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Opioid prosecutors continue to be focus of Southern District task force

… Three defendants recently pled guilty, including two medical professionals SAVANNAH, Ga. – Three people, including two medical professionals, are among defendants recently …   In addition, Jamie Mays, 24, of Hinesville, Ga., a former medical assistant at a Bryan County pain clinic, awaits …
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Federal Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order Prohibiting Tampa-Area Clinic from Distributing Opioids and Other Prescription Drugs

… Christopher Ferguson and Patricia Ferguson, used Phoenix Medical Management Care Centers Inc., a Tarpon Springs, … alleges that drug toxicity played a role in those deaths. “Medical clinics that facilitate the unlawful use of opioids …
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Federal Court Orders Clinic to Close, Physician and Clinic Owners to Pay $600,000 for Alleged Unlawful Opioid Distribution

… wrote prescriptions for opioids without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional … “Physicians who prescribe opioids without a legitimate medical purpose and outside of the usual course of … from unlawfully prescribing opioids without a legitimate medical purpose,” said U.S. Attorney for the Middle District …
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Doctor Pays $153,000 to Resolve Allegations of Overprescribing Opioids at his Escondido Clinic

… may write prescriptions for opioids only for a legitimate medical purpose while acting in the usual course of their … opioids in accordance with recognized and accepted medical standards.  Indeed, public health experts have long … that overdose risk is elevated in patients receiving medically prescribed opioids, particularly those receiving …
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DEA and Local Partners Host 18th National Drug Takeback on October 26th from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

… to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medications from the nation’s homes, where they are … and provides the community an outlet to dispose of unwanted medications in an environmentally friendly manner.   For the … – in addition to tablets, capsules, patches, and other medications in solid forms – at any of its drop off …
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Retired Cadott, Wisconsin physician to pay $70,000 to resolve controlled substances prescribing, recordkeeping violations

… other CSA violations. Dr. Bowe owned and operated Cadott Medical Center (CMC ) in Cadott. A majority of his patients … 100 opioid dependent patients for opioid use disorder with medication-assisted treatments, such as the FDA-approved …
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Arizona Residents Dispose Of Over Three Tons Of Prescription Drugs In Third Statewide Take-Back Event

… announced that over 6,000 pounds of unwanted or expired medications were collected during the third Prescription … enough prescription painkillers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every American adult around-the-clock for one …
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Doctor, Nurse Practitioner, And Nurse Plead Guilty In Montgomery “pill Mill” Case

… mill” prosecution arising out of a now-closed Montgomery medical office, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant … and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. That medical practice was known as “Family Practice” and was …
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Kentucky Pill Mill Owner Convicted On 21 Counts – Including Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… his corporate fronts- Double D Holdings, LLC and S and R Medical Enterprises, LLC. These entities, controlled by … patients for as little as three minutes, before prescribing medication. Testimony also revealed that when some doctors …
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DEA Louisville Announces 360 Degree Strategy

… of Medicine, and representatives from the law enforcement, medical, and substance abuse prevention and treatment … law enforcement, drug prevention, drug treatment, and the medical community, to attack this problem from a holistic … and push for responsible prescribing and use of these medications throughout the medical community. Community …
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23 Years In Prison For “Dr. Khan”

… arose from the operation of the defendant’s fraudulent medical practice known as Compassionate Doctors. The medical practice purported to be a visiting physician’s … A doctor must act in good faith in prescribing these medications. These powerful and addictive drugs in the …
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Owner/Operator Of GenPharm Pharmacy In Dallas Area Pleads Guilty

… Andrews, a doctor of osteopathy who supervised the McAllen Medical Clinic on South Hampton in Dallas, were ordered to … in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and then …
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Perry County Pharmacist Arrested On Federal Drug Charge

… “All DEA registrants have an obligation to ensure that medications are getting into the hands of legitimate … was nonetheless necessary to stop the flow of prescription medications to persons who obtained them without a valid … medications are dispensed without appropriate oversight by medical professionals and subsequently are not used …
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Doctor And Wife Guilty Of Tax Evasion; Millions Of Amphetamine Based Pills Illegally Dispensed At Area Weight Loss Clinics

… the amphetamine-based controlled substances as weight loss medications to patients without performing physical examinations or any medical tests, and without reviewing patients’ records, … dispensed to patients on a daily basis. In dispensing the medications, Rakesh Anand and Saraiya failed to determine …
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Leader Of Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

