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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

… more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug … has surrendered over 3.4 million pounds of pills. Unused medications in homes create a public health and safety …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Sets New Record

… and in Montana 2,920 pounds of unwanted prescription medications.  The total collected for the region is 35,330 … Chuck Rosenberg.  “Unwanted, expired or unused prescription medications are often an unintended catalyst for addiction.  …
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Equitable Sharing Funds Distributed To Participating Law Enforcement Partners

… purported patients were prescribed high dosages of pain medications without appropriate medical examinations and assessments. The clinics often saw …
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New Jersey Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Illegal Pharmaceutical Drug Distribution Scheme

… a Schedule II controlled substance, for no legitimate medical purpose and beyond the bounds of medical practice between October 4, 2007, and April 2, 2010. …
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Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Millions Of Prescription Pills On The Internet

… customers ordered Butalbital pills by filling out online medical questionnaires that typically posed a series of … the drugs without ever seeing or speaking to a physician or medical practitioner and without obtaining a valid …
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The New Orleans Field Division DEA Office Is Taking Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs April 30, 2011

… unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to a site near you. The service is … Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to …
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St. Jude's Pharmacy Owner & Wife Indicted On Federal Charges

… of professional practice and for other than legitimate medical purposes.  In addition, Jorge and Martha … of professional practice and for other than legitimate medical purposes.  In addition, Jorge and Martha Otano made …
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Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

… dispense large amounts of oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional … Broward and Miami-Dade Counties.  According to a review of medical records, while at All Pain Management, Becker …
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DEA Holds Prescription Drug Take-Back Event October 26

… past April collecting over 13 tons of expired or unwanted medication at more than 229 sites operated by over 160 of … being treated by veterinarians) of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to …
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

… more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug … has surrendered over 3.4 million pounds of pills. Unused medications in homes create a public health and safety …
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Doctor Sentenced For His Role In Operation Of Pill Mill

… dispense large amounts of oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional … be owned by licensed physicians. According to a review of medical records, while at Broward Urgent Care, Anthony wrote …
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Illinois Man To Plead Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Drugs

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. The controlled substances included but were …
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Doctor, Physician Assistant Charged With Fraudulently Obtaining And Distributing Prescription Medicines

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … forged with the signature of a former member of the medical staff. The affidavit also alleges that DEA agents …
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Gonic Woman Sentenced In Connection With Drug Distribution Causing Death

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … Tarmey was found dead in the motel room.  The New Hampshire Medical Examiner later found that Ms. Tarmey died of acute …
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Two Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Southeastern Connecticut Overdoses

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … the bathroom floor.  The Connecticut’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner subsequently determined the cause of the …
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Bethel Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin And Cocaine Distribution Charge Stemming From Two Overdose Deaths

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … On December 11, 2016, members of the Bethel Police and medical personnel responded to a report of an unresponsive …
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Drug Diversion Claims Against CVS Health Corp. Resolved With $450,000 Civil Settlement

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … and opioids can only be prescribed for legitimate medical purposes by a physician.  The law, however, also …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … do not know how to properly dispose of their unused medications, often flushing them down the toilet or throwing …
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Leader Of Multi-Million Dollar Heroin Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Prison

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … has persuaded many individuals addicted to prescription medication to switch to heroin.  Overdoses from heroin have …
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Sentencing And Guilty Plea In Conspiracy Involving Steroids

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … others.  KENYHERCZ also illegally distributed prescription medication, including Roxicodone, Oxycodone, Suboxone and …
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Camouflaged Canadian Charged With Smuggling 182 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Across Northern Border

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … psychoactive drug typically prescribed as an anti-anxiety medication. The 300 bags of pills weighed approximately 182 …
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Wesleyan Football Player Pleads Guilty To Distributing Synthetic Drug That Caused Overdose

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … from a campus dorm room and found a male student in severe medical distress.  The victim was convulsing and struggling …
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Rochester Man And Massachusetts Woman Plead Guilty To Drug Distribution Causing Death

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … Tarmey was found dead in the motel room.  The New Hampshire Medical Examiner later found that Ms. Tarmey died of acute …
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Operator Of Store In Epsom Pleads Guilty To Misbranding Charge

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … products has caused some users to experience a variety of medical side effects and has led to numerous …
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Gonic Woman Pleads Guilty To Misprision Of A Felony In Connection With Drug Distribution Causing Death

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … Tarmey was found dead in the motel room.  The New Hampshire Medical Examiner later found that Ms. Tarmey died of acute …
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Former Wesleyan Football Player Who Distributed Synthetic Drug That Caused Overdose Is Sentenced

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … from a campus dorm room and found a male student in severe medical distress.  The victim was convulsing and struggling …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… 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 one of 566 collection sites throughout New …
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CVS Pharmacy Pays $600,000 To Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … an adequate supply of those substances needed to meet the medical and scientific needs of the United States.  Accurate …
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Rochester Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Fentanyl Distribution Overdose Fatality

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … Tarmey was found dead in the motel room.  The New Hampshire Medical Examiner later found that Ms. Tarmey died of acute …
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Bridgeport Man Charged With Selling Heroin To Overdose Victim

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … 8:49 p.m. on October 27, 2016, Milford Police and emergency medical personnel responded to a residence in Milford and …