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Florida Doctor Convicted In Kentucky For Illegally Prescribing 600,000 Pain Pills

December 18, 2012
… Convicted In Kentucky For Illegally Prescribing 600,000 Pain Pills December 18, 2012 Detroit Contact Info Contact Us … jury convicted a Florida doctor of conspiring with a pain clinic owner and others to illegally prescribe hundreds …
December 18, 2012
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APRN Admits Receiving Kickbacks From Drug Company For Prescribing Pain Medication

June 23, 2015
… Receiving Kickbacks From Drug Company For Prescribing Pain Medication June 23, 2015 New England Contact Info … as an Advanced Practice Registered (APRN) at Comprehensive Pain and Headache Treatment (CPHTC) located in Derby.  As …
June 23, 2015
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New England Doctor Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy

May 29, 2025
… illegal prescribing practices. During the conspiracy, Khan emailed a co-conspirator a press release from the United … for medical professionals who are prescribing scheduled meds [irresponsibly], etc.” In light of this, Khan warned …
May 29, 2025
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Visalia Doctor Indicted For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

June 10, 2013
… Oxycodone, also known as “oxy,” is a narcotic analgesic or painkiller and is classified as a Schedule II controlled … Lortab, Lorcet, and Norco. “Addiction to prescription painkillers is a very serious problem. Diversion of such …
June 10, 2013
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Dr. Gerald Ratinov And 18 Others Arrested In Illegal Pain Management Clinic Operation

March 29, 2011
… Dr. Gerald Ratinov And 18 Others Arrested In Illegal Pain Management Clinic Operation March 29, 2011 Houston …
March 29, 2011
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Five indicted for running a pill mill in Hamilton

June 29, 2018
… of Cincinnati, owned and operated Cincinnati Centers for Pain Relief in Hamilton, Ohio from March 2013 through … as such, it allegedly operated almost exclusively as a pain clinic. The 114-count indictment alleges patients were …
June 29, 2018
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Pain Management Doctor Arrested In Health Care Fraud Cases

June 30, 2017
… Pain Management Doctor Arrested In Health Care Fraud Cases … Dr. Tarabein operated the Eastern Shore Neurology and Pain Center, a private clinic in Daphne, Alabama where he …
June 30, 2017
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51 Arrested In Major Heroin Takedown

June 10, 2015
… recent new heroin users had previously abused prescription pain relievers.  The reasons an individual shifts from one … on the streets during the course of enforcement, such as a buy-walk, or buy-bust operation. Fentanyl cases in 2014 have been …
June 10, 2015
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Two Mobile Pain Doctors Convicted After Seven-Week Trial

March 02, 2017
… Two Mobile Pain Doctors Convicted After Seven-Week Trial March 02, 2017 … R. Brown. Ruan and Couch jointly owned and operated two pain management clinics under the name Physicians Pain …
March 02, 2017
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Selling Fake Pain Pills Containing Fentanyl

September 21, 2023
… County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Selling Fake Pain Pills Containing Fentanyl September 21, 2023 St. Louis …
September 21, 2023
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San Diego Pharmacy Pays $105,000 Penalty for Illegitimately Dispensing Opioids

January 20, 2022
… only fill prescriptions that are written for a legitimate medical purpose while acting in the usual course of … that overdose risk is elevated in patients receiving medically prescribed opioids, particularly those receiving … other things, tracking MMEs advances better practices for pain management by reinforcing the need to consider …
January 20, 2022
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Doctor Arrested For Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Overdose Victim: Pain Management Clinic Shuttered

November 21, 2011
… For Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Overdose Victim: Pain Management Clinic Shuttered November 21, 2011 New York … sold prescriptions for controlled substances from a pain management clinic he operated in Flushing, Queens. The …
November 21, 2011
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Kentucky Pain Clinic Owners Plead Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

April 26, 2013
… Kentucky Pain Clinic Owners Plead Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing … General jointly announced today that two eastern Kentucky pain clinic owners will be sentenced in September after …
April 26, 2013
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Pain clinic owner pleads guilty to tax evasion and money laundering

February 04, 2020
… Pain clinic owner pleads guilty to tax evasion and money … According to the plea agreement, Wynne owned and operated Pain and Wellness Clinic (“PWC”), a pain management clinic …
February 04, 2020
DRUG FACT SHEET

Opium

January 22, 2025
Narcotics (Opioids)
Opium is a highly addictive non-synthetic narcotic that is extracted from the poppy plant, Papaver somniferum. The opium poppy is the key source for many narcotics, including morphine, codeine, and heroin.
January 22, 2025
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Pharmacist And A Pharmacy Technician Indicted For Conspiracy To Illegally Distribute Prescription Drugs

