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Criminal Lawyer Bruce Rivers Reacts to Surgeon Gets Arrested For Meth ON THE WAY TO SURGERY
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The addiction rate for professionals including airline pilots, lawyers, nurses, doctors, yada yada is the SAME as the general public. 10%. An education doesn’t preclude anyone from addiction. Human are humans.
Addiction is a a disease. Hits everyone rich or poor.
Exactly. And might be a bit larger % in actuality, because of the high stress environment.
Alcohol is just as bad as any other drug if abused it’s only more acceptable. Working with a hangover from alcohol is just as bad too
Only 10%? Seems higher.
He is trying to rationalize addiction. People that haven't been through it just have no idea what's it like. I'm not sure how meth is, but he is probably using just to feel normal.
Imagine your surgery being postponed because the main surgeon was on meth 😂.
His patient is lucky. He should thank God. Who knows what would have happened???
That’s a blessing 😅
I hope the plastic surgery was for vanity reasons and not reconstructive because that might scare any patient of his away from getting surgery.
How is that any different than him being on adderall?
I would prefer my surgeon be on meth than tired.@@Chrisia-Queens
Bruce is so right about crossing the line. I'm an addict in recovery, & as my addiction grew worse, things became acceptable to me that never were before.. And as I did those things, they opened up NEW things that I gradually found acceptable, until eventually I was completely alone, & I had absolutely nothing... but the needle.
Congratulation on your recovery! 💪🏼
And this is what I tell people in recovery... If you're thinking of going back out (stinkin thinkin), remember to fast forward to the very last day before you came to recovery where you were down on the ground with nothing left, or in the back of a police car, or getting Narcanned by the EMTs!!! Hold that memory and feel it, then get yourself to a meeting or call your sponsor if you have one. We're all here for your recovery!! All the best to you!!!
💯💯💯💯💯 congratulations on your sobriety!!!!!!!!! I’m sooo proud of you!! 9/19/2018
Keep it up, man! I was in your place almost a decade ago. Today I have a steady job, a girlfriend with two kids, we own a house together and life is peachy!
So glad you got clean! Great news ❤❤
So right about protecting a professional license. I'm a registered nurse and I've said multiple times that my license is by far my most valuable asset.
Reminds me of that Denzel Washington movie where he is a pilot, crashes a plane that was doomed due to mechanical failure. Despite being drunk he pulls off a miracle.
Flight, I think.
yes saw it good movie.
Sonetimes drugs are actually a good thing
That doctor looks just like one of the creeps arrested in To Catch a Predator. 😮
I work at a luxury resort on the East Coast, and in 3 years the craziest guest by far was a plastic surgeon. He came with an entourage and claimed that he burned his hand on an iron, which he claimed was the hotel's fault. He went into our gift shop demanding one of the most expensive shirts we had (Paul and Shark) because he ruined his own shirt with our iron.
He said that he may never be able to practice plastic surgery again because our iron burned his hand.
He completely lost his mind and was told not to come back.
I read reviews from his clients and they all said he was very professional and good at his job. Which surprised me.
These types are usually very charming when they want to be.
Bruce Rivers is the dad we all needed 🥰
I guess meth doesn’t suppress one’s appetite?! 🤷🏼♀️
😂, I thought the same thing.
Lol thanks for the laugh
Hes probably not a daily user
I know a few people who the meth has not affected their weight either & so the mother of the 2 is 67 and says that since she’s a grandma and fat they’d never suspect her ! 🙄 and here is the kicker … she’s been pulled a few times and they haven’t …so they chalk it up her driving off the road at 3 am as she’s tired and believe her because she says I’m an old grandma we’ll this day in age It does not matter! Meth as well as all drugs never discriminates…
😂
Goes to show anyone can get involved in drugs and get lost
Yup, no one is above addiction.
Ever watch the movie Flight he might be up above
Yeah also a patient got killed due to police have to stop a man making bad life decisions for his health.
But if you're white with a bankroll police will bend over for you.the unedited video shows it point blank.
Specifically Gays . They go hard on the drugs lol
I am a nurse. I had a nurse friend back in the day who was getting high with a surgeon. She was like, "I'm getting high with a doctor, and we have narcan." Both lost their license. Sad. I can tell you that surgeons have God complexes. Big egos. Maybe not all, but most in my 34 years of experience. Thanks for the great content. Keep up the good work. 🙏
Nurse here as well. I've never heard anyone say anything like that that uses.........So, they were using heroin on the job and brought Narcan in case they overdosed?
so your a piece of shit and snitched on them!? cool story lol
@goll58 Narcan works for any opiates. it wasn't heroin I can't remember exactly what they used. She got busted when they saw blood on her pants. I think she she had injected vistaril. They were getting high on anything.
