Recent Posts in Oxycodone 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 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 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 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 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 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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