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Monmouth County, N.J., Doctor Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Distribution And Conspiracy

… admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute the medication illegally. Jacqueline Lopresti, 52, of Fair … has a high potential for abuse. It has a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions. Abuse of the drug may … for drugs containing oxycodone, outside the usual course of medical practice and not for any legitimate medical purpose. …
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New Jersey Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Scheme To Illegally Distribute Pharmaceutical Drugs

… in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone for no legitimate medical purpose and beyond the bounds of medical practice between January 2009 and June 2012.   … for abuse. Demand for oxycodone-based prescription pain medication has grown to epidemic proportions in the United …
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New York Doctor Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For Oxycodone Distribution And Conspiracy

… participation in a conspiracy to illegally distribute the medication. Dr. Hassan Lahham, 55, of New York, previously … for drugs containing oxycodone, outside the usual course of medical practice and not for any legitimate medical purpose. The prescriptions were filled at various …
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12,000+ Pounds Of Prescription Meds In New Jersey Turned In

… Nationally, 731,269 pounds-almost 366 tons of prescription medications were collected. This was the 12th National Take … surrendered more than 168,000 pounds, or 84 tons of medications, during the 12 Take Back events.  Special … New Jersey residents played their part in removing unwanted medications from their homes. Last week we collected about …
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Pill Mill Doctor Found Guilty

… and dispense Oxycodone and Alprazolam, not for legitimate medical purposes, and not in the usual course of … 20 years in federal prison, the forfeiture of his Florida Medical License, his DEA registration and money seized …
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DEA Nashville District Office To Hold 14th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… 29, 2017, yielded 25, 594 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 Columbia District Office To Hold 14th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… April 29, 2017, yielded 7,404 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 14th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… 29, 2017, yielded 26,420 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 Division Office To Hold 14th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… April 29, 2017, yielded 9,635 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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Guilty Plea By Hartford Man To Distributing Heroin That Resulted In Middletown Overdose Death

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts …
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New York Plastic Surgeon To Pay $150,000 To Settle Allegations Under The Controlled Substances Act

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … Schedule II Narcotic drug, outside the course of her normal medical practice.  The 15 prescriptions, which were filled …
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Dracut Pharmacy Settles Improper Dispensing And Recordkeeping Allegations

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … hundreds of pills in the pharmacy’s inventory, including medications at high risk of diversion, such as oxycodone and … failed to maintain invoices, document substituted medications, and account for medications that customers did …
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Falmouth Doctor Convicted Of Tax Evasion, Illegal Drug Distribution And Health Care Fraud

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … resided in Florida and had her fabricate and send him phony medical bills so that he could write off about $3 million in …
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Maine Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Tax Evasion, Illegal Drug Distribution, Healthcare Fraud

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … resided in Florida and had her fabricate and send him phony medical bills so that he could write off about $3 million in …
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Doctor Receives 30 Years To Life In Prescription Drug Overdose Case

… Tseng, licensed to practice in 1997, opened a storefront medical office in Rowland Heights in 2005.  During the time … and addictive drugs unabated.  Tseng sometimes kept no medical records of visits or patient prescriptions.  In many …
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Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose, and five counts of distributing Oxycodone … instructed the confidential source on how to write the medical information on prescriptions that Barsoum knew were … that same doctor, that the prescriptions were valid and the medication could be dispensed. In all, Barsoum is …
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Connecticut Pharmacies Pay $90,000 To Settle Allegations Under The Controlled Substances Act

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … to ensure that the prescriptions were issued for a medically appropriate reason, failed to verify that …
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Connecticut Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone, Other Controlled Substances

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … that a vast majority of these prescriptions were for medications that contain oxycodone, and that Katsetos …
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Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

… collected 23,329 (more than 12 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. When added to the … Take-Back events, nearly 100,000 pounds of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. A total of … the general public about the potential for abuse of these medications. The DEA’s Take-Back events are a significant …
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DEA Applauds the Repeal of the X-Waiver

January 17, 2023
… in our power to save lives,” said Administrator Milgram. “Medication for opioid use disorder helps those who are … preventing overdoses. At DEA, our goal is simple: we want medication for opioid use disorder to be readily and safely …
January 17, 2023
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Pharmacist Sentenced to More Than 14 Years in Federal Prison for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy and for Murder for Hire

… the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose.  On December 17, 2020, Robinson pleaded … Robinson also told the source to include non-controlled medications on the same prescriptions in order to evade law … the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. On October 27, 2018, Baltimore City’s …
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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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DEA RMFD Hosts 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… in thousands of pounds of unneeded, unwanted, or expired medications,” said RMFD Special Agent in Charge David … with an easy, accessible way to rid their homes of medications that could pose a threat if misused – resulting …
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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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Staten Island doctor pleads guilty to illegally distributing oxycodone

… Anderson, a state licensed doctor, pled guilty to writing medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone.  Anderson … to patients he knew had no legitimate medical need for the medication, including his co-defendant Arthur Grande, who …
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Richland business owner sentenced to more than 28 years for falsifying human clinical research trials

… trial and at sentencing, Sami Anwar, who is not a licensed medical doctor, would pose as a doctor and forge the … to assist him in committing the fraud including falsifying medical records and data to admit dozens of ineligible … medical patients of his medical center, disposing of study medications by shooting them down the drain and then falsely …
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Las Vegas Doctor Arrested And Charged With 29 Counts Of Unlawful Distribution Of Fentanyl And Health Care Fraud

… prescribed Subsys to a patient without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional … deaths that we are suffering today. Sadly, some trusted medical professionals like doctors, nurses, and pharmacists … to opioid hotspots around the country: to help us find the medical fraudsters who are flooding our streets with drugs. …
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Arizona Residents Dispose Of Over 6 Tons Of Prescription Drugs

… drawers. On April 27th, 13,069 (6½ tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at … events, more than 48,000 (24 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. “We are … responsible methods for disposing of controlled-substance medications.  Prior to the passage of the above-cited Act, …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers

… substances to customers in Florida with no legitimate medical need for the drugs NEW YORK -  Carl J. Kotowski, … New Jersey to customers in Florida who had no legitimate medical need for the drugs.   All the defendants were … Paul Wiseberg, Lana Wiseberg, and Kalaba, none of whom is a medical professional, purchased and operated pharmacies in …
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Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of More Than 10,000 Oxycodone Pills, Resulting In One Known Death

… oxycodone.  As alleged, the doctor, Alfred Ramirez, sold medically unnecessary prescriptions for over 10,000 … Ramirez, who is alleged to have prescribed over 10,000 medically unnecessary oxycodone pills over a four-year …