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Needham Doctor And Nurse Practitioner Indicted For Drug Distribution Resulting In Deaths

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

… 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 …
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Glastonbury Man Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin To A Minor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
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Major Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

… but what its name implies - it offers only addiction, pain, and in some instances, death. Ketamine, often referred …
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Physician Assistant At Orange County Clinic Convicted Of Federal Drug Charges For Issuing Prescriptions Without Medical Need

… patient files, indicating that they were abusing their pain medication and should not have been given …
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DEA Revokes Two CVS Retailers’ Ability To Sell Controlled Substances

… Florida doctors and individually owned pharmacies and pain clinics that operated outside the scope of legitimate …
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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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Houston Doctor Convicted For Distributing Prescription Narcotics

… substances that are highly addictive and highly abused pain relievers. Both drugs are semi-synthetic opiates which …
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SoCal Doctor Charged With Illegally Writing Prescriptions For Addictive Narcotics And Laundering Proceeds Of His Drug Dealing

… distributing drugs, including powerful and addictive painkillers.  Dr. Andrew Sun, 78, of La Mirada, surrendered … controlled substances including (a powerful narcotic painkiller commonly known by the brand names Vicodin and … from the investigation, Dr. Rick Chavez, an expert in pain treatment, concluded that Sun’s interactions with each …
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Las Vegas Doctor Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charges For Writing Unlawful Oxycodone Prescription

… knowing the harmful impact and effects of these addictive painkillers.  This was simply a money making sham, and none … Hualapai Way in Las Vegas. Bruce represents himself to be a pain management specialist and is the only physician working …
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Chattanooga Pill Mill Owner Sentenced To 44 Years In Prison

… target and crack down on pill mill operators who distribute pain medications for non-medical reasons. The success of …
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DEA Strike Force Arrests New York Drug Distributor In Undercover Investigation On The Dark Web

… of the internet to peddle massive quantities of addictive pain killers without valid prescriptions. Hiding behind …
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Gramercy Physician Convicted In 39 Illegal Prescription Sales

… of Manhattan, illegally sold prescriptions for the potent painkiller oxycodone for $125 each. The doctor acted other … the prosecution and described developing an addiction to pain medication. Two recounted how they subsequently …
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Buffalo Man Charged With Federal Robbery Of A Pharmacy And Illegal Sale Of Oxycodone

… a pharmacy in order to steal a variety of prescription pain medication which would be resold to drug users on the …
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Riverhead Physician Assistant Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

… distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. The guilty plea was entered before United …
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Oxycodone And Income Tax Evasion

… distributing oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain killer, and income tax evasion. Telang entered his plea …
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Doctor Who Supplied Oxycodone Ring Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 36 Months In Prison

… drug. In the proper hands, it can play an important role in pain management, but Diana Williamson saw an opportunity to …
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$200,000 In Civil Penalties Recovered From Upper East Side Pharmacy

… procedures, especially the oversight of addictive pain medications. In New York City, the number of painkiller-related emergency room visits increased over the …
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Undercover Operation Leads To Arrest Of Larchmont Psychiatrist

… can to protect our communities from the threat of diverted pain medication. ”   “One of the most significant challenges …
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Maryland Woman Found Guilty Of Leading Oxycodone Operation

… on the vast, illegal procurement and sale of prescription pain medication across the mid-Atlantic region and …