Chicago, Illinois – A LaSalle County physician admitted in federal court today that he illegally dispensed prescription medications, including opioids, to patients in exchange for cash or sex. In the summer of... Read more »
Acting U.S. Attorney Soo C. Song announced Thursday a Pittsburgh doctor was indicted on charges of conspiracy and unlawfully distributing controlled substances. Sixty-two-year-old Kazimierz Zielke, owner of Medical Frontiers in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania,... Read more »
U.S. District Judge Nitza I. Quinones Aljandro announced Thursday an associate of the “Pagans” outlaw biker gang was sentenced to 180 months imprisonment for conspiring to distribute controlled substances. Joseph Mehl, aka... Read more »
Acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim announced Wednesday that a father and son team were charged with selling oxycodone and fentanyl on the “dark web.” Fifty-eight-year-old Michael Luciano and 29-year-old Philip Luciano,... Read more »
The opioid epidemic has taken ahold of the entire nation. According to statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in February, more than 183,000 Americans died from overdoses linked... Read more »
As police officers throughout Maryland are trying to get synthetic opioids off the street, their K-9 partners are becoming more at risk of overdose. It has been determined that synthetic opioids, such... Read more »
Surgeons at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore have developed a minimally invasive surgery to treat chronic pancreatitis. Currently the condition is treated with pancreatectomy, removal of the pancreas. Chronic pancreatitis... Read more »
With the uncertainty created by the Trump White House, Maryland lawmakers have taken steps to prevent their state from losing Planned Parenthood funding. The new law, which goes into effect on July... Read more »
Hospitals throughout Maryland are forced to deal with an ever-increasing number of babies exposed to drugs. As the opioid epidemic grows, so do the youngest victims of opioid addiction. Infants born with... Read more »