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Doctor admits soliciting sexual favors from patients in exchange for opioids

… today admitted distributing opioids without a legitimate medical reason and soliciting sexual favors from patients in … 1, 2012, through May 3, 2018, Santiamo owned and operated a medical practice in Staten Island focused on internal … course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. For a number of his patients, there was no …
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges at the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… cabinets of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription medications. This Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) … initiative gives residents a way to safely dispose of those medications anonymously and with no questions asked.      … more than 260,000 pounds (or 130 tons) of unused medications.”    For the first time, DEA will now accept …
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Report fraudulent and suspicious pharmaceutical activities anonymously through the DEA San Diego RxAbuse Tip Line

… about doctors or pharmacists who are illegally dispensing medications, as well as information about people who are … or pill seeking for illegal purposes. The vast majority of medical professionals prescribe and dispense medications to patients for legitimate medical purposes, …
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Passaic County Doctor Charged in Conspiracy to Distribute Opioids

… with conspiring to distribute opioids without a legitimate medical reason, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug … course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. Ferraro made an initial appearance today … in a conspiracy to prescribe oxycodone, an opioid pain medication, to individuals who posed as patients, but whom …
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in close to 500 tons of … it’s now more important than ever to safely dispose of any medications you no longer need in your home medicine … D. Christopher Evans. “Bringing unused or expired medications to a local collection site for safe disposal …
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Drug dealer who sold fentanyl to overdose victim sentenced to more than 11 years in prison

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts …
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Another Doctor pleads guilty in the Montgomery “Pill Mill” case

… mill prosecution” arising out of a now-closed Montgomery medical office, announced Drug Enforcement Administration … and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. That medical practice was known as “Family Practice” and was …
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… pounds (419.7 tons) of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country.  The Louisville Division … and alleviate addiction by safely disposing of prescription medications that sit idle in the home,” said DEA Acting …
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In Georgia

… 28, 2017, turned in 9,633 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … Tennesseans turned in 20,590 pounds of unwanted or expired medications, nationally, a record setting amount of nearly … to one million pounds) of expired and unwanted prescription medications were collected in more than 6,000 sites made …
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In North Carolina

… in an impressive 29,412 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … Tennesseans turned in 20,590 pounds of unwanted or expired medications, nationally, a record setting amount of nearly … to one million pounds) of expired and unwanted prescription medications were collected in more than 6,000 sites made …
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DEA’s 15th Rx Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In South Carolina

… 28, 2018, turned in 8,502 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … Tennesseans turned in 20,590 pounds of unwanted or expired medications, nationally, a record setting amount of nearly … to one million pounds) of expired and unwanted prescription medications were collected in more than 6,000 sites made …
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In Tennessee

… 28, 2018, turned in 20,590 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … Tennesseans turned in 20,590 pounds of unwanted or expired medications, nationally, a record setting amount of nearly … to one million pounds) of expired and unwanted prescription medications were collected in more than 6,000 sites made …
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Ohio Lawyer Steven Hillman, Indicted On Money Laundering And Conspiracy In Large Alleged Pill Mill Investigation

… divert prescription drugs outside the scope of legitimate medical practice and launder proceeds of the conspiracy. … 2011, Southern Ohio Complete Pain Management and Portsmouth Medical Solutions in Portsmouth, and Trinity Medical Care in …
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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 then … means, were recruited and paid to pose as patients at medical clinics, including the McAllen Medical Clinic in …
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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 then … means, were recruited and paid to pose as patients at medical clinics, including the McAllen Medical Clinic in …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of those medications. The service is free and anonymous, no questions … a record-breaking 552,161 (276 tons) of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,659 …
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DEA Announces Colorado, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

… locations, collected 488,395 (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. When added to the … events, more than 2 million (1,018 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. Within the … the general public about the potential for abuse of these medications. The DEA’s Take-Back events are a significant …
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Wheat Ridge Doctor Pleads Guilty For The Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… the scope of professional practice and not for legitimate medical purposes.  During the course of the investigation, … “The conviction of Dr. Clemmer serves notice to other medical professionals that, regardless of one’s professional … doctors in our community are prescribing powerful pain medications not for medical purposes, but for their own …
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New Jersey Doctor Indicted On Charges He Sold Oxycodone Prescriptions To Patients With No Legitimate Need For The Drug

… Soo Kang, 73, who acted as the receptionist for Kang’s medical practice, is charged along with him in the money … numerous patients for $150 or $200 when the patients had no medical need for the potent pain pills.  Kang’s own records … to write prescriptions until Justice’s death, without medical justification. “Doctors are supposed to preserve …
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In Southern New Jersey To Address Heroin, Prescription Opioids, Violent Crime

… of other organizations in the law enforcement, medical, education and faith based fields along with … to bring together the expertise of law enforcement, the medical community, drug prevention and treatment partners, … practitioners; and Community Outreach  - by partnering with medical professionals, government and community service …
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Physician And Owner Of Atlanta Pain Clinic Sentenced For Illegally Prescribing Painkillers

… of these prescription painkillers for no legitimate medical purpose.    Daniel R. Salter, the Special Agent in …  In follow-up visits, Piracha conducted no physical or medical examinations at all and continued to prescribe … doses of painkillers, including additional prescriptions of medications at the patients’ request without a legitimate …
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Government Reaches Settlement With Middleton Physician

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … for controlled substances in the absence of legitimate medical purpose and/or without acting as a practitioner in …
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Federal Charges Announced Against Former Physician For Attempting To Distribute Controlled Pharmaceutical Prescriptions In Exchange For Sex

… allegedly traded various prescription narcotics and other medications in exchange for sex and/or cash with at least … in Illinois in 2006 and treated patients at Rush University Medical Center, John H. Stroger, Jr., Hospital of Cook …
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Role In Fraudulent Oxycodone Prescription Scheme

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … obtained the personal identifying information of medical practitioners and used the information to create …
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Milford Psychiatrist Sentenced To 26 Months For Illegal Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud Offenses

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … prescriptions without confirming conditions that would medically require treatment using these drugs and dispensed …
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 42 Months For Role In Fraudulent Oxycodone Prescription Scheme

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … obtained the personal identifying information of medical practitioners and used the information to create …
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison For Role In Fraudulent Oxycodone Prescription Scheme

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … obtained the personal identifying information of medical practitioners and used the information to create …
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New England Residents Turn In 67,107 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs During Take-Back Event

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … are afforded the opportunity to safely dispose prescription medications.”  This past weekend, more than 3,800 federal, …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday April 30th

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … to take back unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications.  The DEA invites the public to bring their …
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New Haven Man Pleads Guilty To Role In Scheme To Obtain Oxycodone Through Fraudulent Prescriptions

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … obtained the personal identifying information of medical practitioners and used the information to create …