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"A former Portland podiatrist who wrote prescriptions for painkillersin exchange for cash and cocaine has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison.A judge in U.S. District Court in Portland on Friday sentenced Dr. John B. Perry, 52, on charges of conspiracy, unlawful distribution of oxycodone and health care fraud. Perry pleaded guilty to the charges last December.Until his arrest in November 2010, Perry was a foot doctor practicing at Atlantic Foot and Ankle in Portland. Court records state that Perry wrote prescriptions for no medical purpose, traded prescriptions for cash and cocaine and fabricated patient charts to hide his improper prescriptions.Prosecutors said Perry was responsible for selling or trading more than 18,000 oxycodone pills between 2009 and 2010."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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