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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To Overdose Victims

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts …
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Lake Worth Doctor Arrested On Fifty-Five Counts Of Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone At Lake Worth Clinic

… to the indictment, Deleon operated his clinic, Trinity Medical Center, located in Lake Worth, as a pill mill that … and other controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional …
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Destin Physician Convicted Of Drug Offenses Resulting In Patients’ Deaths

… the government presented evidence that, while operating a medical business known as Dr. Robert Bourlier, Internal … controlled substances to patients without a sufficient medical necessity, and did so in quantities and dosages that … Blue Cross/Blue Shield paid for prescriptions that were not medically necessary. The government also presented evidence …
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Santa Barbara Doctor Known As ‘Candy Man’ Pleads Guilty To Illegally Writing Prescriptions For Huge Quantities Of Dangerous Narcotics

… addicts. Julio Gabriel Diaz, 65, who operated the Family Medical Clinic in Santa Barbara prior to his arrest two … of distributing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and one count of distributing controlled …
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Las Vegas Doctor Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Writing Unlawful Oxycodone Prescriptions

… LAS VEGAS - Victor Bruce, M.D., 49, who operates Swan Lake Medical Center in Las Vegas, was sentenced this afternoon to … not need them, and for patients who did not appear at his medical practice or did not exist,” said U.S. Attorney …
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DEA South Carolina District Office To Hold 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… 27, 2014, yielded 4,776 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 To Hold 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… 27, 2014, yielded 5,953 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 To Hold 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… 27, 2014, yielded 10,154 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 To Hold 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… 27, 2014, yielded 11,510 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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"Pill Mill" Doctor Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Charges

… he worked as a doctor at a “pill mill.”  A “pill mill” is a medical clinic created to sell pills unlawfully, illegally, and for no medical reason.  Dr. Huidor-Figureoa was the sole physician …
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Owner Of MRI Machine Used At Opelika “Pill Mill” Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering Charges

… for the Middle District of Alabama.  A “pill mill” is a medical clinic created to sell prescription drugs … MRIs that were then used to support the prescribing of pain medication that was not actually necessary.  In return for …
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Amherst Doctor Pleads Guilty To Obtaining Controlled Substances By Fraud And Health Care Fraud

… is imperative to regulate the distribution of prescription medication; and this plea represents law enforcement’s … prosecuting all traffickers of narcotics - whether they be medical professionals or corner drug dealers,” said U.S. … prison for illegally prescribing massive quantities of pain medications. And on Wednesday, Leyla Samadi was convicted of …
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Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul For DEA St. Louis

… in five states collected 38,300 pounds of prescription medications from members of the public. Nationwide, more … locations collected 488,395 (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. When added to the … events, more than 2 million (1,018 tons) of prescription medications were removed from circulation nationwide. …
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DEA Reaches $8 Million Settlement Agreement With CVS For Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… to prescriptions that were not issued for a legitimate medical purpose. The settlement agreement was announced … that prescriptions they fill were issued for legitimate medical purposes,” said U.S. Attorney for the District of … the abuse and diversion of pharmaceutical drugs for non-medical purposes.” The CSA authorizes the United States to …
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

… locations, collected 488,395 (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. In a four hour time … and Alaska, turned in 28,186 (over 14 tons) of prescription medications. The following are the results broken down by …
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Northern California And Central Valley Resident Dispose Of More Than 7.5 Tons Of Medicine During DEA’s Third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event

… area residents the ability to dispose of unused and expired medications. More than 377,086 (188.5 tons) of unwanted or expired medications were turned in for safe and proper disposal at … enough prescription painkillers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every American adult around-the-clock for one …
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Doctor who operated oxycodone and fentanyl diversion scheme sentenced to 5 years in prison

… New York, announced that Ernesto Lopez, a New York-licensed medical doctor who wrote thousands of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and …
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Two North Texas doctors, one nurse sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violation

… (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 PLANO, Texas –  Three medical professionals have been sentenced to federal prison … alprazolam and zolpidem, from his pain management medical offices in Sherman and Paris, Texas, without a legitimate medical purpose. Specifically, on July 15, 2014, Diamond …
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Nurse Pleads Guilty to Illegally Obtaining Fentanyl from Hospital

… in Osage Beach. Welch was responsible for preparing various medications for use in daily medical procedures. By pleading guilty today, Welch admitted …
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Three doctors indicted for conspiring to distribute oxycodone

… federal grand jury for conspiracy to distribute controlled medications, such as oxycodone, without a legitimate medical purpose, obtaining controlled medication by deceit …
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DEA and U.S. Attorney’s Offices throughout New York Promote National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in close to 500 tons of … much more important. Removing old or unused prescription medications from our medicine cabinets just might help to …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Returns Tomorrow

… Day has helped Americans easily rid their homes of unneeded medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—some of …   “It happens all too often where leftover prescription medications are forgotten about and sit unused in a medicine … and abuse.” There are several ways to misuse prescription medications including taking a medicine prescribed to …
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Baxley pharmacist sentenced to four years in federal prison for conspiracy involving healthcare fraud, opioids

… Dixon created fake prescriptions for expensive medications and then billed insurance programs, including Medicare Part D plans and Medicaid, for those medications, despite the fact that the medications were … this country is to ensure that only those with legitimate medical needs receive such drugs in the first place,” said …
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Local Doctor and Former Pro Football Player Indicted

…     “Americans rely on healthcare providers, many of them medical doctors, to use their training to help patients and … Attorney’s Office are committed to stopping unscrupulous medical professionals like Dr. Hanson from harming … “While Hanson prescribed these drugs without a legitimate medical purpose, Sedrick Hodge and other associates …
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DEA Hosts 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday

… in which unused, unnecessary and expired prescription medications will be collected between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Set for Saturday

… dispose of expired, unused and unneeded prescription drug medication Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at a … and anonymous way to dispose of unneeded prescription medications.   The five state DEA Omaha Division, made up of …
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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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Doctor Convicted at Trial for Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

… controlled substances only when there is a legitimate medical basis for doing so, and the dispensing is consistent with accepted standards of professional medical practice. According to court documents and evidence …
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46 Convicted in $18 Million Pill Mill Scheme in Fort Worth

… by the doctors, but by Williams, who possessed neither a medical license nor a DEA registration. After a perfunctory … with codeine.   Often, the doctors prescribed multiple medications simultaneously and at the highest dosages …
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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. …