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“Pill Mill” Operators Plead Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Charges

… of a “pill mill” in Opelika, Alabama.  A “pill mill” is a medical clinic created to sell pills unlawfully, illegally, … Torres pleaded guilty to conspiring to unlawfully deal (the medically unnecessary prescription medications), and …
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Oxycodone And Income Tax Evasion

… New York, to provide prescriptions without performing any medical examinations. Telang also admitted failing to pay … is a controlled substance that may be dispensed by medical professionals for legitimate medical purposes in the … sensation that it induces. “The abuse of prescription medications such as oxycodone, a highly addictive drug, is …
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National Drug Take Back Day Residents In Pacific Northwest Turn In More Than 16 Tons

… 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Safe disposal of unused medications addresses opioid epidemic sea102816_fig1.jpeg … to turn out in large numbers to rid their homes of unused medications, including controlled prescription (CPDs) such …
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DEA Publishes Proposal To Reschedule Hydrocodone

… Controlled Substances (CSA) places substances with accepted medical uses into one of four schedules, with the most potentially harmful and abusable medications being placed in Schedule II, and medications … for those controlled substances with no currently accepted medical use and lack of accepted safety for use.)  HCPs are …
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DEA to Host 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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Digital Health Company Cofounder/CEO and Clinical President Convicted in $100M Adderall Distribution and Health Care Fraud Scheme

… and the calculated use of technology to exploit people’s medical needs and fuel addiction. The actions of Ruthia He … profits over public safety by over-prescribing ADHD medication to patients who often did not qualify. …
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Northern District Of Georgia Targets Prescription Drug Abuse

… Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 ATLANTA - Abuse of pain medications like oxycodone continues to plague Georgia … Castellanos were non-physician owners of the ‘Atlanta Medical Group’ (AMG) medical clinic in Cartersville, Ga., …
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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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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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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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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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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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Ft. Worth Oncologist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison in Pill Mill Conspiracy

… Judge Reed C. O’Connor.  “Using one’s trusted status as a medical professional for unlawful acts cannot go … with codeine. Often, the doctors prescribed multiple medications simultaneously and at the highest dosages …
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Upper East Side doctor convicted in Brooklyn Federal Court of causing overdose death of a patient

… of unlawful distribution of oxycodone without legitimate medical purpose to five patients, one of whom died as a … announced the verdict. “It is incredible but true that some medical professionals have chosen to violate their oaths and … the opioid epidemic by abandoning his responsibilities as a medical professional and for acting as a drug dealer with a …
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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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DEA Columbia District Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 2014

… April 26, 2014, yielded 5,698 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … medication which could otherwise be abused for non-medical purposes. This event is free and anonymous, simply …
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DEA Charlotte District Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 2014

… 26, 2014, yielded 14,669 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … medication which could otherwise be abused for non-medical purposes. This event is free and anonymous, simply …
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DEA Nashville District Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 2014

… 26, 2014, yielded 10, 801 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … medication which could otherwise be abused for non-medical purposes. This event is free and anonymous, simply …
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DEA Atlanta Divisional Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 2014

… 26, 2014, yielded 10,020.02 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … medication which could otherwise be abused for non-medical purposes. This event is free and anonymous, simply …
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Houston area man who posed as physician found guilty of conspiring to unlawfully prescribe hundreds of thousands of doses of opioids

… Arif conspired with a doctor and with the owner of Aster Medical Clinic of Rosenberg, Texas, which operated as an … in the United States but posed as a physician at Aster Medical Clinic, saw patients as if he were a physician 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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Physician sentenced to seven years in prison for patients’ deaths

… the sentencing of Dr. Lawrence Choy, former operator of a medical clinic in Flushing, Queens to seven years in prison … of anxiety and had never before been prescribed an opioid medication. Ultimately, Choy prescribed Ries the highly …
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U.S. Attorney Byung “BJay” Pak issues progress report

… to fighting the opioid crisis and focuses on: Identifying medical practitioners who overprescribe opioids, and those who defraud our health care system.  For example, 30 medical professionals who were prescribing opioids in large … are other opioid-related cases relating to traffickers, medical professionals, and others who committed serious drug …
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DEA Releases 2026 Aggregate Production Quotas

… to ensuring that patients can access the prescription medications that they need to stay healthy,” said DEA … ensures an adequate supply of controlled substances for medical, research, and export needs for the year.”  DEA is … If a patient is faced with a delay in receiving their medications, the patient may request a one-time transfer of …
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… dispose of unnecessary, expired, and unused prescription medications to help prevent prescription drug misuse and … with an easy, accessible way to rid their homes of medications that could pose a threat if misused – resulting …
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Former Modesto Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Prescribing Opioids

… to three counts of illegally prescribing opioids and other medication, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug … course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. These drugs are highly addictive and … the central nervous system and may only be prescribed when medically required. Chopra surrendered his medical license …
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DEA Chicago Suspends Registration Number of Suburban Chicago Physician

… failing to prescribe controlled substances for a legitimate medical purpose, prescribing dangerous drug combinations, … provide justifications for such prescribing in patient medical files. A state-licensed physician is entitled to … Registration to legally prescribe controlled substance medications. If a physician fails to maintain regulated …
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Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Psychiatrist and Nurse indicted for unlawful distribution of controlled substances

… Xanax, and Adderall outside the course of a professional medical practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), … controlled substances outside the course of professional medical practice from a residence located on Clinton Street …
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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 San Francisco  Division … and alleviate addiction by safely disposing of prescription medications that sit idle in the home,” said DEA Acting …