Recent Posts in Oxycodone Trafficking Miami Category
Posted on Feb 25, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A doctor who worked at St. Mary's Medical Center in Palm Beach was sentenced Friday to 6-1/2 years in prison for his alleged role in a massive illicit prescription drug network organized by two ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2012 By Eric Matheny
According to the Palm Beach Post , Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) will brief reporters Thursday on the agency's strategy for fighting the state's prescription-drug epidemic for ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2012 By Eric Matheny
According to the Miami Herald , thousands of narcotic pills, including oxycodone and hydrocodone were stolen and unaccounted for at the Broward County Office of the Medical Examiner and Trauma ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A combination of tough new laws and a high-profile crackdown is chipping away at Florida's dubious distinction as the nation's leading illicit source of powerful prescription painkillers for ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Eric Matheny
One of the 24 people involved in major ring of alleged prescription drug peddlers owns a pharmacy at Government Center in downtown Miami that was trafficking in oxycodone . The pharmacy's owner ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2011 By Eric Matheny
According to the Miami Herald , Miami police, in conjunction with the DEA and Florida Department of Health, arrested the owner of a small pharmacy and his two employees, accusing them of selling ...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Florida's Governor Rick Scott was in Fort Lauderdale Friday morning where he signed a new law aimed at controlling the state’s “ pill mills ”. “Florida will shed its title as the Oxy Express,” said ...
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Posted on May 17, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Today's Miami Herald features an editorial that sums up why South Florida has become a popular destination for out-of-state visitors seeking oxycodone . In South Florida there are approximately 183 ...
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Posted on May 12, 2011 By Eric Matheny
NBC Miami reports that a veteran Miami-Dade police officer was arrested this past week for allegedly obtaining illegal prescriptions for medications. He has been charged with trafficking in oxycodone ...
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Posted on Mar 24, 2011 By Eric Matheny
CBS 4 reports that agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration stormed a rumored pill mill in Northwest Miami-Dade Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation. The pain clinic, located ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The Miami Herald reports that recently-elected Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that one of her priorities is to go after so-called "pill mills." She has been quoted as saying, ...
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Posted on Oct 17, 2010 By Eric Matheny
Trafficking in oxycodone (OxyContin) is arguably the most serious trafficking offense in the State of Florida. That is because the penalties for trafficking in oxycodone are among some of the toughest ...
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Posted on Jul 30, 2010 By Eric Matheny
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has issued statements regarding their investigations into prescription drug trafficking . Texas Man Arrested for South Florida Prescription Drug ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2010 By Eric Matheny
Yet again, Broward's Sun-Sentinel newspaper has provided coverage of oxycodone trafficking , this time in Vero Beach, Florida. Today's Sun-Sentinel (July 28, 2010) features a story about an undercover ...
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Posted on Jul 10, 2010 By Eric Matheny
Recently, I posted a Sun-Sentinel article dealing with a rise in the number of oxycodone (OxyContin) and alprazolam (Xanax) deaths in Broward County. However, just yesterday, the Sun-Sentinel featured ...
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Posted on Jul 1, 2010 By Eric Matheny
I often discuss trafficking in prescription drugs on this blog. Drugs such as oxycodone (OxyContin), alprazolam (Xanax) , and hydrocodone (Vicodin) are strictly regulated in the State of Florida. ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2010 By Eric Matheny
With the recent news craze regarding "pill mills," the Miami-Dade Police and the Broward Sheriff's Office have cracked down heavily on possession of OxyContin , and other prescription drug crimes. A ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2010 By Eric Matheny
I wrote a previous post about Trafficking in Oxycodone to highlight the seriousness of the charge. It's no joke. In Miami and Broward, and all throughout the State of Florida for that matter, ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2010 By Eric Matheny
With statistical data showing staggering numbers of people serving time in state prisons for drug possession, many states have adopted the idea of Drug Court. In Miami and Broward, Drug Courts are in ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2010 By Eric Matheny
In recent years, prescription drug abuse has become a hot button issue, especially with the Florida Legislature. For that reason, the crime of trafficking in prescription drugs has become one of the ...
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