U.S. Supreme Court Mulls ‘Pill Mill’ Doctors’ Opioid Convictions April 8, 2022 By Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with the circumstances under which doctors can be convicted of operating as drug...
Texas Pharmacy and Pain Clinic Operators Arrested for Illegally Dispensing Opioid Pills December 22, 2021 Three Houston-area pharmacists, a doctor, and a pharmacy technician have been arrested for allegedly running three pharmacies and two clinics...
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Doctor Pleads Guilty for 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...
Alabama Pain Management Doctors Convicted in Pill Mill Case March 1, 2017 Two doctors who operated a pain management clinic on the Alabama coast are facing time in federal prison after being...
Tennessee Doctors Sued for Operating Pill Mill, Defrauding Government March 28, 2016 The United States government and the state of Tennessee have sued a Lenoir City chiropractor and a Manchester doctor, accusing...
Study: Florida’s Crackdown on ‘Pill Mills’ Linked to Fewer Painkiller Overdose Deaths December 22, 2015 A crackdown on Florida’s “pill mills” – clinics dispensing large quantities of prescription painkillers often for cash-only and without proper...
Mississippi Doctor Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Prescription Pill Ring October 8, 2015 A Waveland, Miss., doctor accused of running a prescription pill mill has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute...
DEA ‘Operation Pilluted’ Nets 280 Drug Trafficking Arrests in 4 States May 22, 2015 The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and federal prosecutors have made 280 arrests in what they call an “unprecedented enforcement...
Texas Officials Want Drug Database Moved from DPS January 9, 2015 Some Texas lawmakers say prescription drugs can be bettered monitored by moving the state’s database out of the Department of...
Florida ‘Pill Mill’ Doctor Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison January 9, 2014 A South Florida doctor has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for his role in a...