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Four Ohio Physicians Lose Licenses To Prescribe Controlled Substances

May 17, 2011
… 362-0443 Doctors prescribed hundreds of thousands of opiate pain-killers in region hard hit by Rx abuse; Dr. Temponeras … both have worked at one time at Southern Ohio Complete Pain Management in Portsmouth, Ohio, and are responsible for …
May 17, 2011
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New Jersey Leaders Encourage Residents To Spring Clean Their Medicine Cabinet In The First New Jersey Prescription Drug Spring Cleaning Initiative

April 24, 2015
… that the death toll from overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade and … 40 people die every day from overdoses involving narcotic pain relievers. According to the White House Office of …
April 24, 2015
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DEA Sponsoring 11th National Prescription Take Back Day

April 26, 2016
… into a national program.  Easy access to these prescription pain relievers in the house is a leading cause of misuse and … new heroin users begin their addictions with prescription pain medications.  Getting these drugs out of the house can … due to abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.5 million Americans abuse prescription …
April 26, 2016
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Doctor Sentenced In White Plains Federal Court To Over 3 Years In Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

July 03, 2013
… accepted medical practice. Oxycodone is a powerful painkiller with a high potential for addiction and abuse. In … Preet Bharara stated: “The abuse of diverted prescription pain medication is the fastest growing drug problem in our …
July 03, 2013
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Nassau Doctor Sentenced to Up to 15 Years in Prison for Overprescription of Opioids that Led to Five Deaths

January 22, 2024
… history or exam. In some cases, he prescribed opioid painkillers at patients’ request to individuals he had never … nine times the recommended daily maximum dose of opioid painkillers. Sean Quigley, 31, a volunteer firefighter from …
January 22, 2024
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Federal Officials Participate In New Mexico Pharmacists Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting

January 25, 2015
… one way we will take on this epidemic is by educating medical professionals about how they can educate their … and the DEA in the New Mexico Pharmacists Association’s Med-Winter Meeting was undertaken under the prevention and …
January 25, 2015
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Jury Convicts Pain Clinic Doctor of Unlawful Drug Distribution, Money Laundering, and Filing a False Tax Return

June 23, 2023
… Jury Convicts Pain Clinic Doctor of Unlawful Drug Distribution, Money … medical doctor who owned and operated MD Care Clinic, a pain management clinic in Hillsborough County. Over a …
June 23, 2023
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Two Defendants Sentenced In Opioid Pill Mill Case

May 05, 2017
… in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and … seeking 30mg oxycodone pills.  Robertson offered to buy all the pills Robinson had for $16.00 per pill.  … 700 pills.  On March 3, 2014, Robertson agreed to buy 500 30mg oxycodone pills from Robinson.   This Organized …
May 05, 2017
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Prince Frederick Physician Indicted For Illegally Distributing Drugs And $3 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Related To His Pain Management Clinics

September 25, 2012
… And $3 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Related To His Pain Management Clinics September 25, 2012 Washington, DC … of drugs and health care fraud, in connection with pain management clinics he operated in Prince Frederick, …
September 25, 2012
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Riverhead Physician Assistant Arrested For Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

November 04, 2015
… distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. Also this morning, a search warrant was … James J. Hunt stated, “People who are addicted to opioid painkillers are forty times more likely to be addicted to …
November 04, 2015
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Former Bordentown physician charged with narcotics distribution and fraud

December 04, 2019
… whether his patients were benefitting from the prescription painkillers he routinely and repeatedly prescribed, or exploration of the underlying causes for their pain. He also maintained inadequate records on his patients …
December 04, 2019
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South Bay doctor sentenced to two years in prison for unlawfully distributing hydrocodone and committing health care fraud

October 22, 2019
… agreement, Aachi was a licensed physician who operated a pain clinic in San Jose and maintained a DEA registration … doctor to drug dealer when he prescribed highly addictive painkillers without a physical examination or legitimate …
October 22, 2019
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Justice Department Announces Settlement Agreement With Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Over Pharmacy Control Failures

July 08, 2016
… to take steps to verify that the high-dose, high-quantity painkillers “prescribed” were appropriate for the patients … on the job and was given a legitimate prescription for pain medication.  Washington State’s Department of Labor and …
July 08, 2016
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Judge Sentences St. Louis Drug Dealer Known to Carry a Gun During Drug Deals

April 01, 2021
… distributor known to carry a firearm. One source confirmed buying methamphetamine daily from Burns-Jackson over a six-month period. The other source confirmed buying methamphetamine from Burns-Jackson over a two-month …
April 01, 2021
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37 Alleged Members And Associates Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate ArrestedDefendants Charged With Trafficking Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Prescription Drugs, And Laundering Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Narcotics Proceeds

