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January 26, 2016

Former NY doctor sentenced for bogus pain prescriptions

BