Michael Kent was sentenced to nine years for his role in an opioid distribution scheme involving over 1.2 million pills.

Phillip Nico says his longtime pain management doctor “intentionally misdiagnosed” his back pain in 2012 to prescribe ...

A New Rochelle physician plead guilty to selling thousands Of Oxycodone pills for cash, authorities announced on Tuesday.

A 39-year-old Idaho woman accused of stealing pain medication from patients while working at an assisted living facility in Kalispell in 2023 pleaded guilty in federal court last week.

The son of a high-ranking member of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel has been jailed after a police raid uncovered 42,000 ...

On Wednesday, a Santa Rosa County judge ordered doctor Elaine Sharp to be held without bond. There are no conditions in which ...

One U.S. based buyer had ordered what she believed to be oxycodone from an online pharmacy. Instead, she got fake pills made with fentanyl. Fentanyl is more powerful than oxycodone. “The pill ...

The rapidly expanding use of pill press machines has enabled lethal counterfeit pill manufacturing in neighborhoods across Massachusetts.

The defendant, Nicole Elice Anderson, 39, of Post Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining controlled substances ...

Leonbruno said the pills were allegedly laced with fentanyl. The sheriff said they were colored and marked to resemble the prescription pain medication oxycodone, also known by its brand name ...

Opioid withdrawal starts when you abruptly stop using opioids or in people who take opioids for pain long term. Here’s a ...

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