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Police Search For Hooded Pain Bandit
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4)- Police in Wheat Ridge are hoping someone recognizes a man they call “the hooded pain med bandit.” The robber has held up the same Walgreens on Wadsworth and W. 44th Ave. –...
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Pharmacy Robberies Are Growing In Colorado
DENVER (CBS4) - A man with gun robbed a pharmacy on Tuesday and police in two metro departments are now investigating similar crimes. It appears the thief is looking for a particular prescription. “You...
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Denver Doctor Gets Probation In Drug Case
DENVER (AP) – A Denver doctor who pleaded guilty to obtaining thousands of generic Vicodin and generic Ambien pills by using aliases has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation, including...
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Pharmacy Robbery Suspect Seen Wearing Wig, Glasses
LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4)- Police in Lone Tree are looking for a pharmacy thief wanted for stealing $12,000 worth of narcotics. The suspect was captured on surveillance video robbing the Safeway in the...
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ER Doctors To Crack Down On Prescribing Painkillers
DENVER (CBS4) – Emergency room doctors in the Denver metro area are cracking down on how they disperse prescription painkillers. Citing a nationwide increase in overdoses, many doctors are now...
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Overdose Drug Expansion Considered In Colorado
DENVER (AP) – Access to a powerful drug that can stop drug overdoses could be expanded in Colorado. The state Senate begins work Thursday on a bill to expand access to so-called “opioid antagonists,”...
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Safeway Shopper Thwarts Pharmacy Robbery
DENVER (CBS4) – An armed robber thought he’d gotten away with some prescription drugs, but a quick-thinking customer saw the crime ending differently. Around dinner time Saturday night most customers...
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Got Vicodin? Get Ready For Tighter Reins On Pain Pills
The FDA has recommended tighter rules that will make it harder to get America’s most popular prescription narcotic pain pill. That pill is hydrocodone- commonly known by the trade names Vicodin or...
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No Pot For Pain, NFL Says, But Some Players Don’t Agree
DENVER (CBS4) - NFL players are banned from using marijuana for recreational or self-medicating purposes, but former players say the league needs to re-evaluate its policies. Nate Jackson, who played...
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