It moved so slowly in punishing drug-addicted nurses that some were able to get new jobs and steal narcotics while under investigation, an eastern Tennessee news station, WJHL, found in 2016. Stephanie, who returned to Youngs clinic after the incident at the club, said Young helped her more than any doctor shes ever seen. (Youngs attorney claimed in court that only about 25 percent of his patients were.) Hed also given her tips on how to eat better and how to lose weight. An active and fun show following the life of FNP Jeff Young II at work and his life after work. Im in the middle of a life-saving procedure here. Hes so cute thats my brother and my best friend, Young says, giving Phillips a gentle kiss. Years active. What a great, great, great, great song! Watching this makes me really sad, one YouTube user commented on the Rock Doc pilot in 2019. Jeffrey " Jeff " Young (born March 31, 1962) is an American guitarist. 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. (Fades under.). Do you feel safe with Mr. Young being out there? a prosecutor on the case, Andrew Pennebaker, asked Pickering in court. Young: Even get all gussied up for tonight. Khazan: And Christi also told me a very similar thing as the other patients I talked to: Shes had terrible experiences with other doctors. Khazan: Ive talked to a lot of patients over the years who feel very uncomfortable around their doctors. Obesity and diabetes are rampant; so is chronic pain. Occupation (s) Guitarist. Khazan: LaRhonda was skepticalbut she was also dealing with a lot of pain. In July 2016, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation began looking into allegations that Young was overprescribing opioids. The pilot footagesome of which Young posted to YouTube, and some of which I obtained from a person who was once close to Youngportrays the Rock Doc as a medical bad boy whos willing to break free from the establishment to deliver real talk. Dont worry, my tattoos dont like you either, one image reads. Young: (Over the sound of a pool-filtration system.) Khazan: The way I first got to know Jeff Young was through videos he posted online. Unnamed guest: I cant believe he stabbed himself (Fades under.). Not all of them were into the whole edgy hard-rock thing at first. And doctorswho work in what is, after all, a service professionsometimes feel that its easier to pacify the patient than to push back. I had had back surgery, and I really had real problems that no one wanted to listen to me about. Every single time I went to that doctor and I left, Stairway to Heaven played. 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. MY died on August 25, 2015, from an apparent drug overdose. He refilled MYs prescriptions for Percocet and Valium, and also prescribed him hydrocodone. 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? Khazan: And some of what she saw really weirded her out. On my trip, I strolled by a glass case near the federal courthouse that held a large Bible opened to the Gospel of John. 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.) Khazan: Or stitch someone up after they cut themselves on a wine glass. Calles: You could just tell by the demeanor that that was there. I didnt know that. The Daily Beast Automated News Feed No Censorship, Just News. MY came to PreventaGenix complaining of lower-back pain and numbness in his left arm, and asked for refills of pain medications. Purdue ad doctor: These drugswhich, I repeat, are our best, strongest pain medicationsshould be used much more than they are for patients in pain. He was like a friend. For the cosmetically minded, he hosted alcohol-fueled Botox parties. Other doctors dont post pictures of themselves with motorcycles and scantily clad women, either. Additional audio from Purdue Pharma, The Rock Doc TV Show, @JY2RocDoc, and Bat Pig Pictures. If you speak against me, she remembers him saying, youre gonna regret it.. Julia Longoria: Over 20 years ago, pharmaceutical companies began to market the use of a magical pill. In the past five years, at least 40 medical providers nationwide have been accused of exchanging sex for addictive drugs. One of them was that I had the story all wrong. Off camera, Young allegedly prescribed 1.4 million addictive pills and had sex with female patients. In one scene, he and his best friend, a pharmaceutical representative named John Kevin Phillips, broadcast themselves on the video-streaming app Periscope. From that day on, he saw him for everything. Im Julia Longoria. A restaurant called the Little Rebel displayed a Confederate flag. 1986-present. Editing by Katherine Wells, Julia Longoria, and Denise Wills. While Youngs antics could be a nightmare for his staff, his pool of patients increased as word about his practice spread. I have found accounts of at least 40 other medical providers in the country who have been accused of exchanging sex for addictive drugs. Tanya Ballard: I think people are Just didnt like Jeff. She told me that Jeff took her pain seriously. