California Man Pleads Guilty in Prescription Drug Diversion Scheme | OPA | Department of Justice

Read the full article: California Man Pleads Guilty in Prescription Drug Diversion Scheme | OPA | Department of Justice:

"According to court documents, from May 2010 through December 2012, Vin Nguyen, 45, and others conspired to distribute illegally-diverted prescription drugs while concealing the true, illicit sources of the drugs.  Nguyen purchased prescription drugs, including HIV medications, anti-psychotic medications and other brand name drugs, from various unlicensed and illegal sources in California and Florida.  Working with co-conspirators, Nguyen then sold the drugs to other drug diverters without the statutorily required pedigree documents stating the origin of the drugs.  Nguyen and his co-conspirators sold more than $6.5 million worth of diverted drugs. "

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FDA Seizes Illegal Dietary Supplements in FL

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Updated March 9, 2026:

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WASHINGTON: FDA seizes illegal dietary supplements in Florida - Business Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com:

"Several of the supplements from Globe All Wellness LLC contain the active ingredient in Meridia, a weight loss drug that was withdrawn from the market in 2010. The drug was pulled after studies showed it could increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Among other problems, the Hollywood, Florida-based company made unsubstantiated claims about the benefits of its products and did not comply with manufacturing standards."

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For additional details:
FDA Warning Letters - Globe All Wellness, LLC 2/6/12

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Prescription Drug Monitoring Program: Florida's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program slated to launch today - OrlandoSentinel.com

Updated July 30, 2026

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• Standards of Practice for the Filling of Controlled Sustance Prescriptions; Electronic Prescribing; Mandatory Continuing Education or
• Florida’s New Law on Controlled Substance Prescribing - Provisions go into effect on July 1, 2018. Here is what you need to know. (PDF)
  

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Updated Dec 31, 2015:

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"Physicians that are not treating patients for chronic nonmalignant pain are not required to register as controlled substance prescribers." - "The Department has received numerous calls in recent weeks from physicians expressing concerns that some pharmacists are not filling controlled substance prescriptions if the physician is not listed as a controlled substance prescriber on the practitioner profile on Department of Health’s website. . . ."

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Prescription Drug Monitoring Program: Florida's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program slated to launch today - OrlandoSentinel.com:  'via Blog this'

Hello!  Doctors in Florida bought 89 percent of all the Oxycodone sold in the country last year. There's current thinking that the illegal sale of prescription drugs, and Oxycodone in particular, boomed in Florida because of the absence of a widely used prescription drug monitoring system and lax state regulations

In a nutshell:
The roughly 4,000 pharmacies permitted in Florida will be required to participate in the new database and monitoring program. So anytime a prescription is dispensed for controlled substances, the doctor and the patient's name will be entered into Florida's database

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Distributors - Avoid DEA License Suspension

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Updated October 29, 2025

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DEA alleges Harvard Drug Group sold controlled substances improperly - by Crain's Detroit Business

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Michigan Pharmaceutical Supplier’s DEA License Suspended - Harvard Drug Group, LLC distributed 13 million doses of Oxy from 2008-2010 is yet another warning shot to pharmaceutical distributors.

Adam Fein says "the DEA seems intent on holding drug wholesalers accountable for diversion of controlled substances by the wholesaler’s pharmacy customers." (The DEA Nabs Another Wholesaler)

Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), states in the DEA news release:

"Pharmaceutical companies have a responsibility to ensure that the drugs they sell don’t end up in the hands of drug traffickers or businesses that are conducting their business illegally. Harvard Drug Group, LLC, should have known, based on the large, frequent quantities, that their customers were diverting oxycodone into arenas that were not legitimate. Today’s action sends the message that the DEA is working hard to hold accountable those companies that are operating in a manner outside of federal law."

Be forewarned.

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