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Anchorage Man Sentenced To 40 Months Prison In Alaska Drug Conspiracy

… that between 2009 and February 2012, sold powder cocaine, marijuana, and oxycodone pills in both cities. When …
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Anchorage Man Sentenced To 66 Months Prison For Drug Conspiracy Conviction

… that between 2009 and February 2012, sold powder cocaine, marijuana, and oxycodone pills in Anchorage and Fairbanks. …
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Convenience Store Owner Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Spice

… spice and the myriad chemicals used to approximate its marijuana effect were becoming a major public health hazard. …
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New Jersey Pharmacy Admits Illegal Distribution of Prescription Opioids and Kickback Scheme

… that sent controlled substances and other prescription medications to patients via mail throughout the United … dangerous transmucosal immediate release fentanyl (TIRF) medications. Dunn Meadow had contracts with and received … that the prescriptions were not written for a legitimate medical purpose. Dunn Meadow knowingly filled prescriptions …
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Pill Mill Operator Convicted for Oxycodone Diversion

… a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose acting outside the usual course of … Williams said: “Purificacion Cristobal prescribed powerful medications to patients, some of whom had no medical need for them and were likely selling them, thereby …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results in DEA and Partners Collecting Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds

… - (601) 965-4400 Oxford - (662) 234-8542 of Unneeded Medications in an Effort to Prevent Addiction and Reduce … Day by dropping off more than 720,000 pounds of unneeded medications at 5,144 collection sites. Since 2010, DEA, …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Remove Unneeded Prescriptions, Prevent Addiction

… to 2 p.m. This event offers anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations … Day has helped Americans easily rid their homes of unneeded medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired.  These …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Set for Saturday

… dispose of their unwanted, unused and expired prescription medications at DEA's 27th National Prescription Drug Take … whom they’re prescribed and used as directed by a trusted medical professional. Doing otherwise can lead to …
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Physician, Physician Assistant, and Practice Pay $300K to Resolve Controlled Substances Act Allegations

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … received a urine test result that was inconsistent with the medication he or she was prescribed.  The government …
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Santa Rosa Doctor Sentenced to More than Two Years in Prison for Unlawfully Prescribing Fentanyl and Oxycodone

… scope of his professional practice and without a legitimate medical need, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. … Ryan, and the California Department of Justice Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse (DMFEA).  The sentence was … course of professional practice and were for no legitimate medical need. A.M. was 17-years old and was struggling with …
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New Castle, Virginia Pharmacist Indicted

… of Salem, Virginia, a Pharmacist and Owner of Craig County Medical Center Pharmacy in New Castle, Virginia was indicted … violent. She contacted the State Police after noting the medication her husband had received from Lineberry did not … and it was determined Lineberry had substituted the medications Seroquel, Aricept, and Zoloft, that were …
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San Mateo doctor charged with unlawful distribution of opioids and health care fraud

… in San Mateo County. A substantial part of Mulligan’s medical practice involved providing prescriptions for … alleged in the indictment, some individuals who obtained medically unnecessary prescriptions from Mulligan used private insurance or Medi-Cal to cover their office visits or pay for the drugs; …
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Long Island Doctor Convicted Of Causing The Overdose Deaths Of Two Patients And Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… of Justice recognizes the importance of holding corrupt medical professionals like Dr. Belfiore accountable for … clear that Dr. Belfiore’s actions were not those of a medical doctor, but those of a drug dealer,” stated DEA … course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. Oxycodone is a powerful and highly …
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Jury Convicts Podiatrist, Psychologist And A Pharmacist In Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances

… for those physicians writing prescriptions for expensive medications, without regard to medical necessity, that could be billed to Medicare, … increase the pharmacies’ profits by billing insurers for medications never actually distributed to patients.  …
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Detroit Area Doctor And Pharmacist Convicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert Controlled Substances And Health Care Fraud

