One of the greatest opioid "pill mills" in US history was run by these Florida brothers. It was related to thousands of fatalities, according to the FBI.

(CNN) ⸻ A new documentary details the George brothers' rise and fall as opioid kingpins. Between them, Chris and Jeff George ran four pain clinics and other related businesses in South Florida. They became the largest street-level distribution group operating in the United States. Their operation coincided with a surge in the prescription painkiller business. The George brothers made it easy to get drugs at their clinics, where no appointments were necessary. They advertised the clinics in local newspapers and recruited doctors to prescribe the medications. Some drug dealers drove to the clinics from Kentucky in rented buses marked "Tree of Life Baptist Church". One clinic referred people without MRIs to a trailer behind a strip club, where they could get lap dances. The George brothers believed the imaging helped make their prescription process look more genuine. One clinic's doctors were paid per person, which provided an incentive to see as many patients as possible.