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? His wife also loves animals and works in the same clinic. They go on working. Calles: Oh my gosh. 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. He decked out PreventaGenix with psychedelic artwork and set the stereo to loud rock. By 2012, Young was allegedly supplying testosterone without a clear medical reason to high schoolers who wanted to bulk up. Calles: I mean, you have killersmurderers, I meanthat have not been in jail this long. Young: That was what Im going to say. Why didnt anyone try to put a stop to this? I just had a lot of questions about how could this happen, you know? We got a very, uh, important (Fades under.). Some of Youngs dalliances with his patient-friends similarly took a dark turn. 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. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. But that did not put a stop to Youngs ambitions. Naylor: Yes, he does. Young: Listen, I am for the patient. 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. (The DEA declined to comment on Youngs case for this story.) Copyright 2021 The Atlantic and New York Public Radio. He found diseases, for example, that other doctors missed. (Soft percussive synthesizer music plays.). Hed wandered off into the woods. 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. 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. The half-dozen former patients who did agree to talk with me were mostly people who wanted to defend Jeff. (One employee, Karla Wright, testified later that she had never seen Young have sex with women at the office. In 2016, Young, who was 42 at the time, invited a cameraman to shoot a pilot episode about his life as a nurse practitioner in Jackson, Tennessee. A Professional theme for architects, construction and interior designers In another, he totters around with an empty bottle of bourbon and pans the camera over to Phillips, who is asleep on the couch. On Instagram, photos tagged #preventagenix show Young on a motorcycle, surrounded by women. Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. Naylor: (A sharp inhale.) 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. The next morning, the office manager, Kristie Gutgsell, would clean up after them. During one club night, Young bought Stephanie two drinks and his friends handed them to her. Otherwise, fledgling practices, in particular, risk losing patients. Were going to take the worst of the worst. So it was kind of significant to me. 1:32. When the local news station, WBBJ, posted a story about Youngs case on Facebook, the usual chorus of defenders raised their voices. And even then, I didnt want to hear it. She would get phone calls at her house, answer, and hear only strange whispers, she said in a court hearing. She once saw someone running across her yard into the woods. About four years after its investigation began, the nursing board finally held a hearing to consider his fate. They would shut off the power so they had an excuse to close the clinic on those days. Young appeared to operate more subtly. 0:06. Being around Young made her feel emotionally safe, she said. The grosser side. (Young has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Jeff immediately sees that he is inyou know, hes in pretty bad shape. 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. The men each contributed $40,000 to the endeavor. The former patient told me she became afraid to leave her house. Khazan: LeAnns story was similar to Tanyas and LaRhondas and Christis. When I visited the clinic shortly before the hearing, Young had just finished up with a patient. Naylor: They just immediately hit it off. Longoria: This week, Olga Khazan peers into an internet portal to try to find one answer to how on earth we found ourselves in an opioid crisis. Rumors started to spread in town that strange things were going on in Jeffs office. Why would you go to this doctor? Lets see here, shes 23, Young says. Oh, look, I got a new haircut today (Fades under.). 13.6k members in the AutoNewspaper community. And I was like, My mind is blown. And the consequences might have gone beyond sexual abuse and addiction. Khazan: Online, Jeff would get drunk and smoke cigars. (A snare hit plays, and the music changes tone again. They liked his plainspoken approach to medicine, a profession typically associated with jargon and elitism. They dont want to touch you unless they have to touch you. Together, they are the parents of three children and have seven grandchildren. Another said, I was thinking of you today and how much you have helped me.. 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