Florida 'Pill Mill' Crackdown Sets Off a Rush Into Georgia

Wall Street Journal

After his Florida used-car dealership failed two summers ago, Jeffrey Gonzalez decided to switch careers. So he moved to Georgia and opened a clinic prescribing opioid painkillers. He picked this Atlanta suburb because while Florida law stipulates that only doctors can own such facilities, Georgia imposes no such restrictions. Within a few months, Mr. Gonzalez was open for business. To staff up, he hired two physicians through a Craigslist ad. His lead doctor wasn't a pain specialist, but a gynecologist. "The laws are minimal at best," said Mr. Gonzalez, 46 years old. "We had a green light from every agency that we spoke to."

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