Dustin Beaty, a Republican running for this month’s special primary election for Alabama House District 13 is facing a resurfaced 2009 consent order from the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy that suspended his pharmacist license for 10 years and imposed fines and restrictions on his practice, according to board records.
Alabama Political Reporter first publicly detailed the case in an opinion column yesterday, which included accounts from anonymous law-enforcement sources, federal audit findings and DEA records.
According to the consent order, Beaty’s license was suspended for 10 years. He was fined $12,000, required to enter a 10-year monitoring contract, barred from managing or operating any pharmacy, prohibited from being present in any prescription department, and not allowed to possess a pharmacy key.
In videos shared on his campaign social media pages, Beaty defended his conduct as addiction and recovery, saying he is more than a decade clean, with his license restored.
“Sixteen years ago, I fell into an opioid addiction. By God’s grace and with the support of my family I started a long journey through recovery. That journey gave me a mission: to serve my community and fight for more opportunities for the people of Walker County,” Beaty wrote.
Board records document violations tied to distributing controlled substances and failing to keep required records.
Separate federal data released from the DEA’s ARCOS database show Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Jasper dispensed 5,225,710 opioid pills from 2006 to 2012.
County-level reporting during the same era documented at least 254 drug-overdose deaths in Walker County from 2008 to 2017, according to APR reporting on CDC data.
Walker County has been among the areas hardest hit by opioid abuse.
Public records show Beaty’s license was reinstated after five years despite a 10-year suspension.
The special primary election is on the ballot September 30, 2025.
Grayson Everett is the editor in chief of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270.
