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Doctor demands federal agents return records seized in pain clinic raid
A South Florida doctor says he was "healing, not dealing" when federal agents raided the Hallandale Beach pain management clinic where he worked and seized his patient and business records. Two years later, Dr. John Bennett hasn't been charged with any...
Tags: Justice System, Hallandale Beach, Back Pain, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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Single tip led to Osceola drug case with more than 400 suspects in 18 counties
In the fall of 2011, an anonymous tipster set off one of Central Florida's largest recent drug cases by reporting Kissimmee residents dealing prescription painkillers. Months earlier, the pills had become harder to obtain when a new state law started...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), St. Cloud, Drug Trafficking, Hydromorphone (drug), Tampa
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Grand jury indicts W.Va. trooper on one felony count of fraudulent scheme
matthewu@herald-mail.comA West Virginia State Police trooper is accused of “fraudulent double-dipping” while working as a trooper. Johnathan D. Brand, 25, of 1327 Riddle Ave., #5, Morgantown, W.Va., was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury in Berkeley County...Tags: Alprazolam (drug), Prosecution, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Army
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Hyrdrocodone tops list as most-prescribed drug in W.Va.
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A powerful narcotic was the No. 1 prescribed drug among Medicare patients in West Virginia for 2010, and a Charleston neurologist was the top prescriber in the state. State doctors wrote 402,159 hydrocodone-acetaminophen...Tags: Levothyroxine (drug), Government Health Care, Statins (drugs), Physical Conditions, Prilosec (drug)
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Police chase results in meth arrest
Middlesboro Daily News, Ky.Anthony Cloud Staff Writer A police chase ended in an arrest Thursday. Bryan Scott Bogucki, 37, of Middlesboro, was arrested on several felony charges, including first-degree fleeing or evading police, two counts of first-degree possession of a...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Prosecution, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests
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Dozen indicted by Huron County grand jury
Norwalk Reflector, OhioA Huron County grand jury indicted 12 people on Friday. Here are their names and their charges. Allen E. Mobberly on one count possession of methamphetamine. Orre E. Shane on two counts trafficking in heroin, one count possession of heroin. Edward...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Murder, Heroin
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Fort Lauderdale pill mill doctor will go to prison
The doctor admitted there were clues that he was working at a Fort Lauderdale pill mill – his salary went up 400 percent, the "chaotic" waiting room overflowed with patients from out of town and he was told to give everyone the maximum number of...
Tags: Personal Income, Prisons, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Senate OKs medical marijuana; McCarter recalls daughter's drug-related death
Belleville News-DemocratDespite tearful opposition from a metro-east lawmaker, the Illinois Senate on Friday approved a bill allowing people to use marijuana to ease the pain of certain medical ailments. The bill would create a four-year pilot program, under which patients...Tags: Lebanon, Politics, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Pharmaceuticals, Pain
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Illinois Senate approves bill to legalize medical marijuana
Illinois has come within a signature of becoming the 19th state to allow marijuana use for medical purposes. On Friday, the state Senate voted 35-21 to approve a medical marijuana measure, which now will head for Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. The...
Tags: Politics, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Washington, DC, Marijuana Use, Government
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After emotional debate, Senate OKs medical marijuana
— Siding with patients who say cannabis is the only drug that can safely ease their chronic pain, the Senate sent Gov. Pat Quinn a measure Friday that would make Illinois the 19th state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. The issue sparked...
Tags: Aurora, Politics, Marijuana Use, HIV, Justice System
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BRIEF: Modesto man indicted on drug, weapons charges
The Modesto BeeA Modesto man faces federal drug and weapons charges in connection with the distribution of the painkiller Oxycodone, authorities said. A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday charging Banipal Bedjan, 45, with two counts of possession of...Tags: Prosecution
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Stolen handgun leads to charges for two local felons with histories of theft and drug possession
Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.Two convicted felons are back in jail after allegedly swiping a handgun from a family member's Central Point home and selling it earlier this week, police said. Kenneth Duane Vinzant Jr., 30, and Crystal Carol Hoyt, 29, were held in the Jackson County...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Firearms, Dwayne Johnson, Drug Trafficking, Prisons
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