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Former Virginia Veterinarian Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges

… maintained supplies of hydromorphone for use in treating pain in the hospital’s animal patients following surgeries. …
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Amherst County Veterinarian Sentenced for Opioid Theft

… known as hydromorphone, primarily for use in treating pain in animal patients following surgeries. As the …
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Mt. Pleasant doctor found guilty in federal court of opioid trafficking after Columbia pharmacy visit

… as a patient at the clinic, and Hargrave issued her the painkillers. He was fired within hours.   The seven counts … County has distributed a higher concentration of opioid pain pills than any other county in the nation, and in 2017, …
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Waynesboro Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Felony Drug Charge

… the opioid is often prescribed to treat severe pain, Oxycodone carries a serious risk of addiction, abuse, …
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Pocatello Nurse Practitioner is Fined and Surrenders License for Unlawful Prescriptions and Fraud

… combinations of drugs leads to addiction, overdose, and pain for patients, families, and communities,” said U.S. …
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Nurse Who Stole Painkillers, Replacing Them with Saline and Putting Surgical Patients at Risk, Sentenced to Four Years

… Nurse Who Stole Painkillers, Replacing Them with Saline and Putting Surgical … and three years of supervised release for tampering with painkillers intended for surgery patients.  On March 9, … abused her position of trust to steal powerful prescription pain medications intended for surgical patients and replace …
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Denton Physician Sentenced for Over-Prescribing Opioids

… examined or providing any documentation regarding their “pain.”  It was also determined that Evans was only present …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our law …
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South Florida Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Dispensing Narcotics

… learned that Lubetsky prescribed large doses of opioid pain medication that were not supported by any demonstrable …
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Two Pharmacy chains pay civil monetary penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Controlled Substance Act

… not adhered to, it allows for the diversion of prescription pain medication which contributes to the widespread abuse of …
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Post Falls Doctor Pays $110,000 for Overprescribing Opioids

… often begin with doctors prescribing excessive amounts of pain killers to patients who want them, but who do not need …
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CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to pay $1.5 million to settle Civil Penalty Claims for violation so the Controlled Substance Act

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

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

… 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 WASHINGTON – A Houston-area pain clinic owner and a clinic employee who posed as a …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

… 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 …
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Pharmacist And Others Charged In Pill Mill Case Plead Guilty

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

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

… The clinics only accepted cash from patients seeking pain medications, including hydrocodone, and charged …
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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

… George, twin brothers, operated, managed and financed four pain management clinics in Broward and Palm Beach Counties.  …