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In reply to the discussion: Ex-pharma chief charged with flooding Appalachian towns with opioids [View all]KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)7. Systemic corruption mostly in areas under economic stress.
No way in hell these people involved didn't know they were addicting and killing a lot of people.
(snips)
Most of them went to two Save-Rite pharmacies whose owner was later jailed for working with a doctor running a pill mill, which prescribed narcotics in large quantities to anyone prepared to pay cash and drew people from hundreds of miles away.
Federal prosecutors also charged the owner of the Tug Valley Pharmacy in nearby Williamson, Samuel Ballengee, over his orders from Miami-Luken. The company sold 6.4m pills to the small pharmacy, notorious in a town of about 3,000 people for the long lines of out of state cars at its drive-through window.
Federal prosecutors also charged the owner of the Tug Valley Pharmacy in nearby Williamson, Samuel Ballengee, over his orders from Miami-Luken. The company sold 6.4m pills to the small pharmacy, notorious in a town of about 3,000 people for the long lines of out of state cars at its drive-through window.
Similar events have happened in Kentucky as well.
Pure, raw greed........
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Ex-pharma chief charged with flooding Appalachian towns with opioids [View all]
KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2019
OP
and then there are those of us who continue working despite critical illnesses
demtenjeep
Jul 2019
#30
Just as with any profession - including preachers - there's always a small percentage....
KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2019
#19