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malaise

(269,113 posts)
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:12 AM Jul 2019

How did the George pill mill kingpin twins thrive for so long?

https://heroin.palmbeachpost.com/meet-george-brothers-oxy-kingpin-twins/
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Chris and Jeff George of Wellington ran the largest pill mill operation in the country, prosecutors said, when the twins were arrested in 2010. Several members of the family were involved, including their mother, whom Jeff testified against. Here are some key numbers:

20 million doses of oxycodone pumped out over two years nationwide from five clinics in Palm Beach and Broward counties, including a hulking former bank building on Dixie Highway in Lake Worth.
At least 50 overdose deaths reportedly linked to that oxy.
$43 million earned in two years of pill milling.
$50,000 cash earned daily — they had trouble finding places to put it.
$4.5 million was hidden by the twins’ mother in her attic. Denice Haggerty as well as Chris’ wife, Dianna, a former stripper, got 2½ years in federal prison in the conspiracy after Jeff testified against them.
Jeff got two 20-year concurrent terms in prison, one for second-degree murder. Chris got 14.
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We watched a program about their criminal operation last night and had to wonder about their connections.
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How did the George pill mill kingpin twins thrive for so long? (Original Post) malaise Jul 2019 OP
red state america runs on vikodin rampartc Jul 2019 #1
But a man selling cigarettes on a sidewalk can be killed by cops malaise Jul 2019 #3
why do you hate america? rampartc Jul 2019 #7
LOL malaise Jul 2019 #8
sorry, malaise rampartc Jul 2019 #9
I get it malaise Jul 2019 #10
Don't ever stop being you. Hotler Jul 2019 #13
In Capitalist economies crime and abuse are business plans. Farmer-Rick Jul 2019 #2
Sad but true malaise Jul 2019 #6
"American Pain" is the book about these slimeballs . . . hatrack Jul 2019 #4
Thanks malaise Jul 2019 #5
Answer: They're White. n/t Yavin4 Jul 2019 #11
1.) they knew which palms to grease eShirl Jul 2019 #12
The palms of malaise Jul 2019 #14
There is just a heart wrenching article that goes in depth UpInArms Jul 2019 #15
Thanks - from your link malaise Jul 2019 #16
Everyone should read this article malaise Jul 2019 #17
It goes to the heart of the matter UpInArms Jul 2019 #18
Makes me wonder if the bags of tea malaise Jul 2019 #19

rampartc

(5,429 posts)
1. red state america runs on vikodin
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:19 AM
Jul 2019

pill mills are allowed to operate for the same reason Epstein is allowed to throw massage parties.

the "elite" in these small towns, and their wives, are dependent on their sources.

rampartc

(5,429 posts)
7. why do you hate america?
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:29 AM
Jul 2019

if he had been selling millions of cigarettes and wearing a tux to the charity ball he might have the hey to the city and total immunity.

disclaimer : "why do you hate america?" is a conservative talking point, meant only as a rhetorical question.

rampartc

(5,429 posts)
9. sorry, malaise
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:47 AM
Jul 2019

I know that some here do not know quite how to handle me.

I am a good democrat, old school new orleans "reform democrat" machine. I've had that "hate America" question thrown at me ever since republicans became legal (as opposed to "legitimate&quot down here.

hatrack

(59,590 posts)
4. "American Pain" is the book about these slimeballs . . .
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:26 AM
Jul 2019

Well worth reading, if you don't mind looking into a singularity of greed and sociopathy.

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
15. There is just a heart wrenching article that goes in depth
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:04 AM
Jul 2019
https://heroin.palmbeachpost.com/how-florida-spread-oxycodone-across-america/?ref=lowerTeases

And way in is this nugget

Between 2002, the year Rubio killed the database that could have identified doctor-shoppers, and late 2011, when the database finally came online, more than 20,800 Floridians died after taking prescription opioids, including OxyContin, annual Florida Medical Examiners’ reports show.

“Not getting that bill through the Legislature resulted in Florida becoming the pill mill capital of the United States,” said Burt.

“There was heartache for thousands of families beyond measure and it didn’t have to happen.”

malaise

(269,113 posts)
16. Thanks - from your link
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:12 AM
Jul 2019

It wasn’t just that Florida guaranteed a flow of cheap oxycodone. For 10 years, key lawmakers and agency heads repeatedly looked the other way as crooked doctors and bogus clinics flooded almost half the nation with the highly addictive drug.

In failing to crack down, Florida extended by years the amount of time highly addictive oxycodone would be available to both first-time experimenters and addicts. It gave criminals the raw materials for trafficking.

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
18. It goes to the heart of the matter
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 11:49 AM
Jul 2019

Money is their god ... the destruction and loss of lives do not matter



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