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Huntington Woman Pleads Guilty To Pain Pill Conspiracy

… Huntington Woman Pleads Guilty To Pain Pill Conspiracy March 07, 2018 Louisville Contact Info …
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Manager of Pain Clinic, Her Boyfriend, and Customers Facing Federal Charges for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… Manager of Pain Clinic, Her Boyfriend, and Customers Facing Federal … criminal complaint has been filed charging the manager of a pain clinic, her boyfriend, and several customers with …
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More Charges Against State Lawmaker for $900,000 COVID-19 Fraud Scheme

… In total, Derges applied for $882,644 from the CARES Act Relief Fund on Lift Up’s behalf. Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020, … the Greene County Commission created the CARES Act Relief Fund to “promote recovery by funding programs and …
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Georgia Man Sentenced for Key Role in Drug Trafficking Ring that Engaged in COVID Fraud

… also defrauded taxpayers through blatant abuse of COVID-19 relief programs,” said U.S. Attorney Steinberg. “All of them … to forfeit an Atlanta condominium purchased with COVID-19 relief funds, and a certificate of deposit of $297,336 purchased with pandemic relief funds.  Kinchen and his co-defendants were identified …
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Henderson Doctor Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… for oxycodone and other highly addictive prescription painkillers, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for … 15, 2012, Kuthuru wrote prescriptions for Oxycodone, Percocet, MS Contin, Roxicodone and Methadone to undercover …
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DEA’s Eighth Statewide Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results In Another Big Haul More Than 12,000 Pounds Of Prescription And Over-the-counter Medicine Collected

… more than 54 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a … and pet owners to dispose of such CS medications as painkillers, sedatives, and stimulants like ADHD drugs.  People were flushing their old meds down the toilet or throwing them in the trash.  DEA …
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Niagara Falls man arrested following controlled delivery of packages carrying marijuana and ecstasy

… Niagara Falls man arrested following controlled delivery of packages carrying marijuana and ecstasy May 28, …
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Thirty-Two Indicted In Broward And Palm Beach Counties In Second Coordinated Pill Mill Takedown

… in, among other things, the illegal distribution of pain killers and steroids through pill mills operating in … individuals, including addicts and traffickers, seeking to buy large quantities of oxycodone and other controlled …
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Local pain management doctor going to prison for 70 months for conspiring to distribute controlled substances and health care fraud

… Local pain management doctor going to prison for 70 months for … a healthcare system, which, in 2001, decided to treat pain as a 5th vital sign, thereby incentivizing a surge in … into Dr. Gosy’s role in the illegal proliferation of pain medication at the height of opioid epidemic was …
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More Than 1,000 Stakeholders From Throughout Minnesota Convene To Define The Problem With Prescription Painkillers And Develop Solutions

… Minnesota Convene To Define The Problem With Prescription Painkillers And Develop Solutions August 25, 2015 Chicago … like health policy as well as day-to-day issues around care delivery and treatment of addiction.” Parents and children …
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Second Major Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Discovered South Of San Diego This Month

… truck leaving the Otay Mesa warehouse. After parking overnight in the Miramar area, a man picked up the rig early … Two other suspects linked to the scheme were arrested overnight in Baldwin Park, Calif. The six defendants, all …
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Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Doctors And Owner Of Pain Management Clinic Charged With Illegally Distributing Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs

… Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Doctors And Owner Of Pain Management Clinic Charged With Illegally Distributing … owner, office manager and three doctors associated with a pain management clinic located on the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti …
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Pasco County Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Pain Medications

… Pasco County Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Pain Medications September 24, 2013 Miami Contact Info …
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Member Of “Los Piojos” Cocaine Trafficking Family, Responsible For Importing Tons Of Cocaine Into US Convicted Millions Used To Buy Over 50 Racing Horses: Over 280 Kilos Of Cocaine, $15-20 Million In Assets Seized

… Tons Of Cocaine Into US Convicted Millions Used To Buy Over 50 Racing Horses: Over 280 Kilos Of Cocaine, $15-20 … derived from the importation, receiving, concealment, buying, and/or selling cocaine; and (2) Transport or …
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North Providence Man Admits to Wire Fraud, Theft of Government Funds

