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Kathleen Miles

Shocking Prescription Drug Ring

HuffingtonPost.com | Kathleen Miles | Posted 10.19.2012 | Los Angeles
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A federal grand jury has charged 16 defendants with running an Oxycontin trafficking operation in Southern California in a superseding indictment anno...

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Regulating Pain Pills: How Do We Decide Who Gets What?

Peter Abaci, M.D. | Posted 06.17.2012 | Healthy Living
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Peter Abaci, M.D.

People feeling overwhelmed by their pain shouldn't be in line at pill mills or get treated like they are going through airport security. They should have a place to go where they can learn how to overcome what really ails them.

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Florida Claims Success In 'Pill Mill' Crackdown

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012 | Healthy Living
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By Jane Sutton MIAMI, March 14 (Reuters) - Florida's year-old crackdown on "pill mill" clinics has made significant strides in combat...

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The War Over Prescription Painkillers

Radley Balko | Posted 03.30.2012 | Politics
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Radley Balko

To the extent that there is any problem at all with painkiller abuse and overdoses, it's due more to a decade of aggressive policing, obstinate federal law enforcement agencies, and the encroachment of law enforcement into the practice of medicine than lax government oversight.

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Dr. Nathan Kuemmerle, Busted For Running "Pill Mill," Bragged About Celeb Patients

radaronline.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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A doctor who was arrested by federal agents for suspicion of conspiring to illegally distributor highly addictive prescription drugs without a legitim...

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