Offenses of obtaining or supplying prescription medicine illegally, including diversion of medicines to illegal use, doctor shopping, forged prescriptions and pill mills. An offense belongs here when the drug is a lawful medicine and the wrong is how it is obtained or supplied. It excludes street drug sales. Entries placed here are Drug Diversion, Doctor Shopping, Prescription Fraud and Pill Mill Operation.
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Drug diversion, Wikipedia
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Drug diversion is a medical and legal concept involving the transfer of a legally-prescribed controlled substance from the individual for whom it was prescribed to another person for any illicit use.
Doctor Shopping (Wikipedia)
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Doctor shopping is the practice of visiting multiple physicians to obtain multiple prescriptions.
Wikipedia, Pill mill
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A pill mill is an illegal facility that resembles a regular pain clinic, but regularly prescribes painkillers (narcotics) without sufficient medical history, physical examination, diagnosis, medical monitoring, or documentation.
USLegal, Inc.: Prescription Fraud Law and Legal Definition
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Prescription fraud is the illegal acquisition of prescription drugs for personal use or profit.
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