Pharmacists Becoming Drug Dealers

The arrest reports in newspapers across the country list the thousands of reports of addicts obtaining narcotics by fraud and the subsequent charges imposed on them.  However, less frequently reported are charges imposed on those whom we entrusted our care and general well-being, the Pharmacists.

Recently, the Associated Press reported two stories involving two pharmacists in our communities::
Florida:
Investigators said they’ve arrested the pain pill kingpin of Volusia County. But he isn’t just any street dealer: the suspect is a pharmacist. Deputies arrested Michael Lomangino when they found some pills during a traffic stop on Tuesday.  Lomangino was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance as well as a traffic violation.
Tim Jobson runs the mom-and-pop operation where Lomangino was employed as a Pharmacist.  Jobson is still absorbing the news that his trusted employee went to jail. “I’m just very, very upset about it because I never.., I would have guaranteed that this would have never happened,” Jobson said.
New York:
A Baldwin, New York, pharmacy owner was arrested last year for illegally supplying a teen driver who fatally struck a retired woman on her lawn.  Recently, he was arrested again.
Lutful Chowdbury, 62, was arrested on new charges at his Aim Pharmacy in Baldwin, which he owns and where he is the supervising pharmacist.  Chowdbury was charged with illegally distributing oxycodone and forging prescriptions.
New York drug rehabs are seeing an increase in prescription drug related addictions.
The consequences of addiction is very widespread and touches many lives adversely.  When people can no longer trust persons whom they entrust with their lives, whether it be pharmacists, medical doctors or nurses, we have to realize the degree to which drug and alcohol addiction has consumed our lives and our society.  The only remedy is to aggressively handle addiction, one addict at a time.
Narconon Louisiana understands that those who started down the path of addiction were unable to handle some aspect of their life.  Using drugs or alcohol made them then damage their physical and mental selves that the quality of life in general deteriorated.
If any type of drug abuse continues unchecked, eventually the person is faced with so many unpleasant circumstances that each sober moment is filled with despair and misery.  All the addict now wants to do, is escape those feelings by medicating them away.  This is the downward spiral of addiction and this is what we at Narconon Louisiana, will get the person to address.
If you are someone you love is suffering from addiction and/or alcoholism, call Narconon at 1-877-340-3602.