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Treatment for former nurse charged with drug thefts
ELYRIA - A former nurse at Mercy Medical Center in Lorain charged with stealing pain medication has been granted drug treatment and intervention in lieu of conviction.Mary C. Howard, 36, faced felony charges in connection with allegations that she stole injectable Dilaudid, according to court documents.None of the three elderly patients involved ... (more)
Police: Nurse steals pain medication from Norton Audobon Hospital
A Louisville nurse is accused of stealing pain medication from Norton Audobon Hospital.
Prescription drugs: The downward spiral
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The sad truth about prescription drug abuse
Today, Christina, who doesn't want her real name published, is 25 years old, extremely pretty and in perfect shape.
60-year-old Warren woman charged with intent to distribute oxycodone
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Hamilton man arrested; prescription drug task force investigates
The Butler County regional narcotics taskforce received information that Richard D. Mincher of Hamilton, was selling hydromorphone, oxycodone pills and other prescription medication.
Man sentenced following no contest plea
A Ponchatoula man will spend the next 25 years in prison for dealing drugs while he was out on bond for other drug charges.
Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces FDA Approval of Supplemental Application for Hydromorphone
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Pills no cure for financial troubles
A 31-year -old Summerside man was fine $1,500 in P.E.I. Supreme Court, Monday, after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled substance.
RX abuse a focus of latest Health Line9
Our phones were non-stop during the morning show Tuesday as experts from the University Hospital School Of Pharmacists fielded calls about prescription drug abuse.
Nurse sentenced to probation for stealing drugs
STILLWATER, Minn. - A nurse from western Wisconsin has been sentenced to three years of probation for stealing painkillers from a Stillwater hospital.
Medical Marijuana: the Best and Safest Pain Killer Compared to Oxycontin, et cetera
I will admit to a few exceptions and I will address them later. For my own review, I pulled up the standard doses of the opiates, and the opioids, not from opium but totally synthetic.
Prescription trafficking charges laid
Officers with the Prince District Joint Forces Drug unit searched the home and seized hydromorphone capsules, oxycondone, marijuana, materials related to prescriptions, and two computers.
This Pharmacist Punched a Box Cutter-Wielding Robber in the Face
Police say Iowa pharmacist Bill Shipley took matters into his own hands when a man with a box cutter and a black stocking over his head walked into his Council Bluffs drugstore Wednesday morning.
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