Former Alexandria Doctor Pleads Guilty to Distributing Oxycodone
Larren Wade, who now lives in Florida, once operated a practice close to Annandale; he faces up to 20 years in prison.
A former Northern Virginia doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to distribute oxycodone. Larren Wade, 55, once owned a practice near Seminary Road in the west end of Alexandria. As part of his plea agreement, a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia states that Wade admitted to issuing “thousands of prescriptions for pain medications, sometimes exceeding 2,000 pills per patient each month” between March and July 2010. “Larren Wade not only violated his oath as a doctor, he violated the law when he provided a highly addictive drug to individuals for no legitimate medical reason,” said U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride in the news release. “The abuse of prescription pills has had a devastating…
