2 defendants have worked as company employees Five people, including two UPS Inc. employees, were arrested last week on...
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US: Identifying and Preventing Prescriber Identity Theft in the Digital Era
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertIdentifying and preventing prescriber identity theft in the digital era is a complicated but critical process for minimizing the...
NCDHHS Continues Fight Against Overdose Epidemic With overdose deaths in 2021 increasing 22%, the North Carolina Department of Health...
TX: Texas board charges 23 nurses in fake degree scheme as other students speak out
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe Texas Board of Nursing charged 23 people as part of the reverberations from “Operation Nightingale,” which uncovered a national scheme...
US: Tracking fentanyl’s deadly path from China to Mexico to ODs in America
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertFentanyl and other synthetic opiates were responsible for more than 71,000 fatal overdoses in the United States during 2021,...
LA: Accused drug dealer arrested after months-long investigation; allegedly sold meth laced with fentanyl
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThroughout the investigation, narcotics agents made undercover purchases of methamphetamine An accused drug dealer was arrested Thursday when a...
The amount of deadly counterfeit pills on the streets has skyrocketed. Fake prescription pills containing fentanyl have been on...
US: Prescription Pills Laced With Meth, Fentanyl Sold in Northern Mexico Pharmacies: Report
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertPharmacies in several cities in northwestern Mexico are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with deadly drugs like methamphetamine and...
US: FDA advisers vote in favor of making opioid overdose antidote available over the counter
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertIf the US Food and Drug Administration gives the go-ahead, a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote...
US: Vital Statistics Rapid Release: Provisional drug overdose death counts
Lisa McElhaney / / / News Alert, Research & PublicationsEarlier this week, the CDC released updated provisional drug overdose death counts based on data from the National Vital...