BECAUSE HE’S GUILTY –
Sept. 24, 2025 – Doctors could prescribe methadone for pain but needed special permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe the medication for opioid use disorder.
Suetholz said he didn’t know that when he began prescribing methadone to opioid addicted patients in his private practice. Suetholz became the target of a federal indictment in October 2021 for his treatment of some patients with addiction histories.
His conviction led to a sentence of one year and one day in prison. He was released from the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons on Aug. 25. While in prison, Suetholz met inmates whose cycles of addiction led to their eventual incarceration. They were just the people Suetholz would’ve treated in his own practice.
Suetholz spoke with The Enquirer about his time in prison, the criminal case and his years practicing medicine, serving a diverse range of patients from the middle class to those who are socially and economically disadvantaged.
