Florida Oxycodone Kingpin Reveals Running MASSIVE Pill Empire & Fueling The American Opioid Crisis

The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Johnny Mitchell

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4.3 • 563 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2024

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Chris George ran one of the most successful and notorious "pill mill" pharmacies in Florida at the height of the oxycontin opioid epidemic in the late 2000s. He began his criminal career as a teenager buying a selling illegal steroids and eventually ran it through a business front with his brother. In his late 20s he entered the burgeoning pain management industry and quickly Chris and his brother were running the largest pain pill mill company in the state; South Florida Pain Clinic. His entire family entered the business with him and soon he caught the attention of the feds and was eventually served 10 years in prison. Today he runs a legitimate successful business and has been featured in numerous documentaries, television series', and news shows telling his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The clinics weren't good for this country.
0:02.1	The doctors knew what they were doing.
0:04.0	I knew they were drug addicts.
0:06.0	We didn't care about helping people out, just giving as many pills as possible.
0:09.0	My guest today is a man named Chris George.
0:11.6	Chris is an entrepreneur from South Florida, who was responsible for opening up the first pill mill that became synonymous with the American opioid crisis.
0:20.7	Chris owned and operated dozens of
0:22.9	pain pill clinics that distributed hundreds of millions of opioid pills like Roxies and oxycodone.
0:29.6	While what he was doing was technically legal, Chris got swept up in the federal crackdown
0:35.1	that surrounded the early days of the opioid crisis.
0:39.3	He came on to tell us about a ton of dirty, underhanded, corrupt things that the FBI and
0:45.3	the DEA did to him that eventually landed him in federal prison for 12 years.
0:50.7	We've never had anyone like him on the show before.
0:53.3	He is the scarface of pharmaceutical
0:55.6	drugs. And for more content with Chris, go over to patreon.com slash the Connect show. Also, I have a
1:01.8	quick tour announcement. On June 20th, I will be headlining at the Tempe Improft Comedy Club in
1:07.8	Phoenix, Arizona. And on June 21st and 22nd, I'll be in the Dallas-Fort Worth area at the Big Lafs Comedy
1:14.6	Club in Fort Worth.
1:16.0	I got four shows there.
1:17.5	Get your tickets at linktree.com slash Johnny Mitchell.
1:21.0	Okay, without further ado, I give you Chris George right here in The Connect with Johnny
1:25.5	Mitchell.
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