GENERAL INFORMATION

Los Angeles News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Residents Charged with Using Forged Prescriptions to Obtain Painkillers at Pharmacies April 21, 2009 Owner of Numero Uno …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

Los Angeles News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Residents Charged with Using Forged Prescriptions to Obtain Painkillers at Pharmacies April 21, 2009 Owner of Numero Uno …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

October 17, 2016
… due to abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.4 million Americans age 12 and over-2.4 …
October 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

October 24, 2017
… and anonymous, no questions asked. “Disposing of leftover painkillers or other addictive medicines in the house is one …
October 24, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

April 25, 2016
… due to abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.5 million Americans abuse prescription …
April 25, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Convicted at Trial for Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

January 19, 2024
… Morales, 72, of Weston, Florida, established a purported pain management clinic in which he issued prescriptions for … of them had criminal records relating to drug dealing. A pain medicine expert witness testified that none of the … for the use of benzodiazepines, such as alprazolam. The pain medicine expert also testified that the combination of …
January 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Chicago Field Division Hosts National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 25

October 22, 2025
… are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  For more information or to find a …
October 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Gastonia Pharmacist Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

July 09, 2025
… of the highly addictive and commonly abused narcotic pain medication oxycodone, to a pharmacy customer who did …
July 09, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Homicides in Buffalo Down Over 50% Following Implementation of VIPER

September 09, 2021
… possess firearms and ammunition; Individuals who unlawfully buy, sell, or traffic (or attempt illegally to buy, sell or traffic) guns; and Violent criminals and drug …
September 09, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

April 21, 2014
… of prescription (22,134, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers) than from motor vehicle accidents, says the …
April 21, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Second of Two Defendants Sentenced in Scheme to Steal, Sell Drugs from Nursing Home Patients

April 19, 2021
… while Gibson was sentenced in March. “The distribution of pain pills for non-medical reasons continues to be a major … those who traffic these addictive and sometimes deadly pain medications.” “All too often, the source of …
April 19, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Tampa doctor pleads guilty to distributing opioids outside DEA registration

July 13, 2018
… resigned from the VA in June 2017 and began working at a pain management clinic in Tampa, without first obtaining a … August 2017 through March 7, 2018, while working at the pain management clinic, Abraham wrote more than 2,000 …
July 13, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-Agency Working Group Addresses Heroin Problem In Colorado

April 06, 2017
… employed. Seventy percent of respondents said prescription pain killers played a role in their decision to use heroin. … they might not have used heroin if they had never taken pain pills, had different friends or had more education …
April 06, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Cincinnati Man Receives 12 Year Prison Sentence For Oxycodone Distribution Scheme

May 29, 2014
… from Ohio to Florida, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Kansas pain clinics to obtain and fill oxycodone prescriptions; … oxycodone.  He was responsible for directing trips to pain clinics in Florida, in which numerous individuals from …
May 29, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Settlement

July 11, 2017
… the distributors then supplied various U.S. pharmacies and pain clinics, an increasingly excessive quantity of … distributors to independent and small chain pharmacy and pain clinic customers.    The government also alleged that …
July 11, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Head Of New Haven-Area Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Federal Prison

April 04, 2013
… ring that trafficked in oxycodone, a powerful prescription pain killer. This matter stems from “Operation Big Blue,” a … for large amounts of oxycodone at unscrupulous pain clinics, commonly referred to as “pill mills.”  He also …
April 04, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Alabama Doctor Arrested For Unlawful Distribution Of Prescription Drugs And Money Laundering

May 12, 2016
… Dr. Ritchea with writing prescriptions for Schedule II pain medications-such as hydrocodone and methadone-knowing … used the proceeds of his pill mill to purchase Schedule II pain medication-specifically, hydromorphone and …
May 12, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

MS-13 Gang Members Indicted For Six Murders On Long Island

July 15, 2020
… Sweeney. “But it means a tremendous amount of relief to the communities on Long Island they've terrorized …
July 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown

June 30, 2025
… these devices on his website and used them in his pain management practice. Bhatti allegedly advertised to … that it treats cancer, AIDS, arthritis, and lower back pain, and improves weight management, sexual stamina, … backs, toes, and scalps, many reported it to be the worst pain they had ever experienced. To disguise his unapproved …
June 30, 2025
STORY

DEA and Federal Partners Support Continuity of Patient Treatment

December 28, 2023
… abruptly stop taking the medication or they may experience painful withdrawal symptoms. The program works with state …
December 28, 2023
DOCUMENT

2014 National Drug Threat Assessment

November 01, 2014
Publication
… leading cause of injury death in the United States. Rogue pain management clinics (commonly referred to as pill mills) …
November 01, 2014
GENERAL INFORMATION

New Orleans News 2005

July 15, 2021
… Conference  APR 12, 2005 Federal Authorities Arrest Pain Management Clinic's Owner/Operator And Physicians-Seize …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Civil Penalty Settlement Reached With Georgetown Pharmacy

July 13, 2011
… Substances Act by distributing methadone, a Schedule II painkiller subject to strict regulatory handling and …
July 13, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. And Chinese Drug Enforcement Agencies Meet On Synthetic Opioid Efforts

September 29, 2016
… further bilateral cooperation. Fentanyl, a synthetic opiate painkiller, and related compounds are often mixed with …
September 29, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s Third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Collects 188.5 Tons

November 03, 2011
… for Disease Control and Prevention, enough prescription painkillers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every …
November 03, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Bakersfield Doctor Indicted For Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances

November 04, 2011
… 2009 and October 2011, Ruiz prescribed and distributed the painkiller hydrocodone for no legitimate medical purpose and …
November 04, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

West Haven Woman Who Diverted Narcotics from Dying VA Medical Center Patients is Sentenced

December 22, 2024
… of a braindead patient after claiming she observed him in pain and having a seizure.  She introduced fentanyl to this … for a patient not formally assigned to her, and diverted pain medication from him before he died. In order to cover …
December 22, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Clinic Office Manager Sentenced for Operating $1.2M Pill Mill Scheme

December 12, 2023
… Jomori Health and Wellness (Jomori), a purported Houston pain management clinic, as a pill mill. Lightner, owner of … care. Individuals needing access to primary care or pain management service can find a new provider through a …
December 12, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Physician Sentenced for $1.2M Pill Mill Scheme

December 04, 2023
… Jomori Health and Wellness (Jomori), a purported Houston pain management clinic, as a pill mill. Lightner, who was … care. Individuals needing access to primary care or pain management service can find a new provider through a …
December 04, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

March 02, 2021
… lives due to opioid overdoses from fentanyl, prescription pain pills and other illicit street drugs.  Furthermore, … No family or individual should have to experience such pain,” said Special Agent in Charge Cheri Oz.  “And that is …
March 02, 2021