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CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to pay $1.5 million to settle Civil Penalty Claims for violation so the Controlled Substance Act

June 28, 2018
… that doctors prescribe less addictive and less powerful pain relievers before prescribing highly addictive drugs, …
June 28, 2018
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

October 24, 2018
… Paso Division. “More people die each year from prescription pain killer overdoses than from illegal drugs because they …
October 24, 2018
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Texas clinic owner and clinic employee sentenced to prison for conspiring to unlawfully prescribe hundreds of thousands of opioids

December 10, 2020
… Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov WASHINGTON – A Houston-area pain clinic owner and a clinic employee who posed as a …
December 10, 2020
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our law …
October 20, 2020
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Carrizo Springs doctor and office manager arrested on federal drug, health care fraud and identity theft charges

May 31, 2019
… necessary to justify the prescription of an opioid pain medication. The indictment also alleges that Dr. …
May 31, 2019
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Wisconsin heroin distributor sentenced to federal prison

December 19, 2018
… jury on May 14, 2018, following a six-day trial. “As we are painfully aware, many families in our community have been …
December 19, 2018
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Washington state based research laboratory and owner indicted for falsifying opioid addiction drug research trials

November 09, 2018
… treatment for daily opioid users who suffered from chronic pain. The indictment charges that the defendants enrolled …
November 09, 2018
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results in Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
October 04, 2012
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pill During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 04, 2018
… “More people die each year from prescription pain killer overdoses than from illegal drugs because they …
May 04, 2018
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Doctor Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Scheme To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone

March 01, 2018
… narcotic opioid that is used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions. Oxycodone prescriptions are in high demand …
March 01, 2018
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Doctor Allegedly Prescribed Opioids For Dead And Incarcerated People In “pill Mill” Operation; Doctor And Seven Others Arrested And Charged

March 13, 2018
… practice, hydrocodone is used to combat moderate pain.  It is a Schedule II controlled (narcotic) that is …
March 13, 2018
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Four Michigan Men Charged With Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl And Vicodin, That Resulted In Three Overdose Deaths

May 29, 2015
… and Washtenaw counties. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid pain medication that is 15 to 20 times more potent than …
May 29, 2015
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Nineteen Ohio Residents Charged In Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

November 09, 2015
… the United States.”    “These defendants profited off the pain and addiction of others,” said U.S. Attorney Steven M. …
November 09, 2015
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Five Kentucky Defendants Convicted And Sentenced For Supplying Drugs That Resulted In Overdose Deaths

August 23, 2016
… admitted that, in July 2015, they distributed a counterfeit pain pill to a Woodford County woman, who consumed the pill …
August 23, 2016
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Two Michigan Physicians Convicted Of Illegally Distributing Powerful Painkillers At Ann Arbor Area Pill Mill

March 22, 2017
… Physicians Convicted Of Illegally Distributing Powerful Painkillers At Ann Arbor Area Pill Mill March 22, 2017 … March of 2015, the Meghnot Clinic ostensibly operated as a pain management center that, in reality, wrote medically …
March 22, 2017
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Pharmacist And Others Charged In Pill Mill Case Plead Guilty

September 07, 2016
… in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and …
September 07, 2016
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Federal Grand Jury Charges Owner Of Several North Texas Pill Mills With Drug Distribution Conspiracy And Firearm Charges

September 22, 2016
… practice, hydrocodone is used to combat moderate pain.  It is a controlled (narcotic) that is widely abused …
September 22, 2016
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Owner Of Several North Texas Pill Mills Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution Conspiracy

April 26, 2017
… The clinics only accepted cash from patients seeking pain medications, including hydrocodone, and charged …
April 26, 2017
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Jury Convicts Two Doctors Of Conspiracy To Commit Money Laundering Resulting From Pill Mill Operation In Broward And Palm Beach Counties

August 01, 2013
… George, twin brothers, operated, managed and financed four pain management clinics in Broward and Palm Beach Counties.  …
August 01, 2013
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Needham Doctor And Nurse Practitioner Indicted For Drug Distribution Resulting In Deaths

March 03, 2011
… that is precisely what is alleged in this indictment. The pain medications allegedly distributed by Zolot and Pliner …
March 03, 2011
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MGH To Pay $2.3 Million To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

September 28, 2015
… public health and safety.  The diversion of prescription pain killers, in this case oxycodone, contributes to the … stole nearly 16,000 pills, mostly oxycodone, an addictive painkiller.  Both nurses stole from automated dispensing …
September 28, 2015
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Glastonbury Man Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin To A Minor

January 19, 2016
… opioid analgesic used to treat moderate to severe chronic pain that cannot be controlled with other medicines.  It is …
January 19, 2016
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Twenty-Three Individuals Charged In A Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

March 25, 2015
… in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and …
March 25, 2015
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McAllen Medical Clinic Operator Pleads Guilty In Pill Mill Case

August 05, 2016
… in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and …
August 05, 2016
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Dekalb And Sterling Doctor And His Wife Charged With Illegally Dispensing Prescription Drugs And Income Tax Fraud

May 15, 2013
… Oxycodone, Methadone, Morphine, and other prescription pain medications outside the course of professional practice …
May 15, 2013
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Dr. William Hedrick And Nurse Practitioner Charged With Multiple Felony Counts

January 06, 2015
… against Dr. William Hedrick, the owner of the Indiana Pain Center in Muncie who also operated several affiliated …
January 06, 2015
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Suspended Physician Sentenced To 1 A½ Years For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone And Falsely Billing Medicare In Undercover Probe

February 24, 2015
… including oxycodone. The agent claimed to have shoulder pain from a previous injury and to be on disability. On …
February 24, 2015
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Haverhill Resident Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

June 06, 2017
… and throughout New England.  The diversion of prescription pain killers, in this case oxycodone, contributes to the …
June 06, 2017
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Georgia

May 07, 2013
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
May 07, 2013
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In North Carolina

May 07, 2013
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
May 07, 2013