December 29, 2015
… that they conspired to illegally distribute opioid painkillers and other controlled substances.  A federal … nation in the number of per capita prescriptions for opioid painkillers,” Vance said. “Medically necessary use of …
December 29, 2015
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Operation Avalanche

April 07, 2017
… Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Millions of Narcotic Painkillers Pumped Onto Black Market, Millions Fraudulently …
April 07, 2017
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Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcements Launched In New York

October 29, 2015
… 46 people die each day from an overdose of prescription painkillers in the United States.  The rate of prescription …
October 29, 2015
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Doctor, Pharmacist And Call-Center Manager Found Guilty In Massive Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

November 16, 2012
… Thirteen people convicted in DEA investigation that sent Rx painkillers to all 50 states. CLEVELAND - A federal jury … company that illegally distributed millions of prescription painkillers, including hydrocodone and alprazolam, to drug … and mydoctorconsultonline.com, to solicit customers to buy hydrocodone and other pills without valid prescriptions, …
November 16, 2012
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Former Amherst Pain Doctor Going to Prison for Illegal Prescribing and Defrauding Medicare

June 18, 2021
… Former Amherst Pain Doctor Going to Prison for Illegal Prescribing and … 2013 and May 2017, the defendant, while working as the pain management doctor at the Hens Pain Center in Amherst, …
June 18, 2021
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Seven Arrested In Major New York City Prescription Forgery Ring

January 23, 2017
… Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Pumped Nearly $3 Million in Painkillers Onto the Black Market: Ringleaders Face Charge …
January 23, 2017
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Heather Morgan Sentenced For Making False Statements To Federal Law Enforcement In Breakthrough Pain Management Investigation

October 13, 2015
… False Statements To Federal Law Enforcement In Breakthrough Pain Management Investigation October 13, 2015 Atlanta … customer files during the investigation of the Breakthrough Pain Management (Breakthrough) in Maryville, Tenn.  The …
October 13, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Medical Professionals Performed Perfunctory Exams On Longshoremen And Filled Scripts For Narcotics In Elaborate Scheme To Rip Off Insurance Companies

December 18, 2013
… in the scam, which involved the prescription of painkiller oxycodone STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Special Agent in … that is exactly what happened here, longshoremen abusing painkillers prescribed to them by a pill peddling doctor and …
December 18, 2013
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Pain Management Doctor Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

November 23, 2021
… Pain Management Doctor Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion November … which he operated a medical practice, specializing in pain management, at locations located in Manhattan, Long …
November 23, 2021
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Colorado Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Tramadol

June 07, 2023
… to distribute Tramadol. Tramadol is an opioid used for pain relief and is classified as a Schedule IV controlled …
June 07, 2023
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San Antonio Drug Dealer Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Fatal Fentanyl Distribution

September 07, 2023
… as progress and that they can find some measure of relief through our justice system. I also thank our law … to the Bove family. While we realize nothing eliminates the pain and grief they have endured, we hope the knowledge that …
September 07, 2023
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Medical Director of Baltimore County Pain Management Clinic Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone

January 24, 2023
… Medical Director of Baltimore County Pain Management Clinic Sentenced for Conspiracy to … with his operation of Rosen-Hoffberg Rehabilitation and Pain Management Associates, P.A., where he was Medical …
January 24, 2023
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Dental assistant sentenced to 19 months in prison for unlawful prescription pain pill distribution

June 17, 2019
… sentenced to 19 months in prison for unlawful prescription pain pill distribution June 17, 2019 New Jersey Contact Info … in prison for unlawfully distributing prescription opioid pain medication in the Philadelphia and South Jersey areas. … for sale, including muscle relaxers and medications for pain management, erectile dysfunction and anxiety. In …
June 17, 2019
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Kentucky Physician Charged With Prescribing Pain Medications That Resulted In The Deaths Of Five Patients

June 18, 2015
… Kentucky Physician Charged With Prescribing Pain Medications That Resulted In The Deaths Of Five … announced today that a physician charged with prescribing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of five …
June 18, 2015
DOCUMENT

Joseph T. Rannazzisi: The War on Drugs Meets the War on Pain: Nursing Home Patients caught in the Crossfire

March 24, 2010
Testimony
… Joseph T. Rannazzisi: The War on Drugs Meets the War on Pain: Nursing Home Patients caught in the Crossfire … Joseph T. Rannazzisi: The War on Drugs Meets the War on Pain: Nursing Home Patients Caught in the Crossfire …
March 24, 2010