Rogue Pharmacists Feed Addiction

Published January 6, 2013

Rogue pharmacists feed addiction

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Rogue pharmacists are key enablers of drug abuse and an important source of supply for the illegal market. State officials who license and oversee pharmacies are overmatched by the scale of the problem. Prescription drug abuse has increased sharply …
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Prescription drug strike force carries on despite lack of direct funding

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Rick Scott created the strike force, which coordinates efforts among local law enforcement agencies with the FDLE, in March 2011 to combat prescription drug abuse and “pill mill” operators – doctors who set up pain clinics for the sole purpose of …
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