‘Sex for scripts.’ Doctor sent nude photos, illegally gave pills to SC patient, feds say
David Carlos Rodriguez Jr. sent the woman nude photos over Snapchat during those eight months, when he wrote her 15 ...
A South Carolina doctor traded oxycodone for sex. Then he asked for explicit photos.
Dr. David Carlos Rodriguez, Jr. was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison after distributing oxycodone in a 'sex ...
The Vancouver Sun8d
B.C. Conservatives want public inquiry after scathing leaked safe-supply audit
A leaked provincial briefing document showing the extent of the diversion of prescribed opioids should result in a public ...
Orange County Register13d
Ex-Camp Pendleton Marine pleads guilty to role in fentanyl death of another Marine
According to court documents, in May 2020, Whisenant was stationed at Camp Pendleton when he ordered pills marketed as oxycodone — but which actually contained fentanyl — for a fellow U.S ...
Oregonian14d
Hillsboro woman’s fentanyl overdose death leads to federal charges against 3 alleged dealers
Police responded to a Hillsboro home on Dec 13 and found powdered fentanyl, methamphetamine and blue counterfeit oxycodone M30 pills laced with fentanyl near the body of a 49-year-old woman ...
WYMT14d
Estill Co. man sentenced for oxycodone distribution
According to his plea agreement, from Jan. 1, 2019, until April 11, 2023, Chad Newman, 40, conspired with others to distribute oxycodone pills in Madison, Estill, Laurel, Clay and Knox Counties.
FDA approves first new class of painkiller in 20 years, a non-addictive opioid alternative
The medication offers relatively modest pain relief, underscoring the challenges of finding new ways to manage pain.
Miami Herald14d
Fentanyl bust ends in chase in Miami-Dade. Deputies say trafficker jailed and K-9 hurt
The saga started in June 2024, when an undercover officer was sent to buy 100 oxycodone pills from a suspected dealer, identified in an arrest affidavit as Kristian Diaz. Investigators say Diaz ...
Oregon Capital Chronicle14d
Oregon Appeals Court rules Salinas didn’t break law with anti-Erickson ad
That ad said Erickson was “charged with felony drug possession” and featured an image of four lines of an unidentified white powder. Public records from Erickson’s 2016 arrest for drunken driving, ...
Insider Monkey14d
Why OXY and MGY Are Retreating Today
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY) are falling 4% and 3%, respectively, after Goldman Sachs downgraded its ratings on the fossil fuel exploration firms. Why Goldman Downgraded ...
cbs12.com14d
76-year-old man arrested, again, in undercover drug sting in Okeechobee County
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A 76-year-old man is facing 13 counts of attempted purchase of a controlled substance, one for each pill he tried to buy during an undercover sting in ...
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Central Texas man sentenced for selling laced fake pills
Del Valle resident Gabriel Cecilio Osorio, 22, was sentenced on Thursday after he was previously arrested in June 2023 for distributing counterfeit oxycodone pills, according to the U.S. District ...