A Kentucky psychiatrist was sentenced Friday to five years in prison and three years of supervised probation after pleading guilty last year to dealing drugs.

Dr. Peter Steiner, who ran Kentuckiana Mental Health Associates in Louisville, was charged with distributing controlled substances without a medical reason in March of 2018, and a grand jury indicted him in June of the same year. The doctor initially maintained his innocence but later pleaded guilty to the charge last March.

According to the indictment, Steiner prescribed or distributed medically unnecessary drugs including Buprenorphine and fentanyl to multiple patients over the course of several years.

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