@ameliaw.1500 Jesus, how has he not had a heart attack by now? That's a lot of Adderall. Also, how do you know that? Someone needs to definitely take him aside and talk to him. Encourage him to get some help.
I'm a psych NP. I have seen that much Adderall prescribed by other providers. I have no explanation. I won't continue that amount. I'm sure he's built up a tolerance.
My father gained his Certified Public Accountants certificate in 1962, ( I was 11) and he was self employed until 2010. I worked with him from 1985 until I made him retire. This is another one of those professions that is closely looked into, examined, as well a respected. I stand by his honor, and his standing in the community. I just can't see the old boy doing something so stupid concerning drugs in his car. His Mantra was always, "You have your reputation, and without that, you have Nothing". Keep up the good work, and always follow Michael's direction. We sons need to keep "the old boys" accountable.
26 years of experience? That's fine...I'd never hold Bruce's youth and inexperience against him.
😂😂
❤❤
Not yet a daddy he’s just a young man going steady 😂🩷
ok Ronnie. lol
Yeah, he still has so much life ahead of him...
How terrifying!! I can’t imagine finding out the person who cut me open was tweaking!!
I'm sure there's plenty of surgeons on adderall. Not that big of a difference.
What is tweaking??
@@shirleyhughes1455high on meth
@tanner9658 it's a big difference. Coffee is to adderall as adderall is to meth
@@shirleyhughes1455 high on Methamphetamines 😬 I’m having a surgery soon and very thankful my doctor is very straight laced/ clean person! 🙏
It always amazes me how a doctor who should be so cognizant of health matters and then has a stomach that is 5 feet wide
And also smoking meth
That’s mean….
Change is possible. I have 4 months sober from alcohol as of yesterday. Meth is also such a terrible, destructive thing. Choosing to be a better person with each day is so worth it. Living a normal, boring life is heaven on earth when you've been where I've been. Good video Bruce ✌️
Congratulations on 4 months clean, keep on keeping on, one day at a time
Merry Belated Christmas! I hope you're five months sober ✌🏻
@@redisthecoolestcolour thank you and Merry Christmas! I sure do!
@@jevinday 🎉🎉🎉 Yay! I'm so happy for and proud of you! Keep going!
@@redisthecoolestcolour thank you ❤️
I used to go to church with a lawyer. He had a side business selling fake PhDs through the mail so his first felony conviction was for mail fraud. He gets out, returns to working as a lawyer, and gets caught embezzling large sums of money from his elderly clients so he gets his second felony conviction for that. At his sentencing, the federal judge even told him that he would be back as he hadn't learned his lesson yet. His license was suspended. After he gets out, he gets caught again for mail fraud as he had a scam business on the side selling personalized pens and pencils while working as a paralegal. This time, he gets sentenced as a habitual offender so he did hard time. He also had been calling himself Doctor as he bought one of his own fake PhDs. No drugs were involved. He was just stupid, lazy and greedy.
nobody care about your stories
He sounds pretty smart to me😂
I bet there’s more fake university degrees on the web than you can count. I also bet they can make fake degrees including transcripts from Ivy League or other prestigious universities. Kinda scary and really maddening.
I am curious about which state allowed a lawyer to keep a license with felonies. In my state, the lawyer loses license with first felony. Disbarred, out.
That lawyer was not stupid or lazy, far from that. He was brilliant yet his side hustle with the money he made got the best of him.
I worked in the medical field.. and during my time, I saw so many colleagues lose their license over stupid things. Just remembering how much time I put into my studies to get my nursing license, and I can't imagine risking it for anything. I know a doctor who got busted by the DEA. He lost everything. To add insult to injury, his house burned down, and I think his wife left him. I just don't get it. I understand what you mean by working so hard to get to where you are and not willing to risk it for any reason.
I honestly believe it’s bc most people think bad things won’t happen to them. Bad things happen to other people, not them…. Until it does! People believe they’re smart enough to get away with doing bad things and a lot are lucky enough to not get caught but eventually that luck drops to zero and that’s it. That house of cards comes falling down and they’re actually surprised like omg why is this happening to ME?! like dude are you serious… it’s bc you’ve lied and cheated for years!
People are very good at wearing blinders to their own misdeeds.
Whyd he get in trouble with the DEA? Over writing meds?
