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Walgreens To Pay Record Fine

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.
Naples Daily News
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The Florida Channel
Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

Walgreens has agreed to pay an $80-million fine following an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration into the company’s dispensing practices, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.  The agreement was reached after the DEA banned a Florida distribution center from dispensing controlled substances, including oxycodone.  Six Florida Walgreens were targeted in the DEA probe. 

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