… for those physicians writing prescriptions for expensive medications, without regard to medical necessity, that could be billed to Medicare, … increase the pharmacies' profits by billing insurers for medications never actually distributed to patients.  The …
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Top New Jersey Prescriber Of Drugs To Medicaid Patients Sentenced To 43 Months In Prison For Fraud Scheme Involving Fake Physicians Three Others Sentenced For Scheme In Which More Than 20,000 Patient Visits Were Conducted By Unqualified Individuals

… services. The fake physicians ordered tests and prescribed medications for patients, often using a pre-signed … patients. On some days, more than 100 patients visited the medical practice for treatment, and the majority were …
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Two ‘Pill Mill’ Owners Sentenced

… and Roland Rafael Castellanos, owners of the “Atlanta Medical Group,” have been sentenced to 15 years in federal … all law enforcement agencies involved.” “The abuse of pain medication has become epidemic and now accounts for six …
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Former Employee Of Exeter Hospital Sentenced In Connection With Widespread Hepatitis C Outbreak

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts …
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Astoria Doctor Indicted In Illegal Sales Of 130 Painkiller Prescriptions: Three Patients Received 30,000 Pills In 6 Months

… gross overprescribing to three patients at his former medical office at 27-10 30th Avenue in Astoria, Queens … “doctor shopping,” sharing pills and being addicted to the medication. He failed to develop treatment plans for …
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Former Alexandria Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Distribute Oxycodone

… Larren Wade, 55, of Venice, Fla., a former doctor who had a medical practice in Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty today to … July 2010, he issued thousands of prescriptions for pain medications, sometimes exceeding 2,000 pills per patient …
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

… provided prescriptions for oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose and for sale NEW YORK - Earlier today, at … the scope of his professional practice and not for any medical purpose. At the time of the verdict, the defendant’s … pills onto the streets of Long Island for no valid medical reason, even going so far as to drive his …
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Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… This alert does not apply to legitimate pharmaceutical medications prescribed by medical professionals and dispensed by pharmacists. DEA and … and distributing these deadly fake pills. The only safe medications are ones prescribed by a trusted medical …
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Texas clinic owner and clinic employee sentenced to prison for conspiring to unlawfully prescribe hundreds of thousands of opioids

… 2015 through February 2016, Niazi owned and operated Aster Medical Clinic in Rosenberg, Texas, which he operated as an illegal pill mill.  Arif was an employee at Aster Medical Clinic who conspired with Niazi and a Dallas-based …
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Twice Domestic DEA collects nearly 840k pounds of unwanted medications WASHINGTON, DC  – DEA’s National Prescription … pounds (419.7 tons) of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country. Americans once again showed …
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DEA Extends Telemedicine Flexibilities to Ensure Continued Access to Care

… Flexibilities for the Prescription of Controlled Medications , extending the current telemedicine … encounters, without having ever conducted an in-person medical evaluation, provided that such prescriptions …
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Alarming spike in fentanyl-related overdose deaths leads officials to issue public warning

… Diego County Health and Human Services and San Diego County Medical Examiner. “The health and safety of our community is … be much higher. The DEA wants to remind the public that medications not obtained from legitimate pharmacists and …
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Two Suburban Chicago Physicians Sentenced to Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud

… prescribing opioids to individuals who lacked a legitimate medical need for the drugs. Stanley David Demorest managed Demorest Consultants LLC, a medical practice in Melrose Park, Illinois. Nicholas Recchia … but whom Demorest and Recchia knew had no legitimate medical need for the drugs. In some instances, Demorest, who …
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Uxbridge doctor sentenced to seven years in prison for conspiring to distribute over 3.5 kilograms of amphetamines

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … and distribute Adderall to individuals who had not been medically examined or given a clinical diagnosis to warrant …
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Pain Clinic Owners Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Opioid Prescribing

… Methadone, and other opioids outside of a professional medical practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. The jury also found that Lisa Hofschulz’s … course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose, including by mailing prescriptions to …
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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 Miami Field Division … and alleviate addiction by safely disposing of prescription medications that sit idle in the home,” said DEA Acting …