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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces Fall Take Back Day

… has helped Americans easily rid their homes of unneeded medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—that … Back Day offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,500 local drop-off locations …
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Physician Charged with Distributing a Controlled Substance Appears in Federal Court

… controlled substances outside the bounds of professional medical practice, and 11 counts of distribution of controlled substances outside the bounds of professional medical practice was unsealed following Dr. Emery’s initial … course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. If convicted, Dr. Emery faces a maximum …
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Jury Convicts Pain Clinic Doctor of Unlawful Drug Distribution, Money Laundering, and Filing a False Tax Return

… evidence presented at trial, McGaha was a Florida-licensed medical doctor who owned and operated MD Care Clinic, a pain … Schedule II controlled substances not for a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional … Unit, which focuses on opioid-related fraud and abuse by medical and health care professionals who have contributed …
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Pocatello Nurse Practitioner is Fined and Surrenders License for Unlawful Prescriptions and Fraud

… admitted that such prescriptions lacked a legitimate medical purpose and were written outside the usual course of … together, opioids, benzodiazepines, and other sleeping medications can suppress the central nervous system and … Act when they write prescriptions that lack a legitimate medical purpose, and likewise, will continue to root-out …
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DEA Houston Field Division Partners with Houston Area School Districts to alert parents on the dangers of fentanyl

… These pills are made to look identical to real prescription medications—including OxyContin®, Percocet®, and Xanax®—but … pill bought on social media is safe. The only safe medications are ones prescribed directly to you by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents

… arrest, prosecution, imprisonment, and, in the case of medical practitioners and pharmacists, revocation of their … numbers and/or state license numbers when calling a medical practitioner. They also may claim that patients are … DEA personnel will never contact members of the public or medical practitioners by telephone to demand money or any …
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Las Cruces psychiatrist pleads guilty to unlawfully prescribing opioids

… course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. From July 8, 2016, through April 5, 2019, … that he conducted only cursory exams, rather than complete medical, physical, or psychiatric evaluations, and made no attempt to document Jane Doe’s medical history.  Beale failed to document many of the …
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Arlington Doctor Sentenced to 12 Years in Pill Mill Case

… course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. At times, he issued prescriptions for controlled substances without conducting any medical examination at all, sometimes telling office staff … Donna Green, to use his DEA registration number and medical credentials to issue prescriptions for controlled …
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Maine Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Drug Trafficking, Firearm, and Fraud Offenses

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … 24, 2019, Stanton, an uninsured individual, checked into a medical center in Bangor, Maine.  Stanton signed a consent …
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DEA New England Announces 20th Take Back Day

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications at 565 collection sites throughout New England, … The public can drop off potentially dangerous prescription medications at collection sites which will adhere to local …
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Two Pharmacy chains pay civil monetary penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Controlled Substance Act

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … to, it allows for the diversion of prescription pain medication which contributes to the widespread abuse of …
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Fairfield County doctor sentenced to 87 months for health care fraud and money laundering offenses

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … fraud offenses. Patel admitted that he wrote hundreds of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and …
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Springfield paramedic charged with conspiring to distribute controlled substances

… agreed to meet, Blake sent the victim pictures of various medical supplies including medications he claimed to have taken from the ambulance he … needle in her arm. Blake then forced her to take several medications including fentanyl and sexually assaulted her …
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DEA Investigations Result In The Prosecution Of Multiple Defendants

… causing in our communities is devastating to families, our medical community and the citizens of San Diego,” says DEA … 12, 2018, Physician Egisto Salerno, who owns and operates a medical office on El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, and seven … examinations on sham (often homeless) and prescribing medically unnecessary hydrocodone. The conspirators would …
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Naples Doctor Who Operated a Pill Mill Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison

… substances (oxycodone and amphetamine) for no legitimate medical purpose. The court also ordered Abraham to forfeit … strong opioids to patients who had no need for the medication. Over the course of the next year, DEA conducted … an undercover patient oxycodone after telling him the medical paperwork “shows you are completely normal.” The …
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents Are Stealing Identities, Money

