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This is a file photo of Griselda Blanco. She was released in 2004. (Source: Florida Dept. Of Corrections)

The Hunt For The “Cocaine Godmother”

Griselda Blanco had quite a few nicknames: the godmother, the queen of cocaine, the black widow. Regardless of what she went by she left a lasting impression on South Florida’s history.

CBS4–2012/09/27

DEA 8/16/12 Arrests

6 Doctors Arrested As Part Of Alleged Pill Mill

The Drug Enforcement Administration continued its crackdown of alleged pill mills in South Florida Thursday with the arrests of 11 people, including 6 doctors, in Pompano Beach.

CBS4–2012/08/16

Agents from the DEA, Department of Health, and FDLE, raided Miami-Dade Medical Solutions, a pain clinic in Northeast Miami-Dade as part of "Operation Pill Street Blues" on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (CBS4)

Family Of Overdose Death Victim Reacts To Pill Street Blues

Ritter Cyphers knew his brother Forrest was in trouble, battling a prescription drug problem. Cyphers decided to call the pain clinic in Vero Beach where his brother was being treated. What Cyphers didn’t know was that agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration were listening in on the February phone call.

2012/06/30

Agents from the DEA, Department of Health, and FDLE, raided Miami-Dade Medical Solutions, a pain clinic in Northeast Miami-Dade as part of "Operation Pill Street Blues" on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (CBS4)

Exclusive: Operation “Pill Street Blues”

A major operation is underway in Miami and across Florida to arrest rogue doctors and pill mill operators. It’s called “Operation Pill Street Blues” and CBS4’s Carey Codd is the only local reporter allowed to cover the bust in South Florida.

CBS4–2012/06/27

Synthetic Marijuana (CBS4)

Feds: Synthetic Marijuana Suspect Pleads Guilty

It’s a first of its’ kind bust in Florida — Drug Enforcement Agents taking down a South Florida man suspected of distributing fake pot.

CBS4–2012/06/11

ed bozarth

CBS4 Investigates: Who Killed “Dead” Ed Bozarth?

A third-rate romance and a low-rent rendezvous appears to be more than just some lyrics in a song; it may be the reason a brutal murder at quirky Gilbert’s Marina in the Keys has taken 5-years to solve.

CBS4–2012/05/09

Prescription Pills

DEA Takes Back 276 Tons Of Unwanted Medications

The Drug Enforcement Agency revealed the numbers from National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day last Saturday and the haul was staggering.

CBS4–2012/05/03

Prescription Pills

Unwanted Drugs? Let Cops, DEA Take Them Off Your Hands

Remember that Vicodin your doctor prescribed but you never finished? How about the oxycodone your aunt was taking when she came to visit but left behind. What do you do with it now? Cops and the DEA say they have a solution; turn it in, no questions asked.

CBS4–2012/04/28

Oxycontin

Report: DEA Investigating Florida Walgreens Store & Distribution Center

Six Walgreens stores and a distribution center in Central and South Florida have come under Drug Enforcement Administration scrutiny over their sales of prescription pain killers.

CBS4–2012/04/06

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A Deficit of Attention Deficit Disorder Drugs Sweeps The Country

A battle between two powerhouse federal agencies has caused a shortage of medicine for people with ADD and ADHD.

CBS4–2012/02/15

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