Psychiatrist pleads guilty to drug conspiracy

As reported in the Kansas City Business Journal

A Leawood psychiatrist has pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to dispense prescription drugs. Bruce Parsa, 40, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge G. Thomas VanBebber to the conspiracy charge on Tuesday. Parsa had pleaded guilty on June 13 to four counts of intentionally using a revoked registration number to get prescription drugs.

According to U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren's court statement: Parsa admitted that between January 2000 and Dec. 17, 2001, while he was employed as a psychiatrist in Leawood and Leavenworth, he conspired with others to dispense a large amount of amphetamines and narcotics. Parsa also admitted that he had issued more than 200 prescriptions during those dates that were outside the scope of his professional practice and not for legitimate medical purposes.

The psychiatrist faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison without parole. Sentencing is scheduled for October. See also these related stories

It almost sounds like the shrink was selling the drugs inside the prison system, but there is not enough info at hand to verify this speculation at this writing.