Local West Memphis physician, Dr. James Miller said he had never heard of the street drug concoction “purple drank” or “sizzurp” until a state investigator showed up asking why he was prescribing so much of its key ingredients. . .
. . . [T]he state physician licensing board thinks he should have known better. He now faces a December hearing to determine whether he should lose his medical license.
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UPDATE: Trip Cook reported the following:
In August, Miller was the subject of an Emergency Order of Suspension by the board.
The board lifted the order of suspension in September, but voted to prohibit Miller’s use of his DEA permit until his hearing.
A DEA permit allows a physician to prescribe scheduled medications.
Trice said the reinstatement came from a request by Miller.
“He made a request of the board to permit him to treat his other patients if he could just give up his DEA permit during this period of time,” Trice said. “Since that is what the board was mad at him about, the board accepted his offer.”
The investigation included information from the West Memphis Police Department, a state pharmacy oversight group and reviews of medical records by physicians.
