pill mill

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00:55 Feb 4, 2011
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Medical - Medical: Health Care
Additional field(s): Medical: Pharmaceuticals
English term or phrase: pill mill
Definition from Drug Addiction Treatment:
“Pill mill’ is a term used primarily by local and state investigators to describe a doctor, clinic, or pharmacy that is prescribing or dispensing powerful narcotics inappropriately or for non-medical reasons.

Example sentence(s):
  • His parents claim he obtained the pills after a visit to a "pill mill" -- storefronts that often provide powerful narcotics without thorough patient exams and usually on a cash-only basis. ABC News
  • City commissioners voted to approve a moratorium on "pill mills." Wesh.com
  • A Houston physician's license has been temporarily suspended for illegally operating a "pill mill" where thousands of prescriptions for addictive drugs were written — often to those suspected of being recruited by drug crews, investigators said. Chron
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4Ukritisk pilletrilling
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Ukritisk pilletrilling


Definition from NRK:
"Ukritisk pilletrilling
Enkelte leger er for slepphendte med å gi pasientene sine Valium og andre angstdempende medisiner. Det mener overlege Svein Dittmann."

Example sentence(s):
  • "Shelby og Aronofsky synes å ville uttrykke at den legaliserte avhengighet gjennom utstrakt og ukritisk pilletrilling til store deler av folket sannsynligvis er et større samfunnsproblem enn hva illegal dopmisbruk representerer." - Dagbladet  
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