… Mr. Jones undermined the efforts of several medical doctors by forging prescriptions. Today we are proud … people in this country are addicted to prescription pain medications.” “Worse, people are dying in vast numbers …
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Doctor Charged With Selling Prescriptions For Addictive Narcotics And Money Laundering

… Cham wrote at various locations, including his medical offices in La Puente and Artesia. The drugs involved … enforcement partners, we continue to aggressively target medical professionals who act as drug traffickers cloaked in …
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Manhattan Doctor Charged With Writing Thousands Of Illegal Prescriptions

… was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging medical doctor Martin Tesher, 81, of Manhattan, New York, … opioids such as oxycodone, without a legitimate medical purpose. Tesher was arrested earlier today in … alleged in the complaint, the defendant operates a family medical practice in Manhattan. Between June 2012 and January …
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Dr. Michael Belfiore Of Merrick, New York Indicted In Overdose Deaths Of Two Young Men

… whether a dealer, or a doctor.  There is no excuse for medical professionals to engage in drug trafficking, … young men,” stated Acting United States Attorney Rohde. “Medical professionals who issue prescriptions without a …
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Large-Scale Distributor Of Unapproved Foreign Prescription Drugs Indicted

… drugs through his United Kingdom-based company, World Medical Limited.  The indictment alleges that, as a … of co-conspirators who sold non-FDA-approved drugs to medical practices across the United States.  Quinn’s …
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Former Health Minister Of Guyana, Dr. Noel Blackman, Sentenced For Running “Pill Mill” In Long Island

… 682-6256 NEW YORK -   - Noel Blackman, who practiced as a medical doctor and was the former Health Minister of Guyana … oxycodone dosages to persons whom he knew had no legitimate medical need for that highly-addictive drug. As described in … were addicted to oxycodone. Blackman has forfeited his medical license and will no longer be allowed to practice …
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Doctor Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Unlawfully Distributing Opioids and Soliciting Sexual Favors from Patients

… in prison for distributing opioids without a legitimate medical reason and soliciting sexual favors from patients in … 1, 2012, through May 3, 2018, Santiamo owned and operated a medical practice in Staten Island focused on internal … course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. For some of his patients, there was no …
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Dental assistant sentenced to 19 months in prison for unlawful prescription pain pill distribution

… prison for unlawfully distributing prescription opioid pain medication in the Philadelphia and South Jersey areas.   … quantities of oxycodone pills from at least three different medical professionals.   Between April 2018 and June 2018, … representations that she could obtain other prescription medications for sale, including muscle relaxers and …
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Wisconsin Naturopathic Practitioner Sentenced to Twelve Months’ Imprisonment for Unlawful Prescribing of Controlled Substances

… practice, over at least a four-year period, of prescribing medications, including controlled substances such as Adderall, without a medical license or a DEA registration. According to court … was never licensed to practice medicine or prescribe medications in Wisconsin. Despite lacking the authority and …
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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 Chicago Division … and alleviate addiction by safely disposing of prescription medications that sit idle in the home,” said DEA Acting …
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Suburban Chicago Woman Sentenced to 1 Year for Writing Fraudulent Opioid Prescriptions

… that an administrative assistant at a suburban Chicago medical practice has been sentenced to a year in federal … as an administrative assistant at Hinsdale Orthopaedics, a medical practice in Westmont, Ill. Biesiada was not a licensed physician and could not lawfully prescribe medications without the direction and approval of licensed …
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Wisconsin Dentist Pleads Guilty to Oxycodone Diversion Charge

… and their employees are trusted to handle pharmaceutical medications responsibly.  When these practitioners divert potent pain medications for illegitimate purposes, they sabotage the … will continue to investigate and prosecute unscrupulous medical professionals,” remarked Milwaukee Drug Enforcement …
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DEA’s response to COVID-19

… to ensure Americans continue to have access to necessary medications and controlled substances.  DEA’s efforts … to patients for whom they have not conducted an in-person medical evaluation.  DEA-registered practitioners may … there is an adequate supply of controlled substances and medications in the United States during the COVID-19 …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday October 27

… 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight … drug take back program to encourage the safe disposal of medications. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day has …
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners To Collect Unwanted Prescription Drugs On April 28

… residents have disposed of more than 200,000 pounds of medications since the program began in 2010.  This … epidemic by disposing of unused, unwanted, or expired medications from their homes.  This has the potential of … public’s help to help dispose of these unused and unwanted medications.” In 2016, more than 64,000 Americans died from …
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America Responds To National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… part to drop off unused, unwanted, or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug … and overdose deaths plaguing this country due to opioid medications. Complete results for DEA’s fall Take Back Day …