US Supreme Court Sides with Doctors Challenging Opioid Convictions June 28, 2022 By Nate Raymond The US Supreme Court on Monday made it harder for prosecutors to win convictions of doctors accused of running “pill...
Opioid Maker Insys’ Founder, Others Lose Appeals of Convictions August 26, 2021 By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel BOSTON — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the jury convictions of Insys Therapeutics Inc founder John Kapoor and...
Walmart Must Turn Over Files on Alleged Opioid Mishandling October 7, 2020 By Jef Feeley Walmart Inc. must disclose some internal files related to alleged mishandling of opioid painkillers sold through the company’s in-store pharmacies,...
Chronic Pain Sufferers Plead for Nuanced Approach to Opioids February 26, 2018 By JUSTINE GRIFFIN, Tampa Bay Times Will Michele Jacobovitz get out of bed today? That depends on how many painkillers she has left in her monthly...
International Opioid ‘Pill Mill’ Busted January 23, 2018 Two people in Italy and five U.S. residents have been charged in a fraud and drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute...
Armed With New Data, Feds Target ‘Drug-Dealing’ Doctors January 2, 2018 By SADIE GURMAN The pain clinic tucked into the corner of a low-slung suburban strip mall was an open secret. Patients would travel...
Massachusetts Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty to Overprescribing Opioids March 17, 2017 By DENISE LAVOIE At Dr. Fathalla Mashali’s pain management clinics, the waiting rooms were often so packed with patients that people sat on...
Texas Officials Want Drug Database Moved From DPS January 8, 2015 Some Texas lawmakers say prescription drugs can be bettered monitored by moving the state’s database out of the Department of...
Florida Prescription Database Will Keep Running May 7, 2014 Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is keeping the state’s prescription drug database up and running after state legislators decided against...
Indictments for 3 Involved in New Orleans ‘Pill Mill’ Scheme February 26, 2014 Three people, including a doctor and a former police officer, have been indicted on federal charges of operating pain clinics...