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Wisconsin physician agrees to pay penalties to resolve allegations of prescribing opioids illegally and violating False Claims Act

… to resolve allegations that he prescribed opioid pain medications in violation of the Controlled Substances Act … prescribed controlled substances, including opioid pain medications such as oxycodone, without legitimate medical purpose. Dr. Heydarpour routinely prescribed …
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Bates City Man Sentenced for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

… and found 151.6 grams of methamphetamine, 436.5 grams of marijuana, and 207 prescription pills that were identified …
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Samson, Alabama Pharmacy Liable for $110,000 Penalty for Recordkeeping Violations of the Controlled Substances Act

… to pharmaceutical controlled substances for legitimate medical purposes. To prevent diversion, the CSA regulates … substances are properly handled and used for legitimate, medical purposes.” “Prescription medications, when misused, can pose a grave threat to public …
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Eleven Charged in Bristol Area Drug Trafficking Ring; Several Overdose Deaths Connected

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Doctor And 10 Other Individuals Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than One Million Oxycodone Pills

… below, the distribution ring operated out of purported medical clinics in Manhattan and the Bronx, including the … state licensed doctor, who alone wrote more than 13,000 medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone in a …
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Two West Plains Men Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… pure methamphetamine. Officers also found several bags of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and surveillance equipment …
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Drug Interdiction Results In Guilty Plea

… scale with suspected cocaine residue, and a small bag of marijuana. Ortiz’s son and three other minor children were …
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Federal grand jury adds two new charges resulting in death against Carrizo Springs doctor

… hydrocodone to two patients outside the usual course of medical practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. One of the patients died as a result on … necessary to justify the prescription of an opioid pain medication.   The superseding indictment also alleges that …
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Doctor Operating Pill Mill In Pompano Beach Arrested

… in Pompano Beach, Florida, was arrested at his office, the Medical Center of North Broward, 38 NE 20th Ave., Pompano … and Distribution of Oxycodone. Also arrested at the medical center were medical staffers Donna Licata, 62, and …
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking

… stashed a cooler containing over three and a half pounds of marijuana.  Cooke was interviewed and admitted to selling …
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Dr. Rogelio Lucas And His Wife Convicted On 30 Counts

… Lucas and his wife Lydia Lucas, who managed her husband’s medical practice. The Lucases were convicted on one count of … for oxycodone, indicating that they were not taking the medication, were still provided with prescriptions, despite …
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DEA Medford, Grants Pass Police and Oregon State Police Dismantle Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring in Southern Oregon

… Narcotics Enforcement Team (BINET), and the Interagency Marijuana Enforcement Team (IMET). This case is being …
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Eau Claire resident sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine

… 11.5 grams of heroin, small amounts of crack cocaine and marijuana, as well as a digital scale and baggies. In an …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges In Manhattan Federal Court Against Former Physician’s Assistant For Minor League Hockey Team And Former Player For Team Relating To The Distribution Of Oxycodone

… Johnson, a physician’s assistant who formerly provided medical services to Team-1, with various offenses … the distribution of oxycodone.  As alleged, Johnson wrote medically unnecessary Percocet prescriptions for Hart on a … and a warning to those who distribute diverted prescription medication throughout our communities - law enforcement will …
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Niagara Falls man arrested; facing cocaine and fentanyl distribution charges

… of a vehicle the defendant was driving. A quantity of marijuana was recovered from Seright, who was arrested at …
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Local Pain Doctor Named In A 114 Count Indictment; Accused Of Illegally Issuing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Prescriptions For Controlled Substances

… or both. “As alleged, this defendant took advantage of his medical license and the trust placed in him by his patients, … There is an irrefutable link between the abuse of pain medication and heroin abuse which has devastated families in … indications that the patients were abusing and misusing the medications; falsifying completion of training requirements, …
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Doctor Allegedly Prescribed Opioids For Dead And Incarcerated People In “pill Mill” Operation; Doctor And Seven Others Arrested And Charged

… San Ysidro - (619) 671-4500 SAN DIEGO - Egisto Salerno, a medical doctor, who owns and operates a medical office on El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, and seven … the hydrocodone despite the lack of any legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional …
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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 …
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Attorney General Chiesa Announces New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program

… a total of 2,520 doses o f highly addictive, narcotic medications classified as Controlled Dangerous Substances. … to meet their patients’ healthcare needs,” he said. Certain medical practices, such as those that specialize in pain …
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Lead Defendant Sentenced in Burke County Drug Trafficking Investigation

… searches and subsequent seizures of cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana, drug trafficking paraphernalia, cash, and more …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Doctor And Owner Of Bronx Clinic Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills

… of Kevin Lowe, the owner of “Astramed,” a purported medical clinic with multiple locations in the Bronx, New … found, Kevin Lowe operated a series of purported medical clinics that functioned as prescription pill drug trafficking dens where doctors wrote almost 35,000 medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone, …
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Greenwood Village Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Illegal Distribution of Controlled Substances and Financial Crimes

… usual course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose, structuring financial transactions in a way … for abuse. The FDA has approved one legal meth product for medical use in rare circumstances.  Most psychiatrists will … personally using them, or that one or both drugs are not medically necessary because of their competing effects. Yet, …
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Armed Drug Traffickers Get a Decade in Prison

… Lopez had a prior federal drug trafficking conviction for marijuana and that he had now advanced to kilogram …
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Doctor And Owner Of Bronx Clinics Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills Is Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

… of KEVIN LOWE, the owner of “Astramed,” a purported medical clinic with multiple locations in the Bronx, New … potent opioids, all under the guise of a legitimate medical clinic.  Instead of medical care, Lowe and others … working under LOWE’s direction wrote tens of thousands of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone, a highly …
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Van Zandt County Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Violations

… enforcement officers discovered a pistol, over 77 grams of marijuana and 329 grams of methamphetamine.  This case was …
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DEA launches “Secure Your Meds” winter campaign

… to clean out your medicine cabinets and secure unused medications. This one action can prevent medications from getting into the hands of children and …
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Staten Island Physician’s Assistant Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Massive Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… massive quantity of oxycodone out of a Staten Island-based medical clinic he oversaw. During a period of approximately … three years, in exchange for cash payments, Marchetta wrote medically unnecessary prescriptions for more than 125,000 … was able to diagnose and treat illnesses and prescribe medications. From at least 2012 until his arrest, Marchetta …
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Buffalo Doctor Charged With Unlawfully Prescribing Controlled Substances Resulting In The Deaths Of Six Patients

… controlled substances, other than for a legitimate medical purpose and not in the usual course of professional … substances that were prepared by persons who were not medically trained and issued by mid-level providers who had …
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Deputy United States Marshal One Of Three Indicted As Part Of Armed Robbery Crew

… three individuals at gunpoint of approximately 24 pounds of marijuana. This case is the product of an investigation by …
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Gregg County Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Violations

… arrest resulted in the seizure of $14,624 in cash, heroin, marijuana, and multiple firearms. Hearnsberger was indicted …