… works in Rhode Island today admitted that he filed COVID-relief unemployment applications in at least two other … information presented to the court, while collecting COVID-relief unemployment benefits in Rhode Island in June 2020, … actors and assists agencies tasked with administering relief programs to prevent fraud by, among other methods, …
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Nassau Doctor Charged with Five Counts of Murder for Depraved Prescription Abuse

… in 1976, had no specialized training or accreditation in pain management. For a time, he maintained a makeshift … cash. In some cases, he allegedly prescribed opioid painkillers at patients’ request to individuals he had never … 3,830 oxycodone from twenty-one prescriptions, and 1,036 Percocet over eight prescriptions. At one point, Blatti …
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Former Bordentown physician charged with narcotics distribution and fraud

… total doses of opioids, including oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet, Roxicodone, Endocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin, Norco, … whether his patients were benefitting from the prescription painkillers he routinely and repeatedly prescribed, or exploration of the underlying causes for their pain. He also maintained inadequate records on his patients …
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Orchard Park pain doctor pleads guilty to using patient names fraudulently to obtain controlled substances

… Orchard Park pain doctor pleads guilty to using patient names … the case, stated that Biddle was an anesthesiologist and pain management doctor who also operated a medical marijuana …
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Pain Management Doctor And Clinic Administrator Indicted On 130 Counts In Major Prescription Drug Investigation

… Pain Management Doctor And Clinic Administrator Indicted On …
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Orange County Pharmacist Charged With Illegally Distributing Pain Medications

… Orange County Pharmacist Charged With Illegally Distributing Pain Medications January 10, 2014 Miami Contact Info Contact …
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Psychiatrist Charged With Prescribing Pain Medication Outside Of Medical Authority

… Psychiatrist Charged With Prescribing Pain Medication Outside Of Medical Authority January 15, …
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Former State Lawmaker Sentenced for COVID-19 Fraud Scheme at Springfield Health Care Charity

… In total, Derges applied for $882,644 from the CARES Act Relief Fund on Lift Up’s behalf. Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020, … the Greene County Commission created the CARES Act Relief Fund to “promote recovery by funding programs and …
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Pain management doctor pleads guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and health care fraud

… Pain management doctor pleads guilty to conspiracy to … number, and sometimes labeling the prescriptions as for “pain management,” even when the drug was being prescribed …
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Houston physician and pain management clinic owner sentenced to 35 years each for running pill mill

… Houston physician and pain management clinic owner sentenced to 35 years each for … 297-0300 HOUSTON – A Houston physician and the owner of a pain management clinic were each sentenced to 420 months in …
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Owner Of Pain Clinics In Kentucky Receives 20 Year Federal Prison Sentence For Multiple Convictions Related To Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs

… Owner Of Pain Clinics In Kentucky Receives 20 Year Federal Prison … (313) 234-4310   LEXINGTON, Ky. - The former owner of pain clinics in Georgetown, Ky., and Dry Ridge, Ky., that …
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Joint Investigation Leads To Arrest Of Doctor For Selling Assault Weapons & Drugs During Course Of Murder-for-Hire Plot

… commits arson and distributes diverted prescription pain pills out of his medical office. Through an intensive … to December 2014, when the first of six undercover drug buys from the seller, until March 2015, was conducted.  …
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Community Event
October 21, 2019 - October 22, 2019
October 21, 2019 - October 22, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conference

12:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EDT)
New Orleans , LA
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional, one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, October 21, and Tuesday, October 22, 2019. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New...
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L.A. County Fentanyl Distributor Found Guilty in Death of Gold Line Rider

… the Food and Drug Administration for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic. It is approximately 100 times …
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In Memoriam: Pope Francis—A Global Voice Against Drug Trafficking and Addiction

April 21, 2025
In Memoriam: Pope Francis—A Global Voice Against Drug Trafficking and Addiction April 21, 2025 Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration joins the world in mourning the passing of Pope Francis, a courageous global voice who stood with law enforcement in …
April 21, 2025
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Jury Convicts Pain Clinic Doctor of Unlawful Drug Distribution, Money Laundering, and Filing a False Tax Return

… Jury Convicts Pain Clinic Doctor of Unlawful Drug Distribution, Money … medical doctor who owned and operated MD Care Clinic, a pain management clinic in Hillsborough County. Over a …