Healthcare Facility Drug Diversion and Fraud. The Dept. of Justice is filing criminal charges against ten people who run...
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FL: Florida Poison Control: 40 hospitalized for severe bleeding after taking ‘spice’ in Hillsborough County
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertAn uptick in synthetic marijuana use in Hillsborough County has landed 40 people in the hospital for severe bleeding...
FL: Federal Jury Convicts Florida Man for Role in Defrauding FDA and Distributing Designer Anabolic Steroids Labeled as Dietary Supplements
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesBoccuzzi is the 11th defendant convicted in connection with Blackstone Labs LLC, a Boca Raton company that sold millions...
OH: Former Toledo Physician Sentenced for Sex Trafficking and Drugging Victims
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesThe defendant meticulously planned his attacks, including which controlled substances to pull from his medical office so that he...
FL: Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Distributing Opioids at His Pain Management Clinic
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesA Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday to unlawfully distributing opioids at his pain management clinic in Miami, Florida. According...
FL: Federal Court Orders Tampa Pharmacy to Close in Case Alleging Unlawful Opioid Distribution
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe court enjoined WeCare Pharmacy, its pharmacist owner, pharmacy technician and a related corporate entity, from ever owning, managing...
Dan Zsido, the Trainig and Education Director of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, says the Pinellas is...
FL: Gulfstream Park Suspends Five Trainers For Violating Clenbuterol Policy
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe drug is designed to treat airway obstruction but can have anabolic steroidal effects Gulfstream Park has suspended five...
FL: Former Martin County Sheriff’s deputy Stephen O’Leary faces years in prison after no contest pleas entered
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertAccording to O’Leary’s arrest warrant, some of the substances he said were narcotics was sand, mint remnants and other...
A new law will raise the state’s legal age to vape and smoke tobacco from 18 to 21, a...