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1. Dr. Vincent Esposito
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... a partially normal life. Also i find all this ironic because THIS DR. is the ONE WHO GOT ME OFF OF OXYCONTINS. AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WEANING ME DOWN FROM ALL MEDS. SO NOW WITH THE WAY THE HEALTH INS. ...

2. Madison Councilman Dr. Vincent Esposito charged with selling oxycontin prescriptions
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... addictive painkiller OxyContin to people he never treated or examined, state Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced Friday. Esposito, 54, who has an office at 322 Main St. in Madison, was arrested ...

3. Addictive painkiller Zohydro feared to be next OxyContin
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... Press report on Fox News, "I have a big concern that this could be the next OxyContin." The Drug Enforcement Agency said oxycodone has become the most-abused medicine in the United States, and hydrocodone ...

4. Five people from Hudson and Bergen counties imprisoned for roles in prescription drug ring
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... OxyContin. Joseph Burkhart, 51, of Rutherford, was sentenced to five years, including 15 months of parole ineligibility, for possessing and distributing Percocet. Orlando Rosario, 47, of Jersey City, ...

5. Louis Lisi of Union City and Dr. Clifton Howell of West Orange plead guilty to roles in narcotics ring
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... pain pills such as OxyContin and Percocet in Hudson, Bergen, Monmouth and Ocean counties. Louis Lisi, 35, of Union City, pleaded guilty to a first-degree charge of leader of a narcotics trafficking network ...

6. Richard Wescoe of Long Valley arrested with $36,000 in prescription drugs
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... than than 750 pills including Oxycontin, Valium, Xanax and the steroid Dianabol in a search of the vehicle. Wescoe is charged with DWI and several criminal drug statutes. His car was impounded and ...

7. Dr. Michael Durante of Montclair, 11 others indicted on federal drug charges
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... to severe pain. Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, is the active ingredient in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, Roxicodone and Percocet. The narcotic comes with severe restrictions, and ...

8. Dr. Durante
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... or else he would not have written the scripts as every responsible dr writes them. Percoset and oxycontin and a xray of the spine. Standard for a person complaining of serious back pain. What were the ...

9. Dr. Michael Durante of Montclair among those arrested in oxycodone ring
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... undercover DEA agent Durante believed was a patient. Oxycodone, the active ingredient in brand name pills such as Oxycontin and Percocet, is a Schedule II controlled substance with a high potential ...

10. Dr. Clifton Howell of West Orange, Amir Tadros of Jersey City, Louis Lisi of Union City indicted in Medicaid scheme
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An alleged ringleader, a doctor and a pharmacist were indicted Monday in connection with a narcotics ring that defrauded Medicaid and distributed black market prescription pain pills such as OxyContin ...

11. Lavorn Hall and Darrel Kramer of Mantua arrested on drug charges
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... of possession and distribution of Oxycontin, Suboxone and marijuana. The two were taken into custody about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday after execution of a search warrant that resulted in seizure of about $2,000 ...

12. Pharmacist Kamal Moorjani of Lyndhurst gets 3 years for Medicaid fraud
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... and pharmacists, have been arrested in the investigation, which uncovered a criminal narcotics network based in Hudson County that distributed black market prescription pain pills such as OxyContin and ...

13. Dr. Magdy Elamir, Jersey City neurologist, indicted for Medicaid fraud, and dispensing drugs
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... pain pills such as OxyContin and Percocet. The network was obtaining fraudulent narcotics prescriptions and filling them at various pharmacies. At the same time, Medicaid was being billed for phony doctor ...

14. Edward Harmon of Jersey City gets three years for role in prescription pill ring
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... in Hudson County that distributed thousands of black market prescription pain pills such as OxyContin and Percocet. The network was obtaining fraudulent narcotics prescriptions and filling them at various ...

15. Dr. Kevin Flemington of Haddon Heights loses medical license for at least two years
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... that he indiscriminately prescribed painkillers to patients and failed to maintain proper patient records. Dr. Kevin M. Fleming prescribed controlled dangerous drugs, including Oxycontin, Percocet, Actiq ...

16. Hoboken pharmacist Babak Bamdad pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud
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... network based in Hudson County that distributed thousands of black market prescription pain pills such as OxyContin and Percocet. The network was obtaining fraudulent narcotics prescriptions and filling ...

17. Dr. Mario Comesanas of Livingston, six others get prison for roles in major narcotics network
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... millions of dollars a year in illegal prescription painkillers such as OxyContin, state Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor said Thursday. The seven had previously pleaded guilty to racketeering ...

18. David Rodriquez of Jersey City gets 7 years for role in pain pills distribution network
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... distribute OxyContin in Hudson County. Harmon admitted that on Dec. 21 he distributed Percocet pills in an amount greater that one ounce, a second-degree offense. Callahan scheduled sentencing for June ...

19. What world does Mary Pat live in???
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My God, with the ridiculous and dangerous easy availability in New Jersey of heroin, cocaine, roxocet, oxycontin, xanax, alchohol and tobacco, marijuana is the much less of many evils health wise. New ...

20. Raymond Bremner of Jersey City sentenced to 6 years for peddling Oxycontin
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Was part of 5-county drug ring A Jersey City man was sentenced to state prison Thursday for distributing OxyContin pills in a school zone on three occasions last year. Raymond Bremner, 43, was sentenced ...