@@cail171 yes.. this happened a while ago.
Bruce, it’s not preachy bull$h1t when you’re speaking truth to people, especially a young audience who’ve yet to build anything. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re a straight talking dad to a lot of fatherless young people so own the mantle well.
I think it is particularly important since originally he did a lot of reactions to content like rap and gang videos, so he might have drawn some audience from that sort of crowd. Not typically the type to listen/watch lawyers talk, but might be the type to really benefit from hearing a positive message like he gives.
L1
just watched a documentary about Christopher Duntsch, a Texas neurosurgeon was accused of injuring 33 out of 38 patients in less than two years before his license was revoked by the Texas Medical Board. In 2017, he was convicted of maiming one of his patients and sentenced to life imprisonment. During the documentary, friends (some of which were in the medical field also I believe) said he was doing LSD and other drugs, staying up all night, then going into surgery. It took two other surgeons an enormous amount of effort to get him reported.... and they testified at his trial also. One of Duntsch former roommates from college went to him for surgery,.... the guy left surgery as a permanent paraplegic in a wheelchair.
what is the name of the documentary?
@@foff1260 I watched it on Truly Criminal youtube: The Unconscionable Crimes Of Dr. Christopher Duntsch
But if you just do a search on his name there are several youtubes on him. Crime Watch Daily has a shorter, 20 min synopsis under the title "Plano’s ‘Doctor Death’: The Christopher Duntsch case"
@@foff1260Dr. Death, there's a podcast with the same title.
Holy shit. That’s a nightmare 😢
I used e-sign last week, the ATF uses e-sign lol I was helping my dad apply for a silencer I was like “my ninja Bruce”😂 😂😂
I just can't stop wondering why your dad needs a silencer.🤔
@@brendaredmond4678💀🙂😂🔫
@@brendaredmond4678 hahaha good question! 🤔 hmmm!
🤣🤣
He’s an old man collector lol
Based
@@brendaredmond4678 he talks too much.
Wow Walt’s long lost surgeon brother becoming a meth addict and victim of Heisenberg is truly an arc I did not expect. Bravo Vince, bravo
I LOVE it when Bruce talks about "building" and making good decisions! Talking about that often is a GOOD thing. Thank you Bruce.
I saw the original arrest of this man, and it scared the crap out of me that this Doctor is high while performing plastic surgery. Now I know why there are many botched plastic surgeries.
It’s meh though. It’s like adderall. He was probably extremely attentive.
Maybe he has ADHD 😅
You don't know jack about drugs, obviously... :( I would PREFER a surgeon high on meth than a tired surgeon. Every day of the week.
@@nisselarson3227What about a doctor tired but taking meth to be more awake?
@@nisselarson3227I’m going for option C. A surgeon who has had a decent amount of sleep AND isn’t jacked up on meth. 😒
All joking aside, I appreciate you being kind of a father figure for some of the younger people out there that might be on a wrong path. I've never heard you say anything that wasn't inherently true and good advice. Me myself am lucky, very lucky, I lived as a criminal along time, and without self snitchen, lets just say I got really lucky. If anyone is reading this, none of the money, or the hurting people, or the excitement is worth it. Listen to this man.
I'm in a better phase now in my life but I wish I had heard this when I was in High school, I think that's why I keep watching Bruce, always giving out free wisdom 👍
@@MannyDa Glad to hear it, I appreciate you understanding what I was trying to say, and I'm glad you are in a better place as well. Keep going day by day. 🤜🤛
@@MannyDait’s never to late to get better, so don’t beat up yourself for not having it together in Highschool!
I messed school completely up, but with 15 years of effort I became an engineer for a big German car company and I have a lovely wife.
I’m really blessed and really happy for what I have achieved after all the shit I did back then!
He lets you know you have value
I “wasn’t a great person” in my younger years. Got on droogs, did a year locked up. What DID happen was when I walked out of prison, I prayed to God to help me stay clean and guess what? As of October 23, 2023, I hit my 22 YEARS CLEAN! And haven’t been back to jail since! I’m 56 now and live quietly with my Great Dane, Axl Rose. Life is good ❤️😁💎
My parents died when i was a teen, i imagine my dad would say the same "preachy bullshit" if he could 😊 its very comforting to get good advice
Congrats to the HVAC guy, everyone who watches Rivers is rooting for you bud.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!"
I lost it 😂😂😂
Lol
As a nurse there is nothing worse than finding your colleague has a drug problem, it happens from time to time.
Unfortunately the doctors board is the old boys club, but this will follow him around once it’s on the net. Dr’s it’s all about the money!
