Police claimed to find marijuana laced with fentanyl in Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana and New York There is an increase...
Alabama
Passing of NADDI Member End of Watch: March 11, 2023 Alabama State Board of Pharmacy Chief of Investigators Braden,...
AL: Pain Clinic Owners Sentenced for Unlawfully Distributing Opioids and Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud

Healthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Pill Mill A judge sentenced a Tennessee physician and his wife yesterday for...
LA: Fentanyl seized by New Orleans DEA office in 2022 enough to wipe out population of four states, officials say

More than 500,000 pills and over 600 pounds of power containing fentanyl were confiscated across the branch’s coverage area,...
AL: Former Montgomery Physician at the Center of an Oxycodone Prescription Scheme Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Prison

Healthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Pill Mill Yesterday, former physician D’livro Lemat Beauchamp, 56, of Montgomery, Alabama, was...
AL: One Alabama high school student dead, four in hospital after possible fentanyl exposure at school

The four hospitalized students are expected to recover from fentanyl exposure An Alabama high school student who died and...
TX: Pharmaceutical President and Company Guilty in Counterfeit Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Drug Trafficking – Counterfeit Cough Syrup A Florida-based pharmaceutical president has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in...
AL: Georgia Man Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for his Role in Oxycodone Prescription Scheme

At the time the conspiracy began, Beauchamp was a physician operating a medical practice in Montogmery, Alabama. On Tuesday,...
US: Meaning of “Good Faith” Efforts under Controlled Substances Act Determined by U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Ruling – “Good Faith” As reported by LAPPA (August 2022) Xiulu Ruan v. United States, U.S....
US: Justice Department Announces Enforcement Action Charging 12 Medical Professionals with Opioid Distribution Offenses

Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force Combats Unlawful Prescribing Amidst Continuing Opioid Epidemic The Department of Justice, together...