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Virginia Pain Doctor Gets Nearly 5-Year Term

“I totally turned around on that issue”

A pain-management doctor who prescribed massive amounts of opiates to patients at his northern Virginia clinic was sentenced Friday to nearly five years in prison.
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Valley doctor indicted in alleged OxyContin scam; DEA says he p...

A San Fernando Valley physician was so willing to write bogus prescriptions for pain medication in exchange for cash that drug dealers started shipping in homeless people from San Diego for him to see as…

London couple charged with trafficking

By Brad Hicks / Staff Writer A London couple was arrested last Wednesday on drug-trafficking charges.
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Octogenarian gets 5 years for selling OxyContin

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — An 81-year-old man has drawn a five-year sentence for illegally selling the powerful prescription pain reliever OxyContin.

Bust nets four arrests, guns and drugs

A second successful drug bust within three weeks has resulted in the arrest of four individuals allegedly distributing prescription medication into the community.
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Early-morning drug sweep nets 16

Officers from five agencies descended on a number of Madison County homes early this morning, serving warrants on more than a dozen people on a variety of felony prescription drug charges.
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Abuse of prescription drugs

“Access to prescription painkillers has never been easier”

Increasingly, drug abusers are getting their next fix from their medicine cabinets, instead of from drug dealers.
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Oxycontin Maker, Executives Fined $634.5M -- Courant.com

Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, and three of its executives were ordered to pay a $634.5 million fine today for misleading the public about the painkiller's risk of addiction.

Oxycodone at drug house arrest

At 10 a.m. Tuesday, a report was released showing Pinellas and Pasco counties last year saw more deaths caused by the painkiller oxycodone than any other area in the state.
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Dealers, family biggest sources of illegal prescription painkil...

Despite media reports of addicts getting prescription painkillers such as Oxycontin from the Internet, most of them are actually getting these drugs from family, friends or dealers, a new study finds.