Drug providers Much of the conversation across the state about the increase of drug overdose deaths -- from 327 reported in 1999 to more than 1,300 reported in 2009 -- has centered on pain management clinics. Chicago doctor Paul Volkman, 64, who once practiced in Chillicothe, is facing 20 years in prison on 12 counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (oxycodone), four of which specified the distribution led to fatal overdoses.