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Article IndexIn the case of the confidential informants, Esposito wrote prescriptions for 120 pills of 30 milligrams. Thirty milligrams is considered a high dose of the potent narcotic painkiller. He allegedly provided the undercover agents with prescriptions for 30 or 60 pills of 30 milligrams. Esposito also allegedly provided individuals who visited his office with oxycodone prescriptions written for other individuals who never visited the office. It is alleged that Esposito typically charged $90 to write an oxycodone prescription for 120 pills of 30 milligrams.
Esposito was lodged in the Morris County Jail with bail set at $75,000.
Under state law, second-degree crimes carry a sentence of five to 10 years in state prison and a criminal fine of up to $150,000. Because the charge is an indictable offense, the case will be presented to a state grand jury for potential indictment.
After his arrest, Esposito surrendered his federal registration to write prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances.
In addition, state Consumer Affairs Director Thomas R. Calcagni issued an emergent order immediately suspending Esposito’s state CDS registration. The order represents the first such action under the powers granted by the Legislature to the director to ensure the public safety and welfare where CDS prescribing is concerned.
“Because the danger of indiscriminate prescribing of highly addictive narcotics is so inimical to the public health and safety, I have taken this extraordinary step to ensure that Dr. Esposito will do no further harm to the people of the state of New Jersey,” Calcagni said.
The state Board of Medical Examiners has been informed of the arrest and will be considering additional action with regard to Esposito’s medical license in New Jersey.
—TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
I will be more than happy to testify as a character witness about my relationship with Dr. Vincent A. Esposito!
This is the short version: I just typed 4 pages, but maybe I should give it directly to your lawyer.
After 25 years of being my doctor. You've helped me multiple times and not by prescribing any painkillers.
I have 2 specific cases. I will explain to your lawyer. Maybe it & I can help you.
Cluster headaches and advanced arthritis with a pinched nerve in my neck.
All I can say to you the DEA and FBI, can you spell asshole & should get a life. Grow up and go after the real dealers! And not the best Dr. I ever went to in my entire 58 years of life. What I see here is called entrapment of a very fine Dr. and some young squirt, who works for the FBI. That's never suffered from chronic pain, and also never done his homework, but trying to impress his boss for a raise. Do you know that Dr. Vincent A. Esposito is the only doctor certified to help people get off pain medicine in Madison area? But let me tell you, you can help someone unless you can get them into your office to talk. What I see that possibly could have happened is some junkie got mad at him for not giving him drugs got arrested and the FBI set this whole scheme into motion, what I see is that Dr. just trying to help another person, by getting them into his office so he could be helped, whether they are another junkie or someone in chronic pain! Maybe, just because he is such a good and caring Dr who wants to help people like doctors are supposed to do!
Your homework FBI/DEA: Google cost, street value per milligram of Oxycodone & cost per doctor's office visit, now if you're not capable. Ask your boss, that’s why he makes more money than you! I do not see Dr. Vincent A. Esposito being the big dealer that you make him out to be, but a kind and caring Dr. that he is!
Thanks for reading it, good luck and Dr. Vincent A. Esposito, if there is anything I can do to help you I'm going to try.
Just another (disabled veteran with chronic neck and shoulder pain on disability!)
Disabled Veteran
Personally, I only see that you do not have any shame!!!
The DA is on a witch hunt and is trying to make this doctor "an example", when in reality all he was doing was his job.
How can a doctor prove someone's pain? He was trying to help his patients, not hurt them or society.
People should check the facts before they make their judgements.
- Are you serious? In order to be prescribed an SSRI does anyone ever examine your brain besides for listening to you? Doesnt stop half the people from taking prozac zoloft paxil etc. daily. The dr in this situation is clearly being made out to look 100X worse than what really happened.. it seems like the dea made a really huge mistake on this one... Taking a 100% innocent man & community activist & going after him in such a sick & sadistic manor. If im reading this right they want the dr's to like bang your knee to make sure its broken & break it more before we can give you some antibiotics.