04-18-2019, 05:13 PM
Another bust April 17/19----- was one in Detroit recently.......
.....""Sixty doctors and other medical professionals across seven US states are facing federal charges for illegal opioid sales, in what prosecutors say is the biggest pill bust in American history.
The doctors gave out more than 350,000 prescriptions for 32 million pills – which could provide a dose of opioids to “every man, woman and child,” in the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and West Virginia, according to Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) assembled a special team of 300 agents to handle the investigation. This Appalachian Regional Prescription Strike Force started making arrests on Wednesday across eleven states, mostly in rural areas of Appalachia.......""
<< All good to get the bad actors out of the picture, but these things leave a lot of legitimate patients out to dry......>>
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.....""Sixty doctors and other medical professionals across seven US states are facing federal charges for illegal opioid sales, in what prosecutors say is the biggest pill bust in American history.
The doctors gave out more than 350,000 prescriptions for 32 million pills – which could provide a dose of opioids to “every man, woman and child,” in the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and West Virginia, according to Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) assembled a special team of 300 agents to handle the investigation. This Appalachian Regional Prescription Strike Force started making arrests on Wednesday across eleven states, mostly in rural areas of Appalachia.......""
<< All good to get the bad actors out of the picture, but these things leave a lot of legitimate patients out to dry......>>
Folken