Doctor Convicted For Prescribing Drugs in Coffee Shops

by Austin Petersen

I’ll take a triple-espresso-shot-grande with a side of oxycodone

Dr. Alvin Yee is going to prison after he was caught selling prescriptions to drugs such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, amphetamines and Xanax. Prosecutors claimed that Yee was meeting ‘patients’ at coffee shops, and restaurants.

Authorities began tracking Yee in 2010 when he was reportedly meeting with up to 12 people a night to sell them prescriptions for cash. Multiple people who received his prescriptions died from overdoses, but he was unable to be charged due to the inability to prove that he was directly responsible.

Yee said to the judge: “I’m truly sorry. I fully accept responsibility for all that’s happened. … It’s a profound embarrassment and shame. … There are people who won’t even talk to me anymore including my parents and my own children.”

Judge Andrew Guilford sentenced Yee to 11 years in prison and said: “People came to you for healing and they came away worse for the experience.”

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.