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Ketamine Hidden In Punching Bags, Cleaning Bottles Seized In Philly Smuggling Bust: CBP Ketamine Hidden In Punching Bags, Cleaning Bottles Seized In Philly Smuggling Bust: CBP
Ketamine Hidden In Punching Bags, Cleaning Bottles Seized In Philly Smuggling Bust: CBP Six separate ketamine shipments from Europe were intercepted in Philadelphia in a smuggling attempt that hid the drug inside everyday items like punching bags and plastic cleaning solvent bottles, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced on Thursday, Jan. 15. The packages arrived between Sept. 23 and Dec. 11 and were shipped from the United Kingdom, France, and The Netherlands, CBP said. Four of the shipments were headed to Florida and two were destined for Connecticut, according to the release. CBP officers inspected the parcels and found a white, crystalline substance concealed insid…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
Walgreens Knowingly Filled Millions Of Prescriptions Lacking Legit Medical Purpose, DOJ Says Walgreens Knowingly Filled Millions Of Prescriptions Lacking Legit Medical Purpose, DOJ Says
Walgreens Knowingly Filled Millions Of Prescriptions Lacking Legit Medical Purpose, DOJ Says The Justice Department has filed a nationwide lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging the pharmacy chain filled millions of prescriptions without legitimate medical purposes, particularly involving dangerous opioid combinations, over more than a decade. Filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the civil complaint contends Walgreens violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and False Claims Act (FCA) by dispensing prescriptions despite clear red flags and seeking federal reimbursements for these drugs. “This lawsuit seeks to hold Walgreens accountable for the many…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Chesco Doctor Who Ran Opiate 'Pill Mill' Gets Sentenced Chesco Doctor Who Ran Opiate 'Pill Mill' Gets Sentenced
Chesco Doctor Who Ran Opiate 'Pill Mill' Gets Sentenced A suburban Philadelphia physician will spend two years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for running a "pill mill" through his Chester County office, authorities say.  Dr. Yutong Zhang, 64, of Berwyn, pleaded guilty last February to four counts of distributing oxycodone outside of the usual course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose, US Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero said in a statement.  Investigators have said that Zhang sold medically unnecessary opiate prescriptions for more than 100 "patients" who were really just c…

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by Mac Bullock
Politics
Biden To Pardon Everyone Convicted On Federal Marijuana Possession Charges In Historic Move Biden To Pardon Everyone Convicted On Federal Marijuana Possession Charges In Historic Move
Biden To Pardon Everyone Convicted On Federal Marijuana Possession Charges In Historic Move In a historic move, President Joe Biden announced he is pardoning all of those with prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana.  The White House announced the marijuana reform on Thursday, Oct. 6 during Biden's visit to an IBM facility in New York, saying he has directed Attorney General Merrick Garland to develop an administrative process to issue certificates of pardon to individuals who are eligible. Biden said thousands of people with federal convictions for marijuana possession have had their lives upended.  "Criminal records for marijuana possession have …

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by Nicole Valinote
News
House Agrees To Legalize Weed, But Don’t Fire One Up Just Yet House Agrees To Legalize Weed, But Don’t Fire One Up Just Yet
House Agrees To Legalize Weed, But Don’t Fire One Up Just Yet It was only 16 months ago that the U.S. House of Representatives approved the nation’s first attempted repeal of federal marijuana laws. Then nothing happened. Over in the Senate, then-Sen. Kamala Harris introduced a similar bill that metaphorically died on the vine. The House on April Fools' Day again agreed to legalize weed, taking the nation back to lawmakers' December 2020 attempt to toss the federal pot ban. Let's be blunt: The result will most likely be the same. Only a few Republicans joined the House majority in Friday’s 220-204 House vote to remove reefer from the 1970 Controlled…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
West Chester Closed-Door Pharmacy To Pay $225K In Civil Penalties For Illegally Selling Drugs West Chester Closed-Door Pharmacy To Pay $225K In Civil Penalties For Illegally Selling Drugs
West Chester Closed-Door Pharmacy To Pay $225K In Civil Penalties For Illegally Selling Drugs A West Chester closed-door pharmacy has been ordered to pay $225,000 in civil penalties for illegally selling drugs after receiving warnings from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), authorities announced. A civil lawsuit alleges that Source One Pharmacy Services LLC -- which operates as a pharmacy that is not open for business to the general public --  improperly documented and distributed drugs including opioids, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. The complaint further alleges that Source One distributed some drugs to locations where the recipients …

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by Nicole Acosta