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Visiting a bank after hours is generally not an activity bound for honest results. In the case of a 49-year-old man, his wandering around the inside of a Richland bank after hours appeared to have little to do with gaining access to money and more to do with a prescription drug addiction.
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A drug addiction can lead a person to a number of outrageous things, included putting others in harm’s way. A report in the Denver Post recounts a plea arrangement a former surgical technician made with federal prosecutors for infecting at least 15 patients with hepatitis C.
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As the prescription drug addiction epidemic continues to rise, so does the number of people seeking help for these addictions throughout the United States. A recent report highlights the skyrocketing number of new pain clinics in South Florida that have allowed prescription drug trafficking to go unchecked. As a result, many new prescription drug pill addicts have been created.
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A former University of Southern California (USC) assistant football coach stated in legal documents that he received prescriptions from team and university doctors he used to feed his addiction to painkillers, SportsIllustrated.com reported Monday.
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Stories of addiction, death, betrayal and the fall of a public figure are the perfect fodder for the media and the public to seek their teeth into for a juicy story. In a recent report in the Trib, Natrona County’s former chief deputy coroner was sentenced to 10 years of probation for the possession of prescription drugs he stole from the coroner’s office.
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Austin area pharmacies have been under attack lately, but the constant threat of robbery may be eliminated with the arrest of Daniel Gerding. The Statesman reported that Gerding has been accused of robbing three Austin pharmacies earlier this month in an effort to support his addiction to painkillers.
