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Has war on pill abuse become war on pain patients?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel Blogs(Seems the gremlins have eaten my Sunday print column online, so I'm reposting it here...and feel free to share your stories below, if you're a pain patient who has run into recent difficult getting your prescriptions written by doctors or......Tags: Vicodin (drug), Drugs and Medicines, Internists, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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How much oxycodone does Florida consume?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIf you believe the numbers from the Drug Enforcement Agency, Florida has gone from consuming roughly 10 percent of the nation's oxycodone to 90 percent in just four years. The statistic is eye-popping, but is it true? The DEA says......Tags: Prescription Drugs, Rick Scott, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Tamarac pharmacy might sue BSO for defamation
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIt appears Tamarac city officials will not try to close a pharmacy that's been selling a lot of oxycodone, and the pharmacy has filed notice that it might sue the Broward Sheriff's Office for defamation. A public hearing tonight on......Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Miramar, Public Officials, Al Lamberti
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How easy are pain clinic pills?
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsHow easy is it to score powerful painkillers from the so-called ???pill mills??? that have mushroomed around South Florida? Not very, at least for me. A couple weeks ago, in preliminary legwork for a column, I visited three clinics. I......Tags: Dania Beach, Symptoms, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals
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'Big Brother' winner Adam charged with attempting to sell oxycodone pills
Reality CheckUnfortunately, Sarah is still on vacation, and I've only seen a handful of 'Big Brother' episodes. So, I have nothing witty or snarky to say about 'BB 9' winner Adam Jasinski, who, according to the Associated Press, was charged with......Tags: Massachusetts, Big Brother (tv program), Prosecution
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Bristol Palin's custody battle open: Tripp
The Swampby Mark Silva As the world (Alaska) turns: Comes word from the permafrost that the child identified only by pseudonym in an ongoing custody question in Alaska's courts is none other than baby Tripp. Son of Bristol Palin, teenage daughter......Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Bristol Palin, Alaska, Crimes
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Tragedies connect parents
Michelle Ross of Oklahoma City never followed the playing career of Erik Kramer, who was the Bears' quarterback in the mid-1990s. "I am not much of a sports person," she said. But after coming across a Tribune story about Kramer's late son, Griffen,...
Tags: Sports, National Football League, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Conditions, Crime, Law and Justice
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Rash mines gold in new collection
What I thought we had here was a failure to originate. While Ron Rash clearly hijacked a "Cool Hand Luke" outline for his short story "The Trusty," what transpires is less stealing and more shaping as Rash leads off his new collection of stories...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Theft
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Accused pill-mill docs keep getting wrist slaps
Last summer, after I wrote about prosecutors cutting a sweetheart deal with a doctor accused of writing prescriptions for more than 500,000 oxycodone pills, I heard from a lot of grief-struck parents. One woman mourned the suicide of her son, whose...
Tags: Justice System, Percocet (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Lawyers
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Kudos to lawyers holding a holiday party for foster children
Imagine playing Santa to 300 little ones — each of them hurting in some way. There is the 15-year-old basketball standout whose mother and sister moved to Louisiana without telling her, abandoning her. There is the infant born eight weeks ago...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Florida Hospital, Family, Holidays
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Girlfriend of Franklin County killer charged in connection with case
The girlfriend of a man convicted of murdering five people in Franklin County now faces criminal charges related to the case. Amanda Napier, 35, Connersville, has been charged with conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule II controlled substance. She&...
Tags: CVS Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Laws, Murder
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Secret deal for doctor weakens pill-mill fight
Last summer, when authorities raided the offices of Dr. Riyaz Jummani, they did so with breathless bravado. Agents claimed that they were shutting down one of the busiest and most dangerous pill mills in the state — one run by a man who wrote...
Tags: Orlando, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Prescription Drugs, Percocet (drug)
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Dec 6, 2012
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Dec 7, 2012
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Oct 25, 2012
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Aug 11, 2012
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