MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration issued the text of the following speech:
Today, Acting United States Attorney Jonathan S. Ross announced that King Drug Co., Inc. (King Drug), a pharmacy previously doing business in Samson, Alabama, along with owner Traci Revels McCoy, is liable to the United States for $110,000 in civil monetary penalties after failing to comply with recordkeeping requirements of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
The CSA aims to protect the public's health and safety from highly addictive or dangerous controlled substances that are diverted into the illicit market, while also ensuring that patients have access to pharmaceutical controlled substances for legit...