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Arrest of California Doctor Coincides with Uptick in Prescription Drug Overdoses – Sacramento Bee

Arrest of California Doctor Coincides with Uptick in Prescription Drug OverdosesSacramento Bee10, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — The arrest on 01/05/2012 of Santa Barbara physician Dr. Julio Diaz has brought into sharp focus the upsurge of accidental overdose deaths from prescription…

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Arrest of California Doctor Coincides with Uptick in Prescription Drug Overdoses – MarketWatch (press release)

Arrest of California Doctor Coincides with Uptick in Prescription Drug OverdosesMarketWatch (press release)10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The arrest on 01/05/2012 of Santa Barbara physician Dr. Julio Diaz has brought into sharp focus the upsurge of accidental overdose deaths…

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California doctor linked to drug deaths arrested for trafficking commonly … – Washington Post

Los Angeles Times California doctor linked to drug deaths arrested for trafficking commonly …Washington PostFor some physicians at a Santa Barbara hospital it wasn't the arrest of Dr. Julio Diaz on federal drug trafficking charges that surprised them, but the…

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California doctor linked to drug deaths arrested for trafficking commonly … – Washington Post

Los Angeles Times California doctor linked to drug deaths arrested for trafficking commonly …Washington PostA California doctor linked to a string of drug deaths and dubbed the “Candy Man” was arrested by federal agents on charges of trafficking huge quantities…

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Appeals court denies prescription license to convicted doctor – Salt Lake Tribune

Appeals court denies prescription license to convicted doctorSalt Lake TribuneDespite knowing that the DEA was investigating his office, MacKay gave the undercover patient prescriptions for 90 tablets of OxyContin, 120 tablets of oxycodone, 30 tablets of Ambien and 60 tablets…

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Utah doctor gets 20 years in prison in prescription pill case – Salt Lake Tribune

Deseret News Utah doctor gets 20 years in prison in prescription pill caseSalt Lake TribuneLost in the campaign to promote MacKay's character, Wirick said Monday in a standing-room only courtroom, are the victims whose lives MacKay destroyed by carelessly prescribing…

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Canadian doctor avoids jail for bringing unapproved meds into U.S. – CBSSports.com

Globe and Mail Canadian doctor avoids jail for bringing unapproved meds into U.S.CBSSports.comBUFFALO, NY — A Canadian sports doctor sought out by superstar athletes for help in healing from injuries avoided more prison time Friday for bringing unapproved and mislabeled…

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Phony Mt. Lebanon doctor charged anew in ‘pill mill’ case – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

MyFox Philadelphia Phony Mt. Lebanon doctor charged anew in 'pill mill' casePittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSteven Massof, the Mt. Lebanon man who admitted to passing himself off as a doctor and performing illegal abortions, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday…

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Philly doctor charged with murder in illegal abortion case is now accused of … – Washington Post

National Right to Life News Philly doctor charged with murder in illegal abortion case is now accused of …Washington PostHis pain management business was so brisk, according to the indictment, that Gosnell added another phone line at the Women's Medical…

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Report: Doctor arrested in pill mill case tried to enter jail with contraband – Tampabay.com

Report: Doctor arrested in pill mill case tried to enter jail with contrabandTampabay.comDr. William Crumbley had just been arrested along with two other people on charges they ran an unlicensed prescription pill mill. As Crumbley was being booked Tuesday into…

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Paintsville doctor admits he wrote illegal prescriptions for 50000 pills – Lexington Herald Leader

Paintsville doctor admits he wrote illegal prescriptions for 50000 pillsLexington Herald LeaderA doctor who worked in Johnson County admitted Monday that he illegally wrote prescriptions for 50000 pain pills. Richard W. Albert, 64, pleaded guilty in US District Court in…

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Paintsville doctor admits he wrote illegal prescriptions for 50000 pills – Lexington Herald Leader

Paintsville doctor admits he wrote illegal prescriptions for 50000 pillsLexington Herald LeaderA doctor who worked in Johnson County admitted Monday that he illegally wrote prescriptions for 50000 pain pills. Richard W. Albert, 64, pleaded guilty in US District Court in…

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Pr. William doctor charged with selling oxycodone prescriptions – Washington Post

MyFox Washington DC Pr. William doctor charged with selling oxycodone prescriptionsWashington PostA doctor has been arrested on charges of selling pain medication prescriptions out of his Triangle office for cash, an operation Prince William County police said put nearly 8000…

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Elected officials throw support behind Brigham City doctor convicted of … – Salt Lake Tribune

Elected officials throw support behind Brigham City doctor convicted of …Salt Lake TribuneAsked why he wrote a letter on MacKay's behalf, knowing that a jury had convicted the man for crimes that included responsibility for the death of a patient…

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Doctor sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption, health care fraud and … – Detroit Free Press

Doctor sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption, health care fraud and …Detroit Free PressIn February 2010, when Medicare stopped paying Washington, she started peddling highly addictive pain pills on the street, authorities said. Specifically, she wrote prescriptions for…

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More patients come forward, allege fake Fla. doctor pumped toxic materials … – Washington Post (blog)

Sydney Morning Herald More patients come forward, allege fake Fla. doctor pumped toxic materials …Washington Post (blog)MIAMI — Several possible victims have come forward alleging a woman posing as a Florida doctor and promising buttocks enhancement pumped their behinds with…

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