Tom Wilemon

twilemon@tennessean.com

A pot-growing midwife and a doctor who prescribed narcotics to multiple patients without backup documentation have had disciplinary actions taken against them by their licensing boards.

State investigators began looking into the conduct of the midwife, Marilyn H. Greene-Campbell, after she was caught outside a Nashville bar with a quarter pound of hydroponic marijuana in her vehicle. Although her arrest occurred in August 2009, she did not plead guilty until last year and did not have her license suspected until recently.

After her arrest, investigators found marijuana drying in her Liberty home, growing equipment and a basement garden with 273 plants growing.

Greene-Campbell was sentenced to two years in federal prison. The Tennessee Board of Osteopathic Examiners Council of Certified Professional Midwifery suspended her license for two years.

In another disciplinary action, Dr. James F. Evans of Murfreesboro had his medical license revoked after investigators determined he prescribed controlled substances to 20 patients without documentation to prove a diagnostic reason. One of those patients told investigators she snorted oxycodone.

The controlled substances were prescribed between 2005 and 2013. In addition to having his license revoked, Evans was fined $20,000.

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