Maine Podiatrist Gets 8 Years on Drug, Fraud Charges

Published June 30, 2013

Maine podiatrist gets 8 years on drug, fraud charges

Filed under: Portland Drug Use

PORTLAND — A former podiatrist who wrote drug prescriptions in exchange for cash and cocaine was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. John Perry, 52 … In exchange, Perry received money or cocaine for his own use, court records show. Perry was …
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The Drug Czar's unbelievable reply to US Mayors' marijuana vote

Filed under: Portland Drug Use

The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting “a war on drugs,” a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use. In his first …
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Report: Obama's EPA power balloons

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The EPA's use of regulatory disapprovals — when the agency effectively throws out a state's environmental plan — has also skyrocketed. The EPA issued 95 disapprovals during Obama's first term — 190 percent more than the average from the previous …
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