It's hard as hell to get the medical boards to hold "bad doctors" accountable. I filed a complaint. It went no where and doesn't even show up if you search his name for complaints.
@@notme2day Usually only surgeons. Hospitals have standards, any other docs usually get investigated and possibly have reduced abilities, have to do some training, or let go. Surgeons physically assault workers and get away with it because they are the most profitable to hospital systems. Not all of them, as the culture is slowly changing as newer medical students don’t want to put up with all of that or perpetrate it as social awareness has grown in their generation, but it still exists to an alarming degree
What does a colleague that is struggling from addiction have anything to do with how your shift will go? Actually, there is A LOT more worse situations than having a coworker that needs rehab lol.
@@goll58 huh?... did you reply to wrong thread?!
Who said anything about "shift" work?
i’m 67 years old 😀
I’ve never seen the police allow someone to call their attorney from the side of the road before.
Just another example of our 2-layered justice system in this country.
If you're well behaved and have invoked your rights, they'll do favors for you like that. At a minimum, it gives them cover if he starts talking later, since they went out of their way to help him intelligently and voluntarily waive his right to remain silent. It closes a potential avenue of argument later on that his statements at the jail should be tossed.
its not 2 layers, first of its always the cops discretion to do it second and most importantly, 90% of people do not have a lawyer retained they can just call like that
Chip on your shoulder visible from space. Anyone can invoke rights at any time and get a lawyer at any time. The only two layers present is IQ. If you have one, invoke and get Rep asap.
@@animalm4st3r As his own lawyer told him. "I'll get you out this afternoon, these things take time." So, if you're pulled late at night and the court-appointed legal support has gone home and the cops decide to arrest you, then it's possible that you'll be spending at least a few days in the clink...
How many roadside arrests have you attended?
Have they been in the same district?
The same county?
The same state?
They could have been covering their butts in case anyone there were any legal issues and medical issues get meshed. They would not want to be endangering a patient of something.
I don’t disagree with the tiers of justice. I would say there are WAY more than two.
Thanks for always making me laugh and truly having an awesome relationship with your son to make the best channel out there. Yall deserve it
Our pleasure! Thank you very much
And to imagine this is possibly why I ended up w HA-MRSA during my brain surgery. I realize surgeons are humans like anyone else but if you’ve got a career where you have patients lives in your literal hands, you should do what is in their best interest ALWAYS
Oh my gosh! Are you ok now?? That’s serious sht!!
More like you're sitting in a squad car, you call your wife and she.. . files for divorce and Esigns a release to a very, very good divorce lawyer..
You gave a very inspirational talk at the end of the video. Bruce. I hope people listen to that! I'm at the end of my road at 69 years and look back at what I've accomplished. Yeah there are hard times, awake at 3:00 in the morning wondering how you are going to pay the bills. I managed and came out the other side! Life is a challenge! Take it on!
You’re not at the end at 69! I know some people older than you, and they are still accomplishing things. Keep going!
I really needed to read this. Thank you❤
Cathy, I hope you have many long years in front of you and you enjoy every day!
All the best wishes from Germany!
Hey Cathy, you're still young! You have plenty of time to enjoy all of what give created
Boomers. 🙄
Psychopathy and narcissism are common among surgeons. It makes sense since having a lot of empathy would make doing this work much more difficult. Also, of course there's the ego and prestige that comes from being a surgeon. Substance abuse is also a lot higher among people with these personality disorders as well. They have no empathy or remorse and believe they are exceptional and smarter than everyone else- including law enforcement.
This is nuts.... I remember during my divorce case the judge presiding over the case got popped for DUI on her way over. (ABQ, NM) LoL 😂 I am all for reasonable, recreational use of whatever you want outside of work hours, but come on, people! Especially when you've busted your ass to earn your career! This isn't McDonald's man, you have people literally trusting you with their LIVES!!! Absolutely crazy.
Same!
Hot take: even mcdonalds workers have lives in their hands. Food safety is an oft overlooked aspect, as things like fast food are seen as a service and a given that it won't kill you. But improper handling can result in illness or death.
@@otzenfree1998 You're not wrong but they also didn't go through 12 + years of additional schooling and residency and licensure to cook a meat patty that's already on a timer.... Just saying there are significant differences of responsibilities and standards of care....
@retard_activated not the point I was arguing, more that people are more at the mercy of others than they realize
Sadly, the lie is in the “reasonable, recreational use” of these types of substances. They ALL will destroy your life in the long run. There is no reasonable use of meth, nor is there really a reasonable use of most other controlled substances. They will cost you more than you ever thought you could lose.