July 13, 2011
… 40 kilograms of cocaine per month for distribution in Spain. According to the government’s pleadings and other … highly addictive prescription medicine used to treat severe pain, and during the past year distributed thousands of … illegal drugs, including highly addictive oxycodone painkillers, into thousands of lives and subjected …
July 13, 2011
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Two New Jersey Pharmacists Charged With Illegally Distributing Oxycodone And Other Pain Killers

November 14, 2016
… Charged With Illegally Distributing Oxycodone And Other Pain Killers November 14, 2016 New Jersey Contact Info …
November 14, 2016
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St. Petersburg Doctor Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Illegally Prescribing Pain Medications

September 05, 2012
… Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Illegally Prescribing Pain Medications September 05, 2012 Miami Contact Info …
September 05, 2012
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Two Doctors Face Federal Charges For Supplying Drug Trafficking Gang Members With Narcotics Prescriptions

August 29, 2016
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … Oparah and Ridgill with illegally prescribing the powerful painkillers (best known as Vicodin or Norco) and (for … “The powerful drugs in this case, which include addictive painkillers, can kill users who abuse them,” said United …
August 29, 2016
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CVS To Pay $3.5 Million To Resolve Allegations That Pharmacists Filled Fake Prescriptions

June 30, 2016
… prescriptions for controlled substances - mostly addictive painkillers - more than 500 times between 2011 and 2014.  In … stream of illegal opiates on the black market.  Diverted painkillers are contributing to the devastating opioid …
June 30, 2016
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DEA Omaha Division encourages awareness of prescription medication abuse

March 01, 2019
… for increased measures including surgery and prescription pain medication.  As the number of opioid overdose deaths … like morphine and codeine.  They include legal prescription pain relievers, such as oxycodone (Percocet®, OxyContin®), … Community Outreach Specialist Erin Payne at 402-964-7986 or email her at Erin.K.Payne@usdoj.gov . On …
March 01, 2019
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Pharmacy Tech Charged With Tampering With Opioids

September 25, 2017
… was charged today with tampering with vials of opioid painkillers used in the compounding of intravenous fluid … willing to subject terminal cancer patients to intolerable pain in order to feed his own addiction,” Town said. “This …
September 25, 2017
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DEA and FDA warn website operators illegally offering opioids for sale

September 30, 2019
… Divyata , Euphoria Healthcare Pvt Ltd. , JCM Dropship and Meds4U .   The DEA and FDA urge these operators to …
September 30, 2019
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Pinellas Pain Management Doctor Indicted For Distributing Controlled Substances Outside Usual Course Of Professional Practice, Which Resulted In Deaths Of Patients

January 07, 2015
… Pinellas Pain Management Doctor Indicted For Distributing Controlled … their personal residence and the office building where the pain clinic is located, as well as to fund an investment …
January 07, 2015
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DEA Makes Undercover Purchases Of Synthetic Drugs

June 02, 2015
… agreed to pay $23,500 in civil penalties, costs and other relief.  Additionally, the Office of the District Attorney … Beach, for an injunction, civil penalties and other relief related to the sale of Spice.  The cases arise from a …
June 02, 2015
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Man from Albuquerque pleads guilty to federal armed robbery of medical products and drug charges

February 11, 2021
… held the employees at gunpoint and demanded opioid painkillers, anxiety pills and money from behind the …
February 11, 2021
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Yields Record-Setting Results

May 06, 2016
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … misuse and abuse of these medicines, including the opioid painkillers that accounted for 20,808 drug overdoses-78 a … out of 10 new heroin users began by abusing prescription painkillers and moved to heroin when they could no longer …
May 06, 2016
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How to Properly Dispose of Your Unused Medicines

October 04, 2018
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How to Properly Dispose of Your Unused Medicines Publication Drug Prevention October 04, 2018 Unused or expired prescription medications are a public safety issue. The Drug Enforcement Administration provides guidance on the right way to dispose of unused …
October 04, 2018
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Health Care Center Nursing Supervisor Arrested And Charged With Selling Hydrocodone And Other Pain Killers

October 18, 2013
… Arrested And Charged With Selling Hydrocodone And Other Pain Killers October 18, 2013 New York Contact Info Contact …
October 18, 2013
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Texas doctors are served temporary restraining orders from illegally prescribing highly addictive opioids

May 10, 2019
… the United States sought and the court granted immediate relief through a temporary restraining order.   In a civil … the temporary restraining order. Along with injunctive relief, the United States seeks civil monetary penalties.   …
May 10, 2019
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Former Oregon Dentist Pleads Guilty in Federal Drug Case

July 13, 2022
… Charges for Fraudulently Obtaining Millions in COVID-19 Relief Funds PORTLAND, Ore. —A former Clackamas, Oregon …
July 13, 2022