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    Prescription Drug Abuse

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    Feds Say Montco Doc’s Illegal Prescription Killed Its Recipient

    Federal prosecutors say Dr. Norman Werther knowingly sold oxycodone to a person identified only as “N. B.,” a person that Werther knew was a drug addict.

    2012/11/29

    (Zane Memeger, US attorney for the Philadelphia region. Credit: Mike DeNardo)

    Health, Legal Experts Explore Solutions Against Rising Tide of Prescription Drug Abuse

    Law enforcement officials were joining academics and health experts at Villanova University for a summit on the growing problem of prescription drug abuse.

    2012/06/04

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    Get Rid Of Your Old Drugs

    Another reason for parents to clean out medicine cabinets. Abuse of prescription drugs by teens is on the rise.

    2012/04/11

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    Gloucester Twp., NJ Police Officer Nabbed In Rx Pills Sting

    A South Jersey police officer is charged with illegally buying prescription drugs while on the job. It’s a job he won’t be holding much longer.

    2012/04/04

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    Drexel Hill EMT Charged With Stealing, Drinking Leftover Morphine

    Ronald Ferrell, 35, faces a dozen counts of theft, acquisition of a controlled substance, and receiving stolen property.

    2012/02/22

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    Montgomery County Doctor Accused Of Running Prescription Pill Mill

    “He created drug addicts. He fed drug addicts and he provided drugs for drug dealers to sell on the street,” Montgomery county DA Risa Ferman said.

    2011/10/27

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