Was about to do SURGERY high on meth…….WTF….. wonder how many others were botched due to his addiction. Sad….
Truthfully a surgeon on meth is less likely to botch a surgery than a surgeon who is totally sober but had less than 6 hours sleep the night before. Just better hope the tweaker surgeon is on day 1 of his meth binge and not day 5 😂
Very high rates of drug abuse among surgeons and anesthesiologists.
It's just crazy how many professionals, seemingly with everything going for them, fall prey to short term thinking/thrills.
@Stephanie-we5ep well addiction is a mental health condition or as others call it, a disease so it doesn't discriminate.
My OBGYN was on cocaine when he was supposed to only remove my uterus. About 5 weeks after my surgery, I got a letter in the mail saying I need to find another doctor because of his "health" condition. So, I called and made an appointment for a post surgery checkup. That's when it was discovered I had a complete hysterectomy. A few days later I read a small article about his arrest for possession.
My husband and I put money on a house, he's a doc and we used a friend, a good lawyer to help with sale of the house. When the woman changed her mind, the money in trust wasn't there anymore. I just let them work it out. Experienced lawyer and a friend. Life can be weird.
Our dentist was drunk, hit and killed father of 2 late one night because she crossed the median. She was booked in the OR for surgery early the next morning and would still have been well over the limit.
Negligent, reckless, and incompetent doctors need serious consequences. 30 years ago, my mother got breast reduction surgery for health reasons. The surgeon botched it horribly, completely disfiguring her and making it impossible for her to breastfeed my siblings when they were born. My mother was never compensated, and as far as I know, the doctor never received any consequences for it.
Oh my gosh! That is so sad. Your poor mom. Breastfeeding is such an important bonding experience for mom and baby. And I cannot imagine how much that affected her confidence. Sadly there are so so SO many instances of plastic surgeons botching surgeries and maiming patients or patients being lost on the table. And hardly anything happens to them compared to a surgeon in a hospital. When you work from your own clinic vs a major hospital you have a lot more leeway which is ridiculous.
I worked in a law firm that had a really niche area: representing hospitals who had suspended MDs based on reports to the 24/7 confidential hotline. He was a plastic surgeon who enjoyed cocaine and operating on a patient. He appealed his suspension. No go. Finally, he was able to seek reinstatement to practice. We advised the hospital that the surgeon should be randomly tested for cocaine and other substances. He was outraged. Several years later, I heard that he had checked into rehab and was doing well with his sobriety attending support groups and continuing to be randomly tested. He had a God complex, that wasn’t quite as prevalent when sober. He was very lucking he did seriously injure of kill a patient.
We love, Bruce Rivers, and his son, Michael too
Could've been doing anything on a Friday night, and you chose to give us this. You the man.
Look quick there's a 2nd Bruce video tonight he posted shortly after this one😊
Making money?
Umm, he gets to buy another car? It's kinda worth it when you're starting to have that many subs... This is not some non-profit educational thing.
@@DeviceAnathema if you think he needs the money from this channel you're crazy, it's about him and his son spending time together and creating something together and we all benefit from it... why you got to bring down the vibe man or ma'am 🤷🏼♀️
I watched a judge hand out centuries in prison high as hell on oxycontin. Richard Baumgartner, Knoxville TN. He would literally wake up long enough to hang 25 years on somebody then go back to sleep. He went to prison for it when they finally caught him thank God.
I would want an immediate appeal or release if I was judged by him
@@roriemarie2968 there were literally hundreds. Maybe thousands. He was on the bench for decades.
The lawyer did a great job trying to get the doctor not to self-snitch without triggering his pride.
That lawyer has probably seen a lot of him recently
As a fellow Crim/ConLaw instructor with 34 years in, I really appreciate your CZcamss. Please don't call Inventory Searches "Searches". An inventory is an inventory, and a "search" is looking for hidden stuff. I stress to my Recruit Troopers that although they may have same outcomes, the PURPOSE of each is different. Keep up the fantastic work and I look forward to your CZcamss.
Kept him up I guess
I've seen people on meth take apart pretty complicated things but the human body is another level
Right but if you dont get some shut eye you start hallucinating after a few days maybe sooner then who knows what he's seeing when cutting on his patients
Addiction is the one and only thing that doesn’t discriminate
What about love? You cynic! 😂
Exactly, Amen!!
