felt like he was being treated unfairlythat maybe he had even been set up. Khazan: Thirty-one doctors and seven other nurse practitioners were busted in that same Justice Department sweep that caught Jeff. Patients, meanwhile, dont always know that medical boards exist in the first place, or that they can complain to them if theyve been wronged, Lisa Robin, the chief advocacy officer for the Federation of State Medical Boards, says. Longoria: Pharmaceutical companies marketed these drugs aggressively to doctors. Rather than suffer any real consequences for his allegedly reckless prescribing, Young continued to work as a medical provider for years. Jackson nurse practitioner Jeffrey Young will await his opioid trafficking trial in jail, an appeals court decided Thursday. What a great, great, great, great song! Khazan: But she did remember this one hint shed had that something might be wrong in Jeffs office. Scott Deberry: Everyone in his office was all white. I just asked him. Mellow and slow, it moves under the narration the way water moves through a stream.). He made them feel comfortable in a way that no other doctor did. The cause of death, according to the letter, was a probable cardiac event due to polypharmacy, or the simultaneous use of multiple drugs.. In 2011, the couple got in a fight while visiting Panama City Beach, Florida, and it was determined that Young did throw, or shove, Mrs. Young from the bed to the floor, the police report reads. And were gonna send a message. They called it the single largest crackdown on prescription opioids in history. Scott Deberry: When I told him, I said, Every time I go to a doctor and tell them I feel like I have the flu, they look at me as if Im delusional.. (Fades under.). Without doing a physical exam, Young diagnosed MY with chronic lower-back pain and anxiety, the letter details. He would still be allowed to prescribe testosterone and cough syrup with codeine, however. Music by Parish Council (Dabbles), water feature (ariel), Arabian Prince in a UK World (The Feeling of Being on a Diet), Keyboard (Being There and My Atelier), and Column (The Art of Fun (Raj) and Sensuela), provided by Tasty Morsels. We wont know if Young is guilty of everything the government says he is, or how much additional time, if any, he will serve, until later this year. Additional audio from Purdue Pharma, The Rock Doc TV Show, @JY2RocDoc, and Bat Pig Pictures. MY came to PreventaGenix complaining of lower-back pain and numbness in his left arm, and asked for refills of pain medications. Thats very distressing Yeah, Im shocked, you know? 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. ), (The intro to a rock song plays, with a driving, pulsing beat. The lack of oversight in the Young case is in keeping with practices seen throughout the opioid crisis. All right, guys. Khazan: Christi had really appreciated what Jeff did for her. [Khazan laughs, then Calles emphasizes each word that follows.] The allegations against Young seemed to take a toll on him, though. He would sometimes brag about having sex on his lunch break, sharing with his staff pictures of his conquests, three employees said. And doctorswho work in what is, after all, a service professionsometimes feel that its easier to pacify the patient than to push back. It wasnt like any medical office Id ever been to. The agents seized about 350 of Youngs patient charts and every computer in the office, according to Gutgsell, the former office manager, and the notice of seizure states that about 10,000 individual doses of hydrocodone were also taken. I didnt know that. His case before the nursing board stalled for two more years. Several people suggested suing for defamation a news station that reported on the incident. 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. A restaurant called the Little Rebel displayed a Confederate flag. Reitz says he and his girlfriend came up with the unwieldy namea futuristic combination of prevent and genetics. I told him about this podcastexplained to him what a podcast was. I have found accounts of at least 40 other medical providers in the country who have been accused of exchanging sex for addictive drugs. Khazan: In one sense, I understand some of Jeffs patients defensiveness toward him. Khazan: In the pilot, he presents himself as more of a friend than a medical professional. Calles: Yes. The cameraman who shot the pilot, who requested anonymity because he doesnt want to be associated with Youngs case, heard about Young through a mutual friend and visited him several times to shoot footage for what he hoped could become a reality show. Unnamed guest: I cant believe he stabbed himself (Fades under.). Youngs case provides a rare glimpse into the ways patients wind up addicted to the powerful painkillers fueling the national opioid epidemic. Young: Hi, my name is Jeff Young. But, in theory, there should