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By Dirk Hanson
Today the DEA imposed a two-year suspension on Cardinal Health, the second largest distributor of the powerful painkillers. MORE
By Will Godfrey
Florida claims victory over pill mills, new anti-smoking campaign profiles tobacco victims, and hula hooping your way through withdrawals. MORE
Teen smoking hits epidemic proportions, brain's resistance to addiction offers treatment clues, and drowned son of Packers coach was on alcohol and pot. MORE
As new laws target doctors who dispense narcotics, applications to open pharmacies have surged in Florida and nearby Georgia. MORE
Dr. Stan Li wrote over 17,000 prescriptions in two and a half years at his Queens clinic—most of them for opioid painkillers. MORE
By Will Godfrey
US Agencies Building Network of Mexican Cartel Informants, Pill Mill Prescriptions Targeted State-by-State, and Teacher Gave Five Students Vodka, Marijuana and Sex. MORE
By Jed Bickman
Gov. Rick Scott surrendered after his lengthy battle to block online prescription monitoring, but not until the newly elected pol saw his popularity tank. MORE
Doctor-shopping, professional fake patients and elderly entrepreneurs may be aided and abetted by the social insurance program. MORE
By Will Godfrey
Florida Finally Closes Crooked Pill Mills, L.A. College Professor Allegedly Led Meth-Dealing Biker Gang, and Boxer Oscar De La Hoya Blames Notorious Drag Photos on Drugs. MORE
By Ariel Nagi
Internet giant is smacked with half-a-billion in penalties for ads promoting illegal pharmacies. MORE
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