W. Pa. Addiction Doc Charged in Drugs-for-Sex Plan

W. Pa. addiction doc charged in drugs-for-sex plan

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That's also where Radecki stored the prescription drugs he dispensed, which were worth about $ 5 million, based on the street prices he charged at his all-cash practice during 2011 and the first five months of 2012, investigators determined. "Radecki …
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Thousands of doctors practicing despite errors, misconduct

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By the time Greggory Phillips began treating Jennifer Chaney in 2008, the Texas Medical Board had lifted the license restrictions stemming from his previous mismanagement of prescription drugs. But more trouble was brewing. First, Phillips was caught …
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Obamacare: Are you covered?

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Are you exempt from the individual mandate? Jim Atherton | Fort Worth Star-Telegram …. The law requires all individual and small-group health plans in 2014 to cover a list of “essential health benefits,” including substance abuse services, pediatric …
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Journal Times editorial: It's time for an end to mandatory minimums

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We could substantially reduce our prison population, and its corresponding tax burden, by doing away with mandatory sentencing for nonviolent drug offenders and through greater advocacy of treatment over prison. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke in …
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