22 Miami-Dade school workers face charges for selling pain killers

[Judi Lynn]

22 Miami-Dade school workers face charges for selling pain killers

By Ihosvani Rodriguez
Miami Bureau
Posted August 5 2005


Federal agents on Thursday rounded up 22 Miami-Dade County school system employees accused of being part of a prescription drug ring that illegally obtained and sold thousands of tablets of the painkiller oxycodone since 2003.
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Authorities unsealed a federal grand jury indictment on Thursday that contained a total of 84 counts against 29 people. The lengthy list of charges includes conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and committing health-care fraud.

Among those charged was a Miami-Dade doctor arrested last year for writing illegal prescriptions for the drug commonly known by its commercial name, OxyContin. Prosecutors said no teachers were involved in the plot.
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OxyContin, prescribed for chronic pain, has become a huge force in the black market in recent years. Abusers usually crush the tablets and either snort or inject the powder for an immediate, heroin-like high.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-drx05aug05,0,6957529.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

[Maccagirl]

1. I didn't know Limpballs worked for...

I'm sorry-it's early and that was just toooo easy.

[ret5hd]

3. well, i wouldn't be surprised if this came about because...

limpballs squeeled like a pig when he was caught.
(just like his RW brother-in-arms novacula did when he was in front of the grand jury. i think i'm starting to see a pattern here)

[Dogmudgeon]

2. There ain't no freakin' JUSTICE!

I've got to jump through hoops of fire just to get a refill on a Darvon prescription -- and I'm a pain patient.

But it's like half the population of Florida is an Oxycontin dealer, and posession with intent to sell is a misdemeanor at best.

As Charlie Brown would say: "Arrgh!"

--p!

[geomon666]

4. That's what happens...

when you don't pay your police and County Office bribes on time.