Industry News

• February 28, 2011
  DEA launches pill mill tip line
  

  In response to Florida’s ongoing prescription-drug abuse problems, the Drug Enforcement Administration has launched a pill-mill tip line. Law-enforcement officers throughout the state continue to investigate rogue doctors who dole out powerful, addictive drugs to people who don’t have a true, medical need for the pills.

  
  
  
  
• February 23, 2011
  Federal Pill Mill Raid Shuts Pain Clinics Across South Florida
  

  The feds have taken note of South Florida’s illegally run “pill mills,” and a yearlong undercover investigation culminated in an early-morning raid today. It focused on mills that flouted prescription laws. Rounded up in the sweep was Zvi Perper, a Delray clinic owner and son of the Broward medical examiner.

  
  
  
  
• February 22, 2011
  Nations’s top drug official focuses on Kentucky’s prescription abuse
  

  Calling Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia “ground zero” for prescription drug abuse, White House drug czar R. Gil Kerlikowske said reducing the epidemic will require a greater focus on prevention and treatment — and President Barack Obama’s budget request contains more money for both.

  
  
  
  
• February 22, 2011
  Nebraska bill to curb prescription drug abuse advance
  

  A bill aimed at fighting prescription drug abuse advanced Tuesday in a personal victory for its sponsor, Omaha Sen. Gwen Howard, whose oldest daughter died two years ago of an overdose of prescription pain medication

  
  
  
  
• February 21, 2011
  Kasich names ex-AG Montgomery to head drug task force
  

  A new multi-agency drug task force guided by former Attorney General Betty D. Montgomery and a $100,000 grant to fight the prescription-drug problem in Scioto County were announced today by Gov. John Kasich.