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DEA Columbia Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations … public may now use drop boxes at Veterans Administration medical centers to dispose of controlled substance …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… networks and are made to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), … This alert does not apply to legitimate pharmaceutical medications prescribed by medical professionals and dispensed by licensed pharmacists. …
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West Bloomfield doctor sentenced to prison for diverting thousands of oxycodone pills

… physician, Alex Kafi, accepted cash in exchange for writing medically unnecessary prescriptions for addictive opioids as … of certain doctors who knowingly prescribe legitimate pain medications to individuals for no legitimate medical …
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Columbia Man Admits To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… 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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Nevada Cardiologist Arrested For Unlawful Distribution Of Prescription Opioids And Health Care Fraud

… of health care fraud.  Patel is a cardiologist at his medical practice Northeastern Nevada Cardiology.  The … and oxycodone for his patients without a legitimate medical purpose and that he fraudulently billed Medicare and … “Inappropriately diagnosing patients and then prescribing medications is only compounded by the greed of sticking …
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Former Heart Surgeon Convicted Of Unlawfully Prescribing And Dispensing Oxycodone

… who unlawfully dispense pharmaceutical products for non-medical reasons is an important part of DEA’s mission. This … and aggressively prescribed controlled pain killing medication to patients who were addicted to them,” said U.S. …
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Tucson ‘Liposuction Technician’ And Aide Arrested On Multiple Felony Charges

… Yuma - 571-324-7324 Clinic operated without a State Medical License or DEA Registration Two victims were … uncovered evidence that Gustavo Nunez performed illegal medical procedures at his clinic known as NuTec located in …
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

… drawers. On April 27, 742,497 (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at … events, more than 2.8 million (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation.  The … the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. According to the 2011 Substance Abuse and …
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DEA Hosts the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25th

… anonymous way to dispose of expired and unused prescription medications. By getting rid of unnecessary medications in the home, families can help prevent …
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Alabama Pill Mill Doctor pleads guilty to illegally dispensing prescription drugs

… opioid painkillers, outside the scope of professional medical practice and not for legitimate medical purposes. Instead, the evidence shows that Dr. … his criminal conduct represents a disturbing trend in the medical profession for those practitioners who abandon their …
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DEA Seattle Field Division Gears Up for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… to 2 p.m.  This event offers anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations … Take Back Day has encouraged the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a first step in preventing …
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Missouri Doctor Admits Diluting Clinic’s Methadone

… or mislead. He admitted that while the owner of Best Medical LLC, a family medicine clinic in Leadington, … milliliter bottles of methadone oral concentrate. Best Medical's methadone clinic opened the next day, treating …
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DEA New York collects 15% more unused pills during 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 …
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DEA achieves significant milestone during 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 … Back Day turned in 29,992 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up …
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DEA achieves significant milestone during 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 … Take Back Day turned in 7,516 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up …
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South Florida Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Dispensing Narcotics

… learned that Lubetsky prescribed large doses of opioid pain medication that were not supported by any demonstrable medical need and were therefore without any legal basis.  An expert medical witness called by the government testified that …
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DEA launches “Secure Your Meds” winter campaign

… to clean out medicine cabinets and secure expired or unused medications. This one action can prevent medications from getting into the hands of children and …
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Spokane dentist pleads guilty to distributing opioids

… James Felch, 36, also of Spokane, to distribute opioid pain medications, hydrocodone and tramadol, without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional … counts of distributing hydrocodone without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional …
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Michigan Doctor Arrested On Rx Drug Charges And Health Care Fraud

… III narcotics between 2008 and 2010 DETROIT, MI - A medical doctor has been charged with unlawfully distributing … arrested following the execution of a search warrant at his medical office in Monroe today. The defendant will be making … any medical professional, that if you unethically prescribe medication for personal gain, you will be prosecuted to the …
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DEA In Kentucky Holds Sixth Rx Drug Take-Back Day And Public Participation Continues To Rise

… 27, 2013, nearly 7,200 pounds of pills, capsules, and other medications were collected from medicine cabinets across the … collected. Nationally, 742,497 (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at … events, more than 2.8 million (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation.   The …
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Doctor Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy Several Co-defendants Sentenced Last Week

… prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute the medication illegally. Jacqueline Lopresti, 52, of Fair … it has a high potential for abuse, a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions, and abuse of the drug … these physicians themselves and paid the physicians for medically unnecessary oxycodone prescriptions in their names …
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Monmouth County, N.J., Doctor Indicted On Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy, Money Laundering And Tax Charges

… he participated in a conspiracy to illegally distribute the medication, laundered money and failed to pay taxes. Dr. … a high potential for abuse, is only currently accepted in medical use applications with severe restrictions and abuse … for drugs containing oxycodone outside the usual course of medical practice and not for any legitimate medical purpose. …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Georgia

… 27, 2013, turned in 12,605 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … huge success. More than 742,497 (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at … events, more than 2.8 million (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In North Carolina

… 27, 2013, turned in 13,120 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … huge success. More than 742,497 (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at … events, more than 2.8 million (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In South Carolina

… 27, 2013, turned in 4,701 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … huge success. More than 742,497 (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at … events, more than 2.8 million (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Tennessee

… 27, 2013, turned in 10,055 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … huge success. More than 742,497 (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at … events, more than 2.8 million (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, …
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DEA’s Seventh Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In South Carolina

… 26, 2013, turned in 5,527.18 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … turned in 5,527.18 pounds of unwanted or expired medications, nationally, more than 647,211 (324 tons) of expired and unwanted prescription medications were collected with more than 5,683 sites that …
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Two Doctors Face Federal Charges For Supplying Drug Trafficking Gang Members With Narcotics Prescriptions

… (671) 472-7384 LOS ANGELES - Two doctors who each operated medical offices in Lynwood have been arrested on federal … issued prescriptions for narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose.  The doctors - Sonny Oparah, 75, of Long …
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Chattanooga Pill Mill Operator Sentenced To 280 Years In Prison

… the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose; five counts of maintaining a premises for … stated, “The dispensing of addictive prescription pain medication under the guise of a doctor’s care is not about …
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Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone, Defrauding Government Programs

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … should stop prescribing oxycodone and other narcotic pain medications to certain patients who showed obvious signs of …