South FL: transitioned from “pill mills” to untold number of questionable “sober houses”

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Opioid Treatment Scam May Be Coming to Your State https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/10/07/opioid-treatment-scam-may-be-coming-to-your-state FREDERICK, Md. – Donna Johnson, a working mother of four who lives in a quiet upscale neighborhood in suburban Maryland, is determined to thwart an insidious addiction treatment scam that’s spreading across the country. It ensnared her son, then 21, in Florida five years ago […]

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The DEA made more than 8,850 seizures worth $539 million in 2017

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Lawsuit: DEA seizes father’s life savings at airport without alleging any crime https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2020/01/16/lawsuit-dea-seizes-fathers-life-savings-at-airport-without-alleging-any-crime/ A woman who was attempting to transport over $82,000 of her father’s life savings on an airplane had the cash seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) without any crime being alleged, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The Washington Post reports […]

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