Physician arrested for operating unlicensed pain clinic

Authorities recently arrested Imo F. Ndem, MD, under the Georgia Pain Management Act on a felony charge that he operated an unlicensed “pill mill.” The law, which was enacted in 2013, is aimed to crack down on pain clinics that indiscriminately dispense prescription pain medication.

 

The Drug Enforcement Agency said that Ndem’s practice in Augusta, Georgia, had been under investigation for more than a year and search warrants were served on the clinic in October.