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DEA Announces Colorado, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

October 04, 2012
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
October 04, 2012
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

May 02, 2013
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
May 02, 2013
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Wheat Ridge Doctor Pleads Guilty For The Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

May 23, 2013
… doctors in our community are prescribing powerful pain medications not for medical purposes, but for their own …
May 23, 2013
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Nine Sentenced To Prison For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

September 09, 2014
… Rico and Massachusetts, posing as patients at various pain management clinics.  These “clinic patients” would …
September 09, 2014
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Doctor Sentenced For His Role In Operation Of Pill Mill

April 24, 2014
… enacted legislation in October 2010 requiring that pain management clinics be owned by licensed physicians. …
April 24, 2014
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DEA New England Field Division Collects A Record 43.4 Tons Of Prescription Drugs During The 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

May 11, 2016
… It is estimated that 10% of the drugs collected are opioid pain killers which would represent approximately 8,600 …
May 11, 2016
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Physician Arrested For Allegedly Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone And Falsely Billing Medicare In Undercover Probe

February 20, 2014
… oxycodone.  The agent further purported to have shoulder pain from a previous injury and to be on disability.  On …
February 20, 2014
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DEA New England Field Division Collects A Record 48 Tons Of Prescription Drugs During The 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

November 07, 2017
… It is estimated that 10% of the drugs collected are opioid pain killers which would represent approximately 9,600 …
November 07, 2017
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DEA And U.S. Attorney’s Office Launch Opioid Abuse Prevention Public Awareness Campaign

November 29, 2017
… selling and sharing opioids, including prescription pain pills.  Misusing prescription drugs is risky and …
November 29, 2017
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DEA Serves Order To Show Cause To Three Walgreens Pharmacies

November 27, 2012
… arrests and criminal actions against Florida doctors, pain clinic personnel, and individually owned pharmacies …
November 27, 2012
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DEA Serves Another Walgreens Pharmacy An Order To Show Cause

February 06, 2013
… arrests and criminal actions against Florida doctors, pain clinic personnel, and individually owned pharmacies …
February 06, 2013
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DEA Serves An Order To Show Cause On Walgreen’s Pharmacy In Fort Pierce

February 12, 2013
… pharmaceutical drugs at all levels whether it be a doctor, pain clinic, or a nationwide pharmacy chain.  Any registrant …
February 12, 2013
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DEA Administrator, Attorney General Announce Enforcement Efforts Against Illegal Prescription Drug Distributors In Florida

October 28, 2011
… in ending Florida’s role as the epicenter for rogue pain clinics in the United States.” “Today’s actions mark …
October 28, 2011
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Four Individuals Involved In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Are Sentenced

October 12, 2012
… for large amounts of oxycodone at unscrupulous pain clinics, commonly referred to as “pill mills.” …
October 12, 2012
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Jury Finds Florida Man Guilty Of Role In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring

May 14, 2013
… to obtain prescriptions for oxycodone from unscrupulous pain clinics, commonly referred to as “pill mills.”  The …
May 14, 2013
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Role In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring

March 13, 2014
… to obtain prescriptions for oxycodone from unscrupulous pain clinics, commonly referred to as “pill mills.” Gaudiosi …
March 13, 2014
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Owner Of MRI Machine Used At Opelika “Pill Mill” Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering Charges

July 08, 2016
… MRIs that were then used to support the prescribing of pain medication that was not actually necessary.  In return …
July 08, 2016
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Doctor Arrested And Charged With Using Patient Names Fraudulently To Obtain Controlled Substances

November 22, 2017
… the case, stated that Biddle is an anesthesiologist and pain management doctor who also operates a medical marijuana …
November 22, 2017
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Belchertown, MA Man Sentenced To 41 Months In Federal Prison

October 21, 2014
… commitment to ridding our streets of heroin and diverted pain medication.” “With the assistance of the Drug …
October 21, 2014
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Walgreens To Pay Federal Government $500,000 To Resolve Allegations Of Improperly Filling Prescriptions

August 04, 2011
… dangers of prescription drug abuse.” “Abuse of prescribed pain medications is a serious problem in Arizona and across …
August 04, 2011
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Amherst Doctor Pleads Guilty To Obtaining Controlled Substances By Fraud And Health Care Fraud

January 28, 2016
… in prison for illegally prescribing massive quantities of pain medications. And on Wednesday, Leyla Samadi was …
January 28, 2016
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Former Bellevue Resident Whose Hash Oil Extraction Caused Explosion, Fire & Death Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison

June 08, 2015
… woman described her month in a nursing home, her ongoing pain, and how she will never be able to run or play soccer …
June 08, 2015
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Boise Doctor Convicted Of Controlled Substance Delivery Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison

September 09, 2016
… practice to one catering to patients claiming chronic pain and seeking opioid narcotics. Many of Minas’s patients …
September 09, 2016
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Franklin And Cumberland County Drug Trafficking Conspirators Charged Federally In Connection With Local Man's Death

March 26, 2014
… and other drugs, including highly addictive prescription pain medications, into our communities." Gries, Forrester …
March 26, 2014
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Patriarch Of Family Drug Trafficking Ring Pleads Guilty

January 11, 2016
… morphine. It is typically administered to people in chronic pain, including end-stage cancer patients, and is also used …
January 11, 2016
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
October 04, 2012
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Marin Doctor Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Prescribing Oxycodone Outside The Usual Course Of Professional Practice And Without A Legitimate Medical Purpose

July 19, 2016
… wrote prescriptions for controlled substances at North Bay Pain Management Services and therefore maintained premises …
July 19, 2016
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Williamsville Doctor Pleads Guilty To Prescription Drug Charge

January 09, 2017
… the patient’s daughter whom Siddiqui knew was addicted to pain medication. The patient’s daughter was also a former …
January 09, 2017
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

May 02, 2013
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
May 02, 2013
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Orangevale Man Sentenced For Hydrocodone Distribution

October 02, 2012
… Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Hydrocodone is an opiate pain reliever found in such common medications as Vicodin, …
October 02, 2012