People charged with drug crimes and tax evasion face serious consequences, including the threat of imprisonment and large fines. Physicians are not excluded from charges relating to the distribution of prescription drugs and may face additional consequences, such as losing their rights to practice medicine. Calculated plea bargains may be used as part of the defense, as demonstrated by weight loss clinic physicians this month. Three people associated with a chain of weight loss clinics in the Chicago area were recently charged, …
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