Delray doctor charged with trafficking

A Delray Beach-based doctor is accused of over-prescribing addictive painkillers to nearly three dozen patients.

Prescription Painkillers: Protect Yourself and Your Family
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"Overdoses involving prescription painkillers are at epidemic levels and now kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined," according to Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Prosecutor: Pill woes rampant in eastern Ky.
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Prescription drug abuse has become so rampant in parts of eastern Kentucky that some people yank out their own teeth to get fresh supplies of painkillers to feed their addiction, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Others are trading food stamps for pills or …
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