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Texas doctor illegally distributed a million opioid doses through strip mall pill-mill

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Kevin Kinsella

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Physician found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and four counts of unlawful distribution.

A federal jury in the Southern District of Texas has convicted a doctor of unlawfully distributing massive quantities of addictive prescription drugs through what prosecutors described as a pill‑mill operation hidden in a Houston strip mall.

According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Dr Barbara Marino was found

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