As part of the sentence, Mary Aronson, PharmD, was required to forfeit $20,000 and pay an additional $55,000 in community restitution.
According to the court documents, Dr. Aronson sold OxyContin and amphetamine pills to a confidential informant without a prescription at least three times in 2017 and 2018. Investigators recorded audio of the purchases.
Throughout the investigation process, Dr. Aronson also gave a confidential informant four blank prescription pages and showed her how to forge prescriptions for OxyContin and amphetamine, according to the court documents.
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