Texas Doctor Charged in Opioid Pill Operation

0:00A 70-year-old Texas doctor named James Robles from Westlaco faces serious federal charges for running a huge opioid pill operation. He allegedly used his cash-only clinic in Houston to prescribe and distribute more than five million powerful controlled substances, all funneled. Straight to street dealers for profit. Prosecutors say Robles never even met most of these so-called patients. He relied on crew leaders to recruit fake patients, hand them prescriptions, get the pills filled at pharmacies, and flip them on the black market. This scheme shines a light on how deep the opioid crisis cuts and communities, fueling addiction and violence with easy access to drugs like oxycodone. Families and neighborhoods continue to pay the heaviest price from these underground networks. Authorities drop the charges this Thursday, hitting Robles with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, one for actually, dispensing them, and another for keeping a drug involved premises at his clinic. As this case heads to trial, it sends a clear message that feds are targeting these

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