illegal prescriptions
By Sarah Beller
The hip clothing store is under fire for a new line of "ironic" Rx drug-themed drinkware. MORE
After hearing family testimonies, California lawmakers push for a database to identify doctors who overprescribe. MORE
The jailed rapper faces up to two more years in prison for illegal possession of painkillers. MORE
Prescription drugs are a killer in Canada, marijuana arrests outnumber violent crime arrests, and Mob Wives star breaks omertà on her pill addiction. MORE
Binge-eating and hoarding get official status in DSM-5, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter slam drug war in new doc, and Mike Tyson was high on cocaine in The Hangover. MORE
The latest campaign sees over 22,000 websites shut down, and 3.7 million doses of counterfeit meds seized. MORE
Two terabytes of data and 440,000 documents prove too costly for the Feds to maintain in a stalled case against a rogue doctor. MORE
Fifteen months of compulsory treatment could cut the former NFL QB and painkiller addict's sentence. MORE
Nearly 100 people are arrested in NY for illegally selling and prescribing prescription drugs. MORE
LA's latest "Dr. Feelgood" allegedly wrote 27,000 pain-pill 'scrips in three years. She faces life in prison if convicted for three fatal ODs. MORE
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