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Sunny Jamaica cast into shadow after new drugs bust
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Jamaica, sunlit home of the world's finest sprinters, was cast into shadow on Tuesday after confirmation that the Caribbean island's most successful female sprinter has failed a drugs test. Twice Olympic...Tags: Germany, Jamaica, World Anti-Doping Agency, Awards and Prizes, Beijing Games
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Salisbury doctor charged in New Jersey pill scheme
A Salisbury Township doctor faces charges in New Jersey that he allowed an associate to write bogus prescriptions for painkillers using his prescription pads. Dr. John Richard Manzella, 48, of the 1900 block of Lehigh Parkway North, is charged in Sussex...Tags: Prosecution, Internal Medicine, Justice System, Osteopathic Medicine, Adderall (drug)
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Mississippi leans on Google to crack down on illegal products
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mississippi's attorney general said on Tuesday he would subpoena documents from Google Inc as part of a probe into allegations the Web search company facilitated the sale of drugs without a prescription and other illegal products....Tags: Lawyers, Google Inc., Justice System, Prescription Drugs
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Athletics-Sunny Jamaica cast into shadow after new drugs bust
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Jamaica, sunlit home of the world's finest sprinters, was cast into shadow on Tuesday after confirmation that the Caribbean island's most successful female sprinter has failed a drugs test. Twice Olympic...Tags: International Olympic Committee, Caribbean Islands, Germany, Jamaica, World Anti-Doping Agency
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What we think: State owes answers for breach in pill database
Florida's pill mill database has sprung an embarrassing leak, a data breach of confidential information that threatens to undermine the public's already shaken confidence in a law enforcement tool that tracks prescriptions for painkillers and other...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Drugs and Medicines, American Civil Liberties Union
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Mark Whicker: Phil Mickelson bedeviled again
The Orange County RegisterARDMORE, Pa. Merion's 17th green and 18th tee lie in the most peaceful dungeon in the whole golf world. It was a rock quarry originally, and in the old days they called it the "Infernal Abyss." Late Sunday afternoon, when Phil Mickelson brought his hopes...Tags: Rory McIlroy, Golf, Payne Stewart, PGA Tour, U.S. Open (golf)
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Hagerstown pharmacist and owner of Russo's Rx pleads guilty to health care fraud
A Hagerstown pharmacist pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Baltimore to fraudulently selling powerful pain killers and billing Medicare and Medicaid for nearly $200,000 of the cost, the U.S. Department of Justice said. David Russo, 62, pleaded...
Tags: Methadone (drug), Government Health Care, Health and Medical Professionals, Trials, Alprazolam (drug)
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Agents raid Longwood pain clinic
Federal authorities raided a Longwood pain management clinic Friday, where at least one physician has already been investigated by the state for his prescribing practices. Agents searched Professional Pain Care on State Road 434, a clinic associated with...
Tags: Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Alprazolam (drug), General Practitioners, Soma (drug), Brevard County
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Man offers $100,000 bribe to Lauderdale cop, police say
— A 73-year-old man is being held on a $1.7 million bond after offering a police sergeant a $100,000 bribe in the aftermath of an undercover drug deal, a police report says. George Malden is accused of first selling 140 Dilaudid pills to an...
Tags: Clonazepam (drug), Alprazolam (drug), Corporate Crime, Bribery, Rentals
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University of Wash. study shows dramatic increase in heroin use in state
The Seattle TimesSEATTLE Prescription-drug abuse has fallen in Washington state, but heroin use particularly among those under age 30 has increased dramatically, according to a University of Washington report released Tuesday. In King County, overdose deaths involving...Tags: Substance Abuse, Hydrocodone (drug), Laws, Heroin, Drug Trafficking
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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: Jupiter, CVS Corp., Drugs and Medicines, Prescription Drugs, Pain
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Walgreen to pay record painkiller settlement
ReutersWalgreen has agreed to pay $80 million related to allegations it broke federal rules that govern how prescription painkillers are distributed, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said on Tuesday. The DEA said the settlement is the largest in its...
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