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Eight overdose deaths spur DEA investigation of south Tulsa doctor
A Tulsa physician was writing the equivalent of about seven prescriptions per hour
Federal agents allege that eight overdose deaths since July 2011 are tied to one south Tulsa doctor.
Special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration raided Christopher Moses’ office, Southside Medical Clinic at 8222 S. Harvard Ave., in late January as part of an investigation into alleged drug trafficking and drug diversion — diverting prescription drugs from their legal purpose — at the clinic.
Agents cited the eight patient deaths, the volume of prescriptions and undercover purchases of narcotics in an application seeking a search warrant for his office.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency began investigating Moses, who operates Southside Medical, “based on complaints … that Dr. Moses was prescribing large amounts of prescription narcotics,” Special Agent Darren Glanz said in an affidavit.
Agents seized 63 boxes of documents and four bags of computer hard drives, according to the returned documentation of the search. The federal documents were unsealed late last week.
Glanz cited eight overdose deaths between July 2011 and February 2017 in the affidavit for a search warrant. Those eight deaths are alleged to link to prescriptions for narcotics written by Moses.
