Columbia University Psychiatrist Marc Laruelle Arrested on Federal Controlled Substance Charges

January 11, 2022

A practicing Yonkers psychiatrist whose office is in White Plains is facing federal charges.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Brooklyn, 65-year-old Dr. Marc Laruelle is charged with illegally prescribing highly addictive controlled substances to patients between September 2018 and last month.

A complaint says he knew that the drugs - including oxycodone, Adderall and Xanax - would be distributed to others.

Laruelle is an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and was formerly a psychiatry professor at Yale. 

Laruelle is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in Brooklyn.

Source: “Psychiatrist in White Plains accused of illegally prescribing highly addictive, controlled substances,” Newsbreak.com, Nov. 4, 2021, URL: https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2424669677819/psychiatrist-in-white-plains-accused-of-illegally-prescribing-highly-addictive-controlled-substances