Bibi1581.com Blog: Evening Edition For 2020-10-30 02:37:15 +0000

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A Tennessee psychiatrist will spend 48 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully distributing opioids, as Richard Farmer, 83, of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Parker, after found by a jury on Feb. 21, 2020, of three counts of distribution of controlled substances outside the scope of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.

The defendant was charged in an April 2019 indictment as part of the first Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force Takedown, and his conviction was the first guilty trial verdict for the ARPO Strike Force.

“The Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that physicians who abuse their power to promote and prolong drug addiction for their own benefit are punished accordingly,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. 

“Opioid misuse and abuse is an insidious epidemic, created in large part by the over-prescribing and diversion of potent opioids,” said U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant of the Western District of Tennessee.  

“This sentence demonstrates our ability and resolve to aggressively prosecute and hold accountable any medical personnel who misuse their positions of trust to exploit the very people coming to them for help.”

“Doctors who prey on those who suffer from the disease of addiction are no better than street corner drug dealers,” said Special Agent in Charge Todd Scott of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Louisville Division. 

“DEA remains committed to rooting out and locking up all healthcare practitioners who exploit the weak and put greed above patient care.”

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/west-tennessee-psychiatrist-sentenced-unlawfully-distributing-opioids

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3………….> Trump vs Biden Rally: In The Heat Of The Battle?

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President Donald Trump and “Uncle” Joe, “Sleeping in a wrong century” Biden both held events in battleground state Florida in the final days before the US election.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/av/election-us-2020-54742426

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4…………> Is US Prepping For A Cyber Attack? Don’t Bet Against It!

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Reports are coming that DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will organize a 24/7 war room command center on 3 November, so that election officials across the United States can dial in at any time to share notes about suspicious activity and collaborate to respond, as the agency would also transmit classified information from intelligence agencies about detected efforts by adversaries to undermine the elections and will advise US states’ authorities on how to protect from such attacks.

The operation will last until it is clear who are the winners in most races and possibly until the election is formally over.

The United States is set to hold the presidential and general elections on 3 November.

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https://sputniknews.com/us/202010301080932863-us-preparing-largest-operation-to-protect-elections-from-cyber-attacks—reports/