Amen. My brother became a statistic two years ago this thanksgiving (well, it was thanksgiving two years ago on the 27th). It was a brutal and senseless death. 😞🥺😭 I am haunted by the details surrounding his death and will forever regret not trying to get him help before it was too late. It broke my family indefinitely. My elderly mother who now has dementia, absolutely remembers that week and repeats it constantly. She cries like it just happened and she’s reliving his death nonstop in her broken mind. Ugh. Drugs are a dead end. His addiction proved to be deadly.
@@susanschroeder8021 so sorry for your loss!
@@shannonm.ehnert1701 thank you, it’s been life changing to say the least. I wish this on no one and those afflicted with addiction, I pray for them and that they get the help they need. They don’t have to be alone if they just take that first step of getting clean. Happy thanksgiving!
I once worked in a Mexican Ibogaine clinic, helping people detox from narcotics. A Texan oral surgeon came through - still in scrubs - this guy was blacked out on klonopin and oxy performing oral surgery - for years...
I broke my leg a few years ago and had to have emergency surgery early the next morning. I swear to god the anesthesia nurse was cracked out of her mind..she stuck my hand like 4 times because she was shaking and her eyes were wild wide and red...she was rude as hell too. I was so out of it or I might've requested someone else or something, it was scary.
Pinellas County... I’ve seen interesting DUI arrest body camera footage on Audit the Audit of one of their Deputies. Well, she’s a former deputy now. She said “I’m a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputy” about 25 times during the video. I can’t hear “Pinellas County” without thinking of that body camera footage.
Oh gawd I remember that "lady" 😂
As someone in pasco county, that tracks lol
The doctor is like everyone else. He puts his pants on one leg at a time however once his pants are on he does crystal meth.😂🤣😂
Lol Bruce's pause to go "wtf are you doing?!" when they revealed why doc was immediately arrested was so satisfying, I was mind blown he was so dumb too
This was a good one. I love the way Bruce is simultaneously exasperated with the surgeon but also was so sharp on analysing the footage for the legality of the stop and search. I hope I never get into trouble, but if I do I want him to represent me. ❤
Ps the guy didn’t seem annoyed at all about being put in cuffs. Guilty knowledge!
My boyfriend has a good friend who is a surgeon and he (my boyfriend) always laughs and says don't schedule surgery on a Monday!
The surgeon who did my knee replacement got a DUI just a few weeks b4 he did my knee. Then he got sued by a couple people and now he's a massage therapist somewhere.
Last count he had 3 x wives, on his 4th.
That lawyer thought his propofol joke was hilarious.
The story about your client turning his life around is inspiring. I hope he knows how much he can help other ppl just be being an example.
Surgeons around the world have always had a God Complex . They are renowned for it !
“You guys know this by now, in custody and interrogation” had me repeating it aloud with him like i was watching Sesame Street 😁
As a nurse I want to be healthier then my patients. That means taking care of my health and staying away from things that will cause harm to my mind. This is scary that a doctor would do this to him self and place his patients at risk.
I was a surgeon who owned my own Medicare Certified Surgical Center. I WAS NEVER INTERESTED IN DRUGS, legal or otherwise.
I also would never operate a patient UNDER the influence of mood altering medications.
I cannot even understand this doctor’s frame of reference.
Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)
Retired surgeon
This happened with my old pain doctor and its unbelievable in the state of Pennsylvania that they would allow him to open a pain clinic! He was an anesthesiologist and was stealing cocaine from the operating rooms, so he was fired. He later tried to go out on disability due to his addiction, which was denied. Therefor, he went and opened a pain clinic, where he was doling out opiates left and right....got me hooked on 130mg of Methadone/ day and thats why he started me at!!!
Stealing cocaine from the operating rooms..?🤨
Was this in the 80's...?😂🤣
There's no supply of cocaine in operating rooms. LOL
Cocaine is used as a topical anesthetic during ENT surgery. I work I the OR. I've seen it many times
@@horsepantherThere is medicinal cocaine
A methadone clinic or a pain clinic? These can be separate entities.
I would not want him to operate on anyone, including myself or my loved ones.
I just used e-sign to get an extension from the bank without having to drive to town. I'm a disabled veteran and it's hard for me to drive, and hard to get in and out of the vehicle, get my walker out, wrestle with the door, and do it all to get back. It pretty much takes up my available energy for half the day.
Instead I stayed home and used my energy to drive around the farm and see what the critters are up to (a lot more fun than the bank).
