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Walgreens agrees to record-breaking $80M fine to settle Florida oxycodone probe
Walgreens has agreed to pay a record-breaking $80 million penalty to resolve a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration investigation into the company's dispensing practices in Florida, including at an Oviedo pharmacy. The DEA in September banned a Walgreens...
Tags: CVS Corp., Drugs and Medicines, Vicodin (drug), Oviedo, Prescription Drugs
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Judge Denies Special Probation Program To Doctor
The Hartford CourantA doctor accused of giving out prescription drugs to cash-paying addicts so readily that he was called "The Candy Man" was denied acceptance into a program that could have kept him out of prison Monday. Judge David Gold ruled that the charges against...Tags: Valium (drug), Prescription Drugs, Alprazolam (drug), Clonazepam (drug), Old Saybrook
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Accused pill-mill docs keep getting wrist slaps
Last summer, after I wrote about prosecutors cutting a sweetheart deal with a doctor accused of writing prescriptions for more than 500,000 oxycodone pills, I heard from a lot of grief-struck parents. One woman mourned the suicide of her son, whose...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Pam Bondi, Prosecution, Punishment
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Central Kentucky drug addicts turning to heroin
smojica@amnews.comNow that law enforcement officials and doctors have cracked down on the abuse of prescription painkillers, a growing number of central Kentucky drug addicts are turning to heroin. “We’ve been finding heroin here, and officers in Lincoln...Tags: Vicodin (drug), Chemical Industry, Prisons, Pharmaceuticals, Substance Abuse
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Fatal drug overdoses in U.S. increase for 11th consecutive year
Fatal drug overdoses have increased for the 11th consecutive year in the United States, new data show. According to a research letter published Tuesday from the National Center for Health Statistics, 38,329 people died of drug overdoses in the United...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, American Medical Association, Lorazepam (drug), Valium (drug), Prescription Drugs
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Doctor from Lowry City is charged with writing prescriptions without state permit
ghartley@schurz.comOSCEOLA, Mo. -- A family doctor from Lowry City is accused of writing prescriptions for more than two years without having a valid state permit to do so. The St. Clair County prosecuting attorney filed 16 felony charges against Dr. John Ure on Monday...Tags: Trials, Valium (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners, Dilaudid (drug)
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Bel Air man who sold Oxycodone gets 10 years in prison
A Bel Air man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to selling prescription drugs on dozens of occasions, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Ronnie Stocks, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and...
Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Prescription Drugs, Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice
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Drug overdose: the quiet epidemic
For all the attention that violent crime gets in the media, the average American is much more likely to die from another largely preventable tragedy. Fatal drug overdoses have risen sharply in recent years. In Congress this month, Maryland Rep. Donna F....
Tags: American Medical Association, Health and Medical Professionals, Health Organizations, Symptoms, Food and Drug Administration
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Is it time to roll the joint?
HealthYears ago, when I was a student at Penn State, a NORML activist cornered me and tried to talk me into supporting the “legalize marijuana” cause. Keep in mind that this was many years before the state of California approved the use of medical... -
Grand jury indicts O.C. parents who allegedly planted drugs
L.A. NOWKyle Wycliffe Easter, 38, and Jill Bjorkholm Easter, 39, each face one felony count of conspiracy to procure false arrest and charging of the volunteer, false imprisonment and conspiracy to falsely report a crime, according to a statement from the... -
Irvine parents plead not guilty to planting drugs on PTA leader
L.A. NOWThe Irvine parents accused of planting drugs in the car of a PTA president and school volunteer -- who they believed had treated their son poorly -- pleaded not guilty Monday to charges related to conspiracy and false imprisonment.... -
Two charged in burglary at Funkstown residence
Two Hagerstown residents were charged with burglary and other counts in connection with a breakin at a home in Funkstown on Sunday night, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said. Paul Tierney, 24, of no fixed address, was charged with one count...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Prosecution
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