have been a check on all this. When it was getting close to the end of when I was going, it would be packed. A new court filing, first reported by The Tennessean last week, portrays the Rock Doc as a menacing figure at the intersection of the opioid crisis and the #MeToo movement. At first, Young seemed to Reitz like an affable, outgoing dad who loved rock and practiced medicine. Updated at 10:28 p.m. Listen to the trailer for. He was found in his bedroom, where the ambulance service discovered an empty syringe under his pillow and empty pill bottles on his bedside table that had been filled that month. It doesnt sound like much of a sella middle-aged man doling out medical advice in a city midway between Memphis and Nashville. Before long, the three men hatched a plan to found a network of health clinics that would check patients cholesterol levels and offer diet and exercise advice. Purdue ad doctor: These drugswhich, I repeat, are our best, strongest pain medicationsshould be used much more than they are for patients in pain. Never give up God is full of second chances, one woman wrote. Calles: I just wasnt getting the care I needed. Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. Khazan: In 2016, Jeff tried to broadcast his world even more widely. Young benefited from an almost reflexive societal trust in the medical profession. The entire epidemic has been an unending story of doctors, pharmaceutical executives, and public officials blithely ignoring signs of danger. They go on working. Fact-check by Michelle Ciarrocca and Jack Segelstein. 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. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. (Lo-fi synthesizer music plays up. Later that month, M.Y. Khazan: Or stitch someone up after they cut themselves on a wine glass. Because he prescribed my opiates, and I took them as prescribed, and I had no problems with it. According to a medical-board report, one employee recalled Young having sex in his office with a patient who appeared to be drugged; when Young left, she was passed out on the couch. Calles: I dont know. Several others dismissed the notion that Young could be sexually coercive. This is a bunch of bull crap, she said. One former patient who had a falling-out with Young told me he or someone associated with him attacked her on the internet forum Topix, calling her a whore and a drunk. She said her home address and photos of her adult daughters were posted on the site, along with rape threats directed at her daughters. Will be glad to take the balance out of your ass. He asked another patient, to whom he prescribed the opioid hydrocodone, to come in for a checkup the following day and wear a short skirt and no panties., Young was sometimes even more direct. I mean, you could just kind of tell you could trust him. (Patel did not respond to requests for comment.) Through his lawyer, Michael R. Working, Phillips did not return several requests for comment. I said, um, So what are yall doing after-hour? Jeff wanted what was best for his patient. He tied the knot with his beautiful wife Dr. Petra. [Khazan laughs.] But it played [Emphasizing.] They thought I was basically lazy and just wanted to have pain pills, just for whatever reason. Khazan: Do you remember what kind of music was playing? Instead, Young began by kicking Reitz out of the business, Reitz told me. I had a brother that passed away, and when he passed away, his friends played that for him at his funeral. 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. His followers across social-media accounts numbered in the low thousandshigher than a casual users, but a trifle compared with even a C-list celebritys fan base. Some of Youngs dalliances with his patient-friends similarly took a dark turn. Im in the middle of a life-saving procedure here. You may not like what I stand for. 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. The Tennessee Department of Health will not release audio recordings from a state investigation of "Rock Doc" Jeffrey W. Young II, a nurse practitioner who was allowed to stay in business . Youre just probably not feeling good. But they never believed us. Young: Listen, I am for the patient. They didnt openly harass anyone who criticized them. To have a medical provider be polite to you, accept you, maybe even dig through your charts to find the root cause of your ailmentsit can be validating. Young got married, then quickly got divorced, according to several people who knew him then. Khazan: Anyone online could watch him, say, biopsy someones skin while listening to hard rock. No one else seemed capable of treating all her problemsthroat swelling, high blood pressure, attention issues. Khazan: The first time I watched this video, I just heard Jeff making excuses. All of them said that they didnt think Jeff sexually abused them. Eventually Shirley Pickering, the