Dea Shuts Down Walgreens Distribution Center Florida

[LongHairBri]

http://news.yahoo.com/dea-shuts-down-shipments-walgreen-facility-014651065--finance.html?_esi=1

 

(Reuters) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said it shut down shipments of controlled substances from Walgreen Co's Florida distribution facility on the suspicion that highly addictive painkillers were being diverted to the black market.

The distribution center in Jupiter, Florida, "failed to conduct due diligence to ensure that the controlled substances were not diverted into other than legitimate channels," the DEA said in a email statement.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had inspected the facility along with six of the company's pharmacies in April.

The shutdown comes a few days after the DEA said it will revoke the controlled substance licenses of two CVS Caremark Corp drugstores in Florida as part of a government crackdown on addictive painkillers like oxycodone.

According to the DEA, the Walgreen facility has become the largest distributer of oxycodone products in Florida.

The DEA has increased its focus on drug wholesalers and pharmacies as it tries to battle what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call a prescription drug abuse "epidemic."

Deaths from narcotic painkillers now top those of heroin and cocaine combined.

"All DEA Registrants have an obligation to ensure that medications are getting into the hands of legitimate patients, and when they choose to look the other way patients suffer and drug dealers prosper," DEA Special Agent in Charge Mark Trouville said in the email.

Walgreen could not be reached for comment outside regular business hours.

(Reporting by Tej Sapru in Bangalore; Editing by Gary Hill)

[Kingdiamond]

Looks to me that the DEA would be better suited to abandon the fight on cannabis seeing that they have a prescription drug epidemic in this country thanks big Pharm for enslaving millions to your poison.

[solabeirtan]

The message is Starting to get more clear. Can't make any money off of stiffs. DEA looking for their cheese. Big Pharmies tried to pull a fast one.... ooops !

[Kingdiamond]

We need to watch the end result of these actions if it results in only fines then its just another confirmation that politicians are in the deep pockets of the pharmaceutical company's .

[t-pain]

walgreens didnt donate enough money to political campaigns this year.

i bet they learn their lesson real quick.

[budtender]

http://news.yahoo.co...nce.html?_esi=1

 

(Reuters) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said it shut down shipments of controlled substances from Walgreen Co's Florida distribution facility on the suspicion that highly addictive painkillers were being diverted to the black market.

The distribution center in Jupiter, Florida, "failed to conduct due diligence to ensure that the controlled substances were not diverted into other than legitimate channels," the DEA said in a email statement.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had inspected the facility along with six of the company's pharmacies in April.

The shutdown comes a few days after the DEA said it will revoke the controlled substance licenses of two CVS Caremark Corp drugstores in Florida as part of a government crackdown on addictive painkillers like oxycodone.

According to the DEA, the Walgreen facility has become the largest distributer of oxycodone products in Florida.

The DEA has increased its focus on drug wholesalers and pharmacies as it tries to battle what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call a prescription drug abuse "epidemic."

Deaths from narcotic painkillers now top those of heroin and cocaine combined.

"All DEA Registrants have an obligation to ensure that medications are getting into the hands of legitimate patients, and when they choose to look the other way patients suffer and drug dealers prosper," DEA Special Agent in Charge Mark Trouville said in the email.

Walgreen could not be reached for comment outside regular business hours.

(Reporting by Tej Sapru in Bangalore; Editing by Gary Hill)

It is about time they see where the real abuse is.

[Kingdiamond]

walgreens didnt donate enough money to political campaigns this year.

i bet they learn their lesson real quick.

 

Walgreen's is not big Pharm thats where the big money is Walgreen's is the proverbial corner salesmen Pfizer and other drug company's own politicians.

[t-pain]

any time they shutdown a pharmacy, warehouse, or a doctor, regular people in pain are negatively affected.

 

whats the DEA doing to help all of the patients of walgreens and 'caremark corp drugstores'?

and when they choose to look the other way patients suffer and drug dealers prosper," DEA Special Agent in Charge Mark Trouville said in the email.

yeah dea agent. when you close a pharmacy, patients suffer and drug dealers prosper!

 

the DEA, doing things the same way and getting the same bad results for 40 years.

[shredder0911]

Just hope that none of the local cops take a liking to your house/cars/etc, because if they do, they will come knocking one night as happened to me in Pinellas County. They know they can not only make $ on their private prison holdings, but they can also take ALL of your stuff!!