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Lasalle County Doctor Sentenced for Dispensing Prescription Drugs to Addicts for Sex

… of power, influence, and trust in order to manipulate the pain and suffering of others to one’s personal advantage," …
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Justice Department, DEA propose significant opioid manufacturing reduction in 2019

… in the prescribing of opioid medications for chronic pain. DEA and its federal partners have increased efforts in …
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Colorado doctor pleads guilty to distributing oxycodone for no legitimate purpose

… that a fall down some stairs caused lower back pain so bad that the patient could “barely stand” and was …
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Twelve charged with narcotics trafficking offenses

… of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and prescription pain pills (including oxycodone), obtained narcotics from a …
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Houston area man who posed as physician found guilty of conspiring to unlawfully prescribe hundreds of thousands of doses of opioids

… man who posed as a physician at an unregistered pain clinic was found guilty today for his role at a “pill …
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DEA and partners hold 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… or sharps).   "Addiction causes a tremendous amount of pain and suffering, not just for those addicted to drugs, …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

… or sharps.)   "Addiction causes a tremendous amount of pain and suffering, not just for those addicted to drugs, …
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Cincinnati Pharmaceutical Supplier’s DEA License Suspended

… Oxycodone is the generic name of an addictive prescription painkiller that is classified under federal narcotics laws … is typically legally prescribed to combat acute, severe pain for legitimate medical purposes. On …
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Cleveland Man Charged For Selling Heroin That Led To Two Overdoses In Ohio

… “Heroin has caused an unprecedented wave of death, pain and destruction in Ohio,” U.S. Attorney Carole S. …
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Kentucky Man Sentenced To Four Life Sentences On Drug Trafficking And Aggravated Sexual Abuse Of Minors

… conspiracy in which several people traveled to out-of-state pain clinics to illegally obtain prescription drugs. In …
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Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Prescription Pills

… in federal prison for writing illegal prescriptions for pain killers, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced. …
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Two Sentenced In Pill Mill Case

… in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and …
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Two Defendants Sentenced In Opioid Pill Mill Case

… in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and …
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Two Dallas Women Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and …
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South Texas Woman Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and …
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Attorney General Hunter Charges Doctor With Five Counts Of Second Degree Murder

… a deadly three drug combination of a narcotic opioid pain reliever, an anti-anxiety drug and a muscle relaxer. …
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78 Months In Prison For Participation In Pill Mill Ring

… in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and …
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Doctor And Pharmacist Charged Distributing 1.6 Million Doses Of Oxycodone

… and hydrocodone, both highly addictive and highly abused pain relievers. Both drugs are semi-synthetic opiates which …
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DEA Announces Colorado, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
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Wheat Ridge Doctor Pleads Guilty For The Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… doctors in our community are prescribing powerful pain medications not for medical purposes, but for their own …
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Nine Sentenced To Prison For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… Rico and Massachusetts, posing as patients at various pain management clinics.  These “clinic patients” would …
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New Jersey Doctor Indicted On Charges He Sold Oxycodone Prescriptions To Patients With No Legitimate Need For The Drug

… $200 when the patients had no medical need for the potent pain pills.  Kang’s own records allegedly revealed that he … Porrino.  “By indiscriminately peddling this dangerous painkiller - which has been the gateway to so much opiate …
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Doctor Sentenced For His Role In Operation Of Pill Mill

… enacted legislation in October 2010 requiring that pain management clinics be owned by licensed physicians. …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday April 30th

… due to abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.5 million Americans abuse prescription … and hallucinogens combined.  The abuse of prescription pain medication is the gateway to heroin addiction. "Many …
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DEA New England Field Division Collects A Record 43.4 Tons Of Prescription Drugs During The 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… It is estimated that 10% of the drugs collected are opioid pain killers which would represent approximately 8,600 …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… due to abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.4 million Americans age 12 and over-2.4 … the home medicine cabinet.  “The diversion of prescription pain killers contribute to the widespread abuse of opiates, …
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Physician Arrested For Allegedly Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone And Falsely Billing Medicare In Undercover Probe

… oxycodone.  The agent further purported to have shoulder pain from a previous injury and to be on disability.  On …
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DEA New England Field Division Collects A Record 48 Tons Of Prescription Drugs During The 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… It is estimated that 10% of the drugs collected are opioid pain killers which would represent approximately 9,600 …
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DEA And U.S. Attorney’s Office Launch Opioid Abuse Prevention Public Awareness Campaign

… selling and sharing opioids, including prescription pain pills.  Misusing prescription drugs is risky and …