I am a retired 35+ corporate attorney. Thanks for your preaching. It is so right. Even if not illegal. There was a retirement benefit the company eliminated a few years after I was hired, that had favorable tax treatment. It would have saved me some $100, $150. I thought someone might mess up the tax filing on the company side and paid extra tax. Many others didn’t and the company messed up the tax filing. At least two of my colleagues received full IRS audits. Some of the best $150 I ever spent. Stay on the straight and narrow path: I’ve found it always pays. Thanks again, from your newest subscriber.
Never underestimate the hubris of Doctors. I work in the medical field for 30+ years and depending on their field some Doctors really believe they are God's gift and above adhering to the same rules as everyone else. His fellow Doctors knew on some level this guy was on meth. His staff could tell when he was "high". But nobody dared report him because they didn't want to get into trouble with him. But this guy operates on patients while stoned on meth! That is the ultimate expression of entitlement, his addiction was more important then his patients safety and well-being.
> But this guy operates on patients while stoned on meth!
Meth doesn't make you "stoned", lol. It makes you hyperfocused and hyperalert. I'd prefer it if my surgeon was tweaking, although of course it would be bad for him in the long run.
You’d be surprised with how common it is for nurses,docs and surgeons to do hard drugs. I have a friend who was DJing a house party that a doctor was having and he said the doc and almost everybody there were doing lines of coke.
For real. Yet if you ask for help with pain relief for a painful condition that won't ever heal, they call YOU a drug seeker 😂
You know how med school and internship is known for pushing students to long grueling hours? The doctor that originally developed that system was a coke addict and those hours seemed perfectly normal to him. Now every med student is pressured into a coke addict lifestyle just to get educated.
@@CaseyAvalonBecause of regulations now they have too. After the pain pill epidemic . May be paranoid as well lol.
@@SourceofThe yes regulations are becoming much tighter.To renew your DEA license now you have to do an eight hour continuing education course just to get your DEA
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I like how casual Bruce speaks despite his profession.
Cops is a way better show now with great professional commentaries like this!
I just look up the situation and the local news team have found that there were over 40 calls to 911 to respond to his residence within a 2-year period.
Just want to say this is my favorite Bruce Rivers episode yet. Great job! He is the epitome of what an attorney is and stands for. I wish I was a lawyer.
My parents wanted me to be. I wound up in engineering instead. It worked out well for me.
I admire his ability to put his studies into action and also financial stability, that’s such a blessing I wish I had
I learn so much from Bruce rivers Lol people tell me I know alot of law stuff for a dropout😂
ikr? I always wished I had gone to law school. I was really good in my law class in high school, and I loved debate! I didn't think my parents could afford it, so I never dreamed I could go. Now thinking back on it, I'm pretty sure if my parents knew I wanted to be a lawyer, they would have found the money somewhere! They would have been so proud to have a lawyer as one of their kids. They had 8th and 9th grade educations (born in 1928), so to them just having a high school diploma was their dream for us. Anything beyond that was up to us. I wish I had the confidence in myself at 17, so I could have chosen my dream, instead of my 2nd choice. Love you Bruce!!
@@glizzy2236criminals know more about law than most😅
You're right. Great words at the end. I'm broke AF. My life options are pretty small and it seems hardly worth the effort I put in each day. It is very tempting to cut corners and stray outside the lines like many do. It's easy to dismiss how one mistake or error in judgement can destroy everything almost instantly. Build and never forget what can happen when you stop. Thank you
I don't get why people don't just exercise, instead of turning to drugs. Fitness is the best drug there is.
If exercise was a business model, it wouldn't last 6 months.@@celestejacobs7386
I absolutely agree with professionals sometimes being the worst. I had experience with attorneys and some debate every rule they don't want to follow at the moment. And when they then mess up they blame their assistant to avoid bad reviews or liability. And then they wonder why people don't want to assist them anymore...And no, they don't think it's them...
The worst about all professionals: they ALWAYS back each other up, even when they know they shouldn't. There are things outsiders don't understand and when you must defend each other, but sometimes you also need to clear your stables to save your reputation. I would not want to be associated with that swamp of a doctor, e.g.
OMG!! 😮Wouldn't want a surgeon on meth!
Thanks for the video Bruce!❤
This Dr has a long history of meth, misconduct, and police called to his home for various disturbances. Yet, his physician's license has never been compromised. He recently stated he's retiring end of this year.
It's nearly impossible for a physician to lose their license in most states. The conduct has to be outrageous and already known to the public at large where the board is scared for how it will reflect upon the profession, they don't actually care about the harm the impaired physician caused or will cause to patients individually
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Lol.. meth is like Adderall lol..