… arrest, prosecution, imprisonment, and, in the case of medical practitioners and pharmacists, revocation of their … numbers and/or state license numbers when calling a medical practitioner. They also may claim that patients are … DEA personnel will never contact members of the public or medical practitioners by telephone to demand money or any …
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Opioid enforcement action brings multiple charges across the Middle District of Florida

… scope of usual professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose.  She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in … and fraudulent prescriptions.  Mullan was employed as a medical assistant at a pain management clinic where she … and fraudulent prescriptions.  Lloyd was employed as a medical assistant at a pain management clinic where she …
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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day provides impressive results with record-breaking participation

… individuals with a secure and convenient way to dispose of medications helps address the prescription drug abuse … the collection total of over 109,000 pounds of prescription medications among Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois combined. … and overdose deaths plaguing this country due to opioid medications.   Complete results for DEA’s spring Take Back …
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Dayton doctor sentenced for running pill mill

… nearly 4,000 units of oxycodone outside the scope of medical practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. All of these units were paid for by … care insurance payments for examinations that were not medically appropriate or sufficient for the billing codes …
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DEA Denver Division sets new record for 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… million pounds of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications over the course of 16 successful DEA National … disposed of more than 900,000 pounds of prescription medications collected at nearly 6,000 sites across the … and overdose deaths plaguing this country due to opioid medications. Complete results for DEA’s fall Take Back Day …
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DEA Announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… also educating the public about the potential for abuse of medications. “We encourage everyone to let us help dispose of their unused and unwanted medications so that they don’t end up being diverted for …
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Omnicare Inc. agrees to pay over $15M to resolve allegations it improperly dispensed narcotics at long-term care facilities

… facilities. Omnicare makes daily deliveries of prescription medications to residents of long-term care facilities; but … failed in its responsibility to ensure proper controls of medications used to treat some of the most vulnerable among …
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Fourth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Collects Record 276 Tons

… 552,161 pounds (276 tons) of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,659 … Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications dispose of them by delivering them to entities …
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Another Doctor And Nurse Indicted For Participating In The Operation Of A Montgomery “pill Mill”

… a “pill mill” being operated out of a Montgomery, Alabama medical office.  The two new defendants in this case are … in operating a “pill mill” out of Family Practice, a medical clinic located at 4143 Atlanta Highway in …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications at close to 6,000 sites across the country on … and Alaska turned in 40,096 (20 tons) of prescription medications on April 28, 2018.   This is the highest … and overdose deaths plaguing this country due to opioid medications. Complete results for DEA’s spring Take Back Day …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug … crisis - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription medications from their medicine cabinets,” said DEA Acting … and overdose deaths plaguing this country due to opioid medications. Complete results for DEA’s Take Back Day are …
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Kentucky Pain Clinic Owners Plead Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

… Oxycodone to eastern Kentuckians without a legitimate medical purpose. Court records state that the doctors … physical rehabilitation.  Neither Cantrell nor Lackey are medically certified and have no nursing experience. The …
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Owner Of Multiple Ohio Pain Clinics Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison And Ordered To Forfeit $6.3 Million In Pain Clinic Profits

… Southern Ohio Complete Pain Management and Portsmouth Medical Solutions in Portsmouth, Ohio and Trinity Medical Care in Columbus, Ohio. “Bias was a huge part of a … for indiscriminately providing the highly addictive medication without conducting proper examinations to …
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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 heroin. … County Sheriff’s Office, the Office of the Oakland County Medical Examiner, the Redford Township Police Department, and the Office of the Wayne County Medical Examiner. These cases are being prosecuted by …
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Detroit Area Doctor Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Drugs And Fraud

… for supposed patients, who did not have a legitimate medical need for the drugs. Weiss primarily prescribed … "Physicians have a responsibility to provide care that is medically necessary and is in the best interest of their … and contribute to the illegal diversion of prescription medications will be held accountable." An indictment is only …