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Judge to unseal complaint that billionaire family profited from opioid crisis
The details of a lawsuit accusing the multibillionaire Sackler family of profiting from America's opioid crisis could be revealed as soon as Friday, a Massachusetts judge ruled. The Sacklers and...
Deputy accused of buying drugs from undercover cop
A Tennessee deputy faces charges after he was busted purchasing drugs from an undercover officer, authorities said. Jeffery Crossley, a deputy with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, was arrested Thursday...
CVS employees fired for fighting off pharmacy robber
A CVS employee from Indiana says both he and a pharmacist were fired after fighting off a man threatening to steal oxycodone. CVS axed Zac Phillips, from Greenfield, days after...
Feds bust massive pill mills that flooded NYC streets with painkillers
Federal investigators announced Thursday the arrest of 10 people — including several doctors — involved in multiple plots to flood Big Apple streets with dangerous and addictive painkillers. Officials unsealed...
Junkie mom arrested for stealing drugs from dying daughter
A drug-addicted Missouri mom was busted this week for swiping pain medication from her terminally ill daughter — and taking it herself, cops said. Carol Ballweg, 46, was the primary...
OxyContin makers secretly ran massive knockoff opioid firm
The embattled makers of OxyContin — who are facing a New York lawsuit for hoodwinking patients and fueling the opioid crisis — own a second secret firm that churns out...
Elderly doctor, wife sentenced to prison for running $80M 'pill mill'
An elderly Manhattan doctor and his wife were sentenced to state prison Thursday for running an $80 million prescription “pill mill” — after turning down no-jail plea deals. “If this...
Drug used for lethal injections making its way into painkillers
Late last month, news broke that singer Demi Lovato was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after she experienced an apparent opioid-related overdose at her Hollywood Hills home. The 25-year-old...
New York sues OxyContin maker for 'fueling opioid epidemic'
New York on Tuesday sued the maker of OxyContin for allegedly duping patients and doctors about the dangers of its drugs -- which officials say fueled the opioid crisis as...
Why oxycodone overdoses are so dangerous
Overdosing on oxycodone is easy because it essentially puts “your brain to sleep,” an addiction expert said. “Your brain stops sending messages to your lungs to breathe and you die,”...
NASCAR CEO busted for drunk driving and drug possession
NASCAR head Brian France was busted Sunday evening in the Hamptons for drunken driving and drug possession, according to cops — after reportedly name-dropping President Trump to try to get...
'Oxy Doc' convicted of giving pills to drug-addicted patients
The 83-year-old ex-physician nicknamed the "Oxy Doc" for shelling out more than 2.2 million oxycodone pills to drug-addicted patients has been convicted. Brooklyn federal court jurors Wednesday found former Dr....
Sister of man found dead after seeing 'Oxy Doc' gives tearful testimony
The sister of a Staten Island man who died of a drug overdose two days after visiting a Manhattan physician dubbed the “Oxy Doc” dissolved into tears on the stand...
New York to sue OxyContin maker over opioid crisis
New York will sue a leading opioid manufacturer for allegedly encouraging physicians to prescribe its painkillers — then profiting off the patients who got hooked on the drugs, officials said...
Mob threatened doctor to write scripts for 230K Oxycodone pills: feds
A Brooklyn doctor was strong-armed by a couple of wiseguys into writing prescriptions for more than 230,000 Oxycodone pills that were then trafficked by members of the Lucchese crime family,...
Teacher's assistant pleads guilty to selling thousands of oxy pills
A teacher’s assistant in a New Jersey elementary school has pleaded guilty to selling tens of thousands of oxycodone pills for almost seven years -- some on school grounds, officials...
Man accused of intentionally killing sorority girl who overdosed
A 22-year-old drug dealer in South Carolina is accused of deliberately killing a sorority girl with a fatal dose of narcotics, officials said. Anthony “A.J.” Hunt was arraigned Monday on...
Man busted with drug stash after cops follow pot odor
A couple of rookie NYPD cops and a sergeant in Brooklyn followed their nose and busted a driver with a stash of marijuana in his car, officials said. Sgt. Larry...
'Oxy doc' prescribed opioids that killed man days later: cops
An Upper East Side doctor has been slapped with new charges for prescribing unnecessary oxycodone and fentayl to a Staten Island man — who fatally overdosed on the same drugs...
How high school drug kingpins made $40K a month
In June 2009, Lance Barabas threw the sort of party that turns college students into local legends. Cocaine was served on silver trays. Opiate pills were passed around in goblets....