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Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Record Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs And For Recordkeeping Violations

July 11, 2017
… clinics, an increasingly excessive quantity of oxycodone pills without notifying DEA of these suspicious orders. …
July 11, 2017
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Phenix City Man Sentenced To 35 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Weapons Possession

August 12, 2013
… amount of cocaine powder, bags of crack cocaine, bags of pills which were later determined to be BZP, bags of …
August 12, 2013
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Doctor Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy Several Co-defendants Sentenced Last Week

July 29, 2013
… in court: Oxycodone is the active ingredient in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, Roxicodone and Percocet. It is a …
July 29, 2013
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U.S. Marshals Joint Operation Nets 240 Fugitives And Seizes Guns, Drugs, And Money

June 03, 2016
… hollow point ammunition, and large quantities of marijuana, pills, and heroin.  Also seized were two illegally owned …
June 03, 2016
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McKesson Pays Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Pharmaceutical Drug Orders Including Opioids

January 17, 2017
… an increasing amount of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, frequently misused products that are part of the …
January 17, 2017
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9 Arrested For Operating International Steroid Distribution Ring

February 22, 2017
… manufactured by the defendants into both liquid and pill-form steroids. The finished steroid product was then …
February 22, 2017
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DEA Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 34 Individuals Including Physicians And Pharmacists For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Controlled Substances

December 01, 2011
… orders against all the registrants involved has shut down a pill mill clinic working outside the scope of acceptable …
December 01, 2011
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Tinley Park Couple Indicted For Illegally Dispensing Controlled Substances And $750,000 In Tax Fraud

August 04, 2011
… patients who purchased two or three month’s supply of the pills with cash or a credit card. The indictment states that …
August 04, 2011
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Largest Settlement In DEA History: McKesson Pays $150 Million

January 17, 2017
… penalizes McKesson, which distributes millions of opioid pills every year, for lax oversight and imposes tough …
January 17, 2017
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Lawrence Man Indicted In Connection With Major Drug Trafficking Operation

September 22, 2015
… to educate prescribers, pursue illegal drug traffickers and pill mills, and expand access to recovery and treatment …
September 22, 2015
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DEA 360 Degree Strategy Partnerships Target Violent Drug Traffickers And Gang Members In Wisconsin

May 27, 2016
… 600 grams of cocaine, and 2000 diverted prescription opiate pills.  In the City of Milwaukee alone, about 46 arrests …
May 27, 2016
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Kinston Man Sentenced In Operation “No Quarter”

August 29, 2013
… 40 kilograms of cocaine, two pounds of marijuana and 1,000 pills of ecstasy from 2009 until October 6, 2010 when Fogg …
August 29, 2013
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Museum Of Science And Industry To Host DEA Exhibit

June 16, 2011
… trends from the cocaine cowboys of the 70’s and 80’s to the pill mills of today. This exhibit not only explores …
June 16, 2011
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DEA Hosts 122 Collection Sites On Saturday, April 30 Th For Drug Take-Back

April 25, 2011
… will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
April 25, 2011
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
… and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Shortly after DEA’s first Take-Back Day event …
October 04, 2012
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Houston Doctor Convicted For Distributing Prescription Narcotics

July 27, 2016
… a pharmacist, dispensed the drugs. Witnesses testified the pill are sold for approximately $40 each on the street. The …
July 27, 2016
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SoCal Doctor Charged With Illegally Writing Prescriptions For Addictive Narcotics And Laundering Proceeds Of His Drug Dealing

April 10, 2014
… the “maximum” allowable number of extra-strength Vicodin pills. Based on review of the undercover recordings and …
April 10, 2014
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31 Dealers Arrested In Drug Sweep In Yonkers, NY

October 31, 2017
… of heroin, cocaine, crack-cocaine, and prescription pills were purchased from these street level drug dealers …
October 31, 2017
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Civil Complaint Filed Against Islip Terrace Doctor For Issuing Prescriptions Without Legitimate Medical Need

November 06, 2014
… oath to do no harm when he continued to prescribe oxycodone pills to patients after being alerted of their failed drug …
November 06, 2014
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Amherst Doctor Arrested For Distributing Controlled Substances And Obtaining Prescriptions By Fraud

April 15, 2015
… for pain medication, he was abusing the prescription pills himself. As a health care professional, Dr. Cowie …
April 15, 2015
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Three California Men Sentenced For Leading A Large Scale Juneau Oxycodone Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracy

June 25, 2014
… transport, and sale of tens of thousands of oxycodone pills in the Juneau area. Thomas laundered over 1.5 million …
June 25, 2014
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DEA Hosts Its Sixth Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day April 27 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

April 24, 2013
… opportunity these Take-Back Day events provide to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
April 24, 2013
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DEA’s Seventh Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 29, 2013
… and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Shortly after DEA’s first Take-Back Day event …
October 29, 2013
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DEA Sponsors 7th National Prescription Take Back Day

October 24, 2013
… will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
October 24, 2013
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“2fly” Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Bronx Murder In Connection With Racketeering Conspiracy

November 07, 2016
… cocaine, but also sold powder cocaine and prescription pills, such as oxycodone.  2Fly members and associates …
November 07, 2016
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DEA Announces 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

October 26, 2017
… over 8.1 million pounds -- more than 4,050 tons -- of pills. The Take-Back initiative addresses a vital public …
October 26, 2017
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Arizona To Host Second Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

March 08, 2011
… will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
March 08, 2011
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Doctor Who Supplied Oxycodone Ring Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 36 Months In Prison

December 19, 2012
… established that approximately 11,000 oxycodone pills were obtained through health care fraud and …
December 19, 2012
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Justice Department Announces Settlement Agreement With Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Over Pharmacy Control Failures

July 08, 2016
… Cancer Care (SCCA) relating to losses of more than 96,000 pills of oxycodone between 2011 and 2013.  SCCA …
July 08, 2016
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

March 21, 2011
… will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
March 21, 2011