Agents raid drug treatment center

11:11 a.m. PDT, June 26, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- State and federal officers raided the offices of a private drug treatment clinic Tuesday in connection with allegations that drugs were being overprescribed to patients, sources close to the investigation said.

About a dozen agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency, the California Medical Board and the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs executed two search warrants at the offices of Bay Recovery Center at 4241 Jutland Drive in Bay Park. The agents arrived at about 9 a.m. and interviewed employees and gather documents.

Bay Recovery Center is an inpatient treatment center for chronic pain and drug dependency, according to Dr. Jerry Rand, the program's director. It has 24 beds in three homes overlooking Mission Bay.

Agents executed additional search warrants Tuesday at each of the three treatment homes and at Rand's residence, officials said.

In June, an amended complaint was filed against Rand with the California Medical Board alleging that he overprescribed drugs to himself and his patients, according to the board's website. The complaint alleges that a woman under Rand's care killed herself at one of the homes in 2008 on her 29th birthday.

Rand's brother and an employee at the center confirmed that a second patient died two weeks ago.

Officers made no arrests during the six searches Tuesday.

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