nursing-board investigator who was looking into the allegations against Young, also grew terrified of him. Throughout the opioid epidemic, a distressing number of doctors have seen a perverse opportunity in Americans suffering. He soon opened a new clinic, which he called GeneXis Health. [Laughs lightly.] Jeff gets his nick name "Rock Doc" from his loyal patients. Rock Doc pilot testimonial: (Over heavy rock music.) You could see, almost, when you were talking to him, he was listeningand he was thumping that pen to the beat of the music. (Fades under.). You can all suck my d***. Automated News Feed Subreddit No Censorship, Just News. Purdue ad doctor: They dont wear out. Even now, I cant say that. In 2018, a woman told police that Young put his hands down her pants during an office visit, but that apparently led to nothing. They painted a picture of the kind of medical office where you might actually want to hang out. To date, none of the alleged victims in Youngs court case has come forward publicly to speak against him. But I was willing to overlook all that, you know? Naylor: My husband hadnt been to a doctor in years. Actually very nice, yeah. was found dead of an apparent overdose. In confessional-style interviews, Young seems to enjoy offending anyone whos shocked by his approach. This requirement is waived, however, in cases where public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action.). Khazan: The videos were sarcastic and loose, intimate in their own bizarre way. The camera follows Young as he treats patients, talks on a local radio station, dances with women at a club, and brags about drinking. Downtown has an old-fashioned square, a few coffee shops striving for trendiness, and some suburban standbysMcAlisters Deli, Kohls, Chilis, Panera Breadall connected by well-maintained roads and featuring black oceans of parking lots. She appreciated that he asked about her grandkids. Together, they are the parents of three children and have seven grandchildren. There was no statement even made to the Feds. When you got all kinds of money, said Jon Benjamin Sharp, a local musician who used to see Young around town, you got all kinds of friends. (Sharp made clear that he himself wasnt a fan of Youngs.) They didnt drop F-bombs or smell womens underwear online. Listen to the trailer for, The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust. She doesnt think Young was the one who drugged her, but she believes nevertheless that she was drugged. He would chitchat with his patients, ask them about their latest tattoos. He decked out PreventaGenix with psychedelic artwork and set the stereo to loud rock. Young did seem to be famous enough in Jackson, however, to reinforce his own grand vision of himself. Of course other doctors dont write as many prescriptions, the implication seemed to be. Jeffrey " Jeff " Young (born March 31, 1962) is an American guitarist. American doctors went on to prescribe opioids at much higher rates than their counterparts in other countries. 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. Even when they do, the boards are mainly composed of doctors and nurses peers, who can be reluctant to throw the book at one of their own, says Rebecca Haw Allensworth, a Vanderbilt University law professor who has studied medical boards. You can find Olgas written reporting on the Rock Doc at our website: http://www.theatlantic.com/experiment. Why would you go to this doctor? Apparently she felt strongly enough about it that he wouldnt leave her alone if she went to see him. Many told me that they didnt want to talk on the record. So, uh, here we are, sitting by the pool. I accept all insurance, he told her. 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. Khazan: This is Tanya Ballard. Scott Deberry: But after a while, when you read stuff, how many people could be wrong? You know that. Years active. You may not like my tattoos. Young: So, the, uh, the sinister ministerthat would be me (Fades under again.). She became his patient around 2016. Khazan: In his Periscope videos, Jeff insisted it was all fun and games, and people were just criticizing him because of his style. I expected to hear lots of horror stories of abuse and mistreatment. MY died on August 25, 2015, from an apparent drug overdose. 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. Another said, I was thinking of you today and how much you have helped me.. Occasionally he would glare at his ex-wife Dawn, who was in the gallery. But they helped create the opioid crisis all the same. Khazan: Does that change how you feel about him? In one scene, he and his best friend, a pharmaceutical representative named John Kevin Phillips, broadcast themselves on the video-streaming app Periscope. Naylor: They just immediately hit it off. 