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Armed Pharmacy Robbers Receive Tough Sentences
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) — Two men convicted of robbing three overnight drugstores in South Florida have been sentenced for their crimes. Timothy “Back Arms” Johnson, 36, was sentenced Friday to life in...
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Latest Pharmacy Heist Caught On Camera
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) – The latest in a string of drug heists at area pharmacies was caught on camera. It happened early Sunday morning at the Medex Pharmacy on the 17th Street Causeway in Ft....
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Family Sues CVS Claiming False Imprisonment And Battery
MIAMI (CBS4) – A teenage girl and her family are suing one of the biggest drug store chains in America over what she says happened in a South Florida pharmacy. The 14-year-old girl says she was...
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Tamarac Pharmacist Allowed To Stay Open Despite Complaints
TAMARAC (CBS4) – A victory for a Tamarac pharmacist tonight. Hal Goldman will get to keep his business open in spite of complaints by the Broward Sheriff’s Office that his pharmacy poses a threat to...
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I-Team: Sex, Drugs and Counterfeits
It has become one of the hottest and most lucrative sections of the international drug market. Drug companies on-line marketing themselves as alternatives to drugs meant to enhance people’s sex lives....
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Doctors No Longer Allowed To Sell Narcotics
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami.com) – Local and state agents conducted inspections on South Florida pain clinics Tuesday to make sure they are complying with new laws aimed at curbing prescription drug...
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7 Charged In Fort Lauderdale Pharmacy Pill Mill Case
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4)- Seven people are charged in South Florida with supplying more than 1 million tablets of oxycodone painkiller to drug dealers and to fill pill mill doctor prescriptions. Federal...
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Broward Pharmacy Tech Helps Nab Illegal Pill Seekers
POMPANO BEACH (CBS4) – Aline Leca is a pharmacy technician with an investigator’s mind. During one week in early July, Leca says she turned in three customers to the Broward Sheriff’s Office at the...
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Hialeah Woman Charged With Scamming Elderly
HIALEAH (CBSMiami) – A Hialeah women has been charged with preying on the elderly, allegedly ripping off at least half a dozen people by claiming to have life saving drugs for them that turned out to...
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Burglars Bust Through Drywall In West Miami Break-ins
WEST MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Two people are in police custody for allegedly burglarizing several businesses in West Miami. According to West Miami police, officers were on routine patrol around 5:00 a.m....
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Rare Eye Fungus Traced To Florida Pharmacy
MIAMI (CBS4/AP) — Federal health officials are working to contain more than two dozen cases of a rare fungal eye infection across seven states, and they believe the problem stems from a Florida...
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Pharmacy Association Fights Medicaid Restrictions
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — The Florida Pharmacy Association wants to make sure your pharmacy accepts your Medicare plans and satisfy’s your children’s medical needs. Saying its members have been...
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Walmart Files Permit Seeking City’s OK To Build Midtown Miami Store
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — The Shops of Midtown Miami may soon be the site of a new Walmart Supercenter. CBS4 news partner The Miami Herald reports that, despite community objections, Walmart is moving forward...
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Cops: Man Resealed Used Enema Kits, Returned Them To Store
JACKSONVILLE (CBS4) – Police say the unsanitary, and extremely unorthodox, actions of a Jacksonville man may have put several people’s health in danger. Ronald Eugene Robinson, 34, has been charged...
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Judge Strikes Down Restrictions On Morning After Pill
WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) – A federal judge ruled Friday that the so-called “morning after pills” must be sold over the counter at pharmacies without any age restrictions. The ruling came from U.S....
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Revamp Of State’s Pharmacy Board In Works
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — In an effort to increase representation for both smaller and larger pharmacies, the legislature is considering a bill that would change the composition of Florida’s...
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Powerful Antibiotic Could Be A Prescription For Danger
http://media.miami.cbslocal.com/CBSMIA_1302201523192900000AA.mp4 Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Andrea Siani doesn’t get around her home like she used to, not since she was...
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Report Suggests Trend In Prescription Drug Errors Filled By Pharmacists
http://media.miami.cbslocal.com/CBSMIA_2002201523183500000AA.mp4 Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Anyone who has picked up a prescription knows a pharmacy counter can be a...
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More Vaccines Available At Pharmacies Under New Law
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) – Under a new law that went into effect on Wednesday, July 1st, Floridians now have access to a wider range of vaccines at their local...
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State Change Could Help Patients Get Pain Medications
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TAMPA (CBSMiami/NSF) — The Florida Board of Pharmacy approved a rule change Wednesday aimed at training pharmacists to change their mindset about prescriptions...
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Senate Committee To Tackle Patients’ Pain Med Problems
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – The Legislature may have inadvertently made it harder for legitimate patients to get critical pain medications when it passed a 2011 law...
View ArticleCVS To Offer Next-Day Drug Delivery Nationwide
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CNN Money) — CVS hears the Amazon footsteps — and the pharmacy giant is wasting no time trying to get ahead of any Jeff Bezos plan to disrupt the drug...
View ArticleFlorida Pharmacy Owner Gets 13 Years For Health Care Fraud
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) — Health care fraud is an issue that continues to cause problems despite efforts on many levels to stop it. The owner of a Florida pharmacy...
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