Category Archives: Prescription Drug Crimes
Scranton Doctor Pleads Guilty To Irresponsible Prescribing Of Opioids And Receiving Bribes From Drug Company
Anyone who has lived in western Pennsylvania during the past decade and a half has witnessed the devastating effects of the opioid epidemic in our region. Changes to prescribing guidelines and crackdowns on “pill mills,” clinics where doctors would prescribe huge quantities of opioid pills to virtually any patient who requested them, have changed… Read More »
Westmoreland County Nurse Practitioner Faces Criminal Charges For Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions
The rates of drug addiction among healthcare professionals have been rising, and it is not hard to understand why. Being a doctor, nurse, or nursing assistant is an extraordinarily stressful job, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals are even more overworked than before. Being in the presence of prescription drugs all day… Read More »