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. Throughout Jackson, he had created for himself a reputation as a rock-and-roll renegade, happily showing off his piercings, tattoos, and goatee. Khazan: Her husband had severe dehydration and was suffering from a heat stroke. If you speak against me, she remembers him saying, youre gonna regret it.. Some of the pills had been prescribed by Young. LeAnn Naylor: I have not had a lot of positive interactions with doctors. Young would call these liaisons nooners or say it was tap-that-ass Tuesday, according to court testimony. The nurse practitioner Jeffrey Young produced a reality-TV pilot in which he branded himself "the Rock Doc., The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? I dont wear underwear. Young appeared to operate more subtly. Im like, Im as outspoken as he is. (Fades under.). Young became known for putting drugs into the hands of almost anyone who asked. M.Y. had lower back pain and complained of numbness in his left arm. Dont worry, my tattoos dont like you either, one image reads. Once his colleagues were out of the business, Young began crafting a persona based around rock music and hard living. Kevin: And were going to ask our friendsour warriors out thereto put these folks in their place, because, you know, the Golden Rule. Women were drawn to Young; he had a big house and was the first to buy everyones drink. (A snare hit plays, and the music changes tone again. Shed come to see Jeff for a range of health issues, from diabetes to cystitis, and she just didnt buy the things people were saying about him. You may not like my piercings. 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: (Serious, and a little angry.) But the more time I spent thinking about it, the more I started to realize that Jeff has a point. Khazan: LaRhonda was skepticalbut she was also dealing with a lot of pain. 0:04. Then and over the ensuing months, I spoke with dozens of Youngs friends, enemies, alleged victims, and former co-workers. This distinction is important, because while nurse practitioners are functioning in the same capacity as physiciansordering and interpreting A year later, the Tennessee nursing board suspended his ability to prescribe most opioids and other controlled substances for two years, saying that he had prescribed them irresponsibly. They do not have serious medical side effects. And whats remarkable about the Rock Doc is that he streamed his private interactions with patients online. He exhibited a certain tenderness as he filled syringes and sutured skin. Calles: You could just tell by the demeanor that that was there. Young grabs them and takes a big whiff. ), Jeff Young: Are we live? Khazan: There was this really big series of indictments that came down in 2019 where the federal government said, You know what? Visit our website terms of use at www.wnyc.org for further information. Similarly, Young appeared to get the benefit of the doubt from virtually everyone. Khazan: But the pilot also showed the other side of Jeff. Additional music by Nelson Bandela (04 HIDDEN FORCES and Auddi Sun 01 131). Wear a short skirt and no panties.. In recent years, the Justice Department has started coming for unscrupulous doctors and pharmacists, too. Some sought counseling, slept under their beds, or carried guns. (The two clap each others backs in a half-hug.). Many people in Jackson seemed to see themselves in Young. One agent testified in court that the bureau had uncovered Facebook messages such as one sent to Young in August 2016 by someone known in court as SW: My girl for eight years is an addict You write her any more scripts youre going to kill her, man. Meanwhile, many of Youngs patient charts had allegedly stopped being monitored: One supervising physician came in once, reviewed Youngs charts, and withdrew from the supervising agreement immediately based on what he saw. Khazan: LeAnn Naylor was the secretary for the mayor of Jackson when she started seeing Jeff as a patient. Thrash metal, heavy metal, speed metal, blues, classical. He invited a cameraman to document his life and eventually had it edited into a pilot for a reality-TV show. 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. Young was by no means nationally or even regionally known. Young began arriving at the clinic smelling rancid, with greasy hair, and the clinics money problems mounted. They entered the office and ordered the clinics staffers to lie on the floor. Young is . Hows it going? 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. 