I hope he doesn't get to retire now.
my granddad was a hair transplant surgeon and things have changed a lot. he never drank before surgery but he had a bottle ready under the sink for afterwards and before he drove home. his friends really saved his ass when he woke up behind the wheel in someones front yard, they held off the blood draw until he was under the limit.
Well Said Bruce Rivers!!
Preach! Don’t know how someone who seems to have it all can wrench their life so easily and some of us struggle but do the right thing!
The more you have the less you appreciate!!
Why do some people die of heart attack? Addiction is a disease and should be treated by professionals
Digging the spectacles. This doctor has been arrested TWICE for meth and as of November 2023 is still licensed to practice. I'd add a link, but YT doesn't like that.
“In positions of power it’s so tempting….. for some people not me” I think we all just witnessed Bruce go from CZcamsr back to lawyer live 😂
Funnily enough about the drunk doctor thing, my mum was a nurse for 30 or so years, and in the 2000’s she was working with a consultant who specialised in the heart. He was a known alcoholic, would carry a flask around with him, but she said he was so skilled and knew so much about the heart that if you die under his care, no-one could save you.
The Dr who put my leg back together was a known heroin user but strangely he was an amazing Dr even when altered. Never made a mistake and retired only to OD on a beach.
@@alexacarrillo4339damn that’s really fucking sad
@@alexacarrillo4339 Holy crap 😮
The anesthesiologist is a doctor - imagine having to handle patients for this doctor!!
A couple things bug me about this stop. It feels like they waited for him to drive somewhere so they could stop him and search his car without a warrant.
Secondly they offered to let someone from his office take the car instead of being towed. Why is a custodial inventory allowed when they aren't taking the car into custody?
My bro had a problem with drugs. He realized there was no way out and went before medical board and asked for help. He is well and practicing again. Knew he had no other choice.
Love you, Bruce Rivers!! 😊
You are such a nice guy and I love hearing all your information about the law and how you speak to the public on how to act in every day life!! You always have great things to say. Your show is so entertaining!!
Love when you talk about “grandma” and her problems and she needs eSign! 😂❤
I've already seen this covered but I'm watching you cover it anyway because you are soothing. I know you cover controversial things but w/ the health problem I'm going thru it makes life easier to have distractions, and I'm so grateful for your consistent uploads. You and your son rock! ❤
Bruce's commentary is what has me hooked. He's one of the best out there, with his sense of humor and his "here's what happens" life advice.
@@notme2day i have a great dad but he is like another father figure i look up to! Its never bad to have more positive role models
What a treat to get a Bruce vid to start off the weekend!
Addiction changes you. Nothing matters once you get deep into it, but getting the next high, whether it be drugs, gambling, sex, or whatever your addiction is. It changes you, changes your life. Once you fall into it, the old you is long gone, and you will never find that person again. The joy, the innocents, the love for life is all gone.
Bruce Rivers for PRESIDENT…..I am dead ass serious…This guy is not only a great father he is a great human being first…And lets not forget a great lawyer…He makes people want to strive for success and thats what this world needs and not to break people down…Bruce when u speak it resonates with us dont ever lose your personality because u are truly SPECIAL…Thanks Michael for sharing your Dad with us…
Love to subtle brag of when Bruce got his client's sentence reduced from 5 years to 5 days. HES THE CRIMINAL LAWYER!
'Well hes better that way.' I dont get in the car when the drivers inebriated, no matter how confident they are in thier ability to drive. I would be willing to take a long vacation from work to sue a hospital up, down, left, right, and center if I found out my surgeon was high during my surgery. Hell even if the anesthesiologist took a hit after putting me under I would be googling lawyers the moment I found out
I love your message at the end. I have a mantra I live by that says: “Always remember to stay present and aware you’re only one stupid decision away from jail or death.”
Bruce, I really enjoyed your "keep building" speech. Regardless of the situation a person is in, there's almost always a way to build yourself up and out of it. And it's important to remember that even if you're not in a bad situation!
I am so happy you are covering this video! Thanks Bruce and Mike!!💕🙏🏼‼️❤️
Love this vlog, Grey and I were laughing at how many time his lawyer kept repeating that he should not talk!
Keep preaching Bruce; helping people to stay safe and smart
My dad was a former brain surgeon for a renown big company with huge qualifications , I showed him this video, he told me it’s ridiculous to having everything a wonderful job and being set for life throw all alway for a temporary high… made me understand that our demons are temporary but our future are precious .
i’m 67 years old 😀