Major crackdown on prescription drug distribution
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | At her Brooklyn office, Loretta E. Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announces 98 arrests in the past week in a wide-ranging crackdown to curb the illegal distribution of prescription painkillers on Long Island and in New York City. The operation focused on "doctor shoppers" and alleged members of drug distribution rings. Of those arrested, three Long Island medical professionals illegally dispensed a total of more than 3 million pills in two years, according to court documents. (June 6, 2012)
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Federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local police carried out a major coordinated crackdown on the illegal distribution of painkillers on Long Island and New York City, charging 98 suspects, authorities said.
Among those charged was a Long Island doctor, Eric Jacobson, already under investigation for providing painkillers to Medford pharmacy killer David Laffer; a Baldwin-based...