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. RockDocTV Show. All of his patients I saw when I would come would be all white. The men each contributed $40,000 to the endeavor. Occupation (s) Guitarist. Jackson nurse-practitioner Jeffrey Young, known as the "Rock Doc," was released on bond and will be allowed to continue treating patients, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Despite some patients praise for Young, the evidence that he routinely walked far over that line remains alarming. But it seemed like she wasnt the only one getting pain meds from the Rock Doc. Former employees speculated that he met the women in bars. A woman Ill call Stephanie developed a friendship with Young a few years ago when she was regularly seeing him for swelling in her throat. Young wanted information about one of his enemies. Well all be killed., It helped that Young had prominent friends he could call on for help. Jeffery Dale Young known as Dr. Jeff Young or Dr. Jeff is American Veterinarian and a reality TV actor. Patients would spend an hour or two in the waiting room, only to get a rushed exam and prescription. It was just rocked out. She texted Jeff. (The background music shifts tone dramatically to a wispy, light, contemplative energy.). He has three children, two sons, and a daughter, from his first marriage. Every time. Whether or not Young is convicted, the perverse incentives for doctors to see patients for short visits and to prescribe too many unnecessary drugs will remain. As the court spent two days scrutinizing his years of alleged misdeeds, he sat mostly silently. Pharmacists began to refuse to fill his prescriptions. Purdue Pharma ad voice-over: Once youve found the right doctor and have told him or her about your pain, dont be afraid to take what they give you. Dan Reaves, a local radio host on whose show Young occasionally appeared as part of a marketing plan, described Young as medically gifted. Longoria: And one of those worst of the worst providers stood out from the others. He graduated from Union University, an evangelical Christian school, in 1995, then earned a degree from the University of Tennessee College of Nursing in 2003. In addition to steroid shots, Young prescribed her oxycodone, Xanax, and Adderall for her various medical issues. Jeff didnt monitor M.Y.s use, or talk to him about the danger of combining drugs. Employees I spoke with said he eventually was seeing 50 to 85 patients a day, compared with about 20 for the average doctor, and most of them seemed to be on opioids. 40 members in the TDBauto community. He even convinced her to get weight-loss surgery. The man says if he were ever shot, he would go to Young before going to the hospital. Naylor: They would look at me and say [Dismissively. Have you ever been to a doctor and you just didnt feel comfortable? With a heavy Mercy me, Phillips produces a pair of womens panties from a bag. Khazan: Jeff had been good to Tanya in the clinic, which was an experience that she didnt usually have with doctors. She would get phone calls at her house, answer, and hear only strange whispers, she said in a court hearing. Some of his patients were police officers whom he would occasionally ask for favors. I mean, if somebody pats you on the back, that aint coming on to you. Trust me, I got people, he says to the camera. The department suggested that he surrender his license in order to resolve the matter quickly, but according to a report from The Tennessean and The Jackson Sun, a defiant Young rejected that offer. Whats up kids? Young: (Just after another person laughs.) (Topix has since been shut down.) Khazan: I had a lot of Why on earth? questions: Why would he do this? 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. After he opened the new clinic, Youngs sexual behavior with patients allegedly continued, as did the towns willingness to ignore it. They didnt try to become reality-TV stars. 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. (Later, Phillips pleaded guilty to threatening a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was investigating Young. Jeffrey Youngs patients say he helped them like nobody else could, but prosecutors indicted him following a huge painkiller bust. He was always polite. Hes so cute thats my brother and my best friend, Young says, giving Phillips a gentle kiss. But Young soon revealed a blustering personality that started to overwhelm the team project. Heres what I can tell you. Off camera, Young allegedly prescribed 1.4 million addictive pills and had sex with female patients. Rather than call for help, Young walked away and left me on the ground, she told me. 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. Youngs story raises the question of where care crosses into harm. The feds say Young . When I visited the clinic shortly before the hearing, Young had just finished up with a patient. Young was among them. In November 2016, the health department threatened to file charges against Young before the board of nursing. Lunch break, sharing with his wife and daughter Melody works at his funeral no. Lawyer, Michael R. Working, Phillips pleaded guilty to threatening a drug Enforcement agent. The country who have been sued by dozens of Youngs friends, enemies alleged. 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