Pharmacist’s license was suspended but opiates kept flowing
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2020/01/30/pardues-pharmacy-nashville-ordered-opiates-after-owners-license-suspended-records/2702513001/
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2020/01/30/pardues-pharmacy-nashville-ordered-opiates-after-owners-license-suspended-records/2702513001/
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2020/01/31/pharmacy-newport-tennessee-ordered-8-million-opiates-8-years/2703840001/
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2020/01/27/belew-drugs-ranks-among-top-opioid-purchasers-tennessee/2697518001/
https://www.chattanoogan.com/2020/1/24/402969/Roy-Exum-Opiates-Scald-East-Ridge.aspx
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2020/01/27/blankenship-pharmacy-johnson-city-tn-pushed-opioid-drug-addicted-pregnant-women-buprenorphine/2697508001/
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2020/01/23/walgreens-food-city-pharmacies-top-tennessee-list-opioid-profiteers/2711996001/
The State’s complaint against AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation has been released. To read the complaint, click here: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/attorneygeneral/documents/pr/2019/pr19-50-complaint.pdf
Amerisource shipped hundreds of millions of prescription opioids to Tennessee pharmacies for years, even when it knew the drugs were being abused and sold on the street. https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/news/2019/10/7/pr19-41.html
Nashville- Purdue Pharma announced today it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for it and all affiliated U.S. companies in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/news/2019/9/16/pr19-36.html
Specifically, the lawsuit reveals how Endo’s marketing activities resulted in Tennessee having the highest prescription rates of Opana ER in the country resulting in a wave of addiction, death, and the spread of a rare blood disorder and Hepatitis C … Read More