Florida pain doctor to pay $1.5 million to settle US government’s lawsuit accusing him of accepting thousands of dollars to unnecessarily prescribe fentanyl product to patients , federal prosecutors announced. In exchange for $159,580 in bribes, Dr. Edward Lubin prescribed a company’s fentanyl spray to dozens of people without a valid medical reason between 2014 …
A Florida doctor accepted bribes from a company to prescribe its fentanyl spray to his patients, the federal government alleges. Hush Naidoo Jade Photography via Unsplash A Florida pain management doctor will pay $1.5 million to settle the U.S. governments lawsuit filed against him accusing him of accepting thousands of dollars to unnecessarily prescribe a …
CINCINNATI In July, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Port of Cincinnati participated in Operation Artemis, part of the Department of Defense’s intelligence analysis and application efforts. Homeland Security (DHS) aimed at disrupting the fentanyl supply chain. As part of the national response to the opioid crisis, DHS has launched several special operations …
Experts warn that more people could be exposed to fake pills potentially containing deadly substances due to mass pharmacy closures. Roei Ganzarski, who runs a company that detects counterfeit drugs, said many patients were now forced to fill their prescriptions online. This creates a “breeding ground” for counterfeit pills, he said, because it increases the …
Tuesday October 17, 2023 Froma Harrop, columnist Enlarge + Froma Harrop, columnist PHOTO: File Fentanyl has killed more Americans than the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined. And behind that are even more vicious illicit drugs. The Justice Department may charge Chinese companies producing fentanyl and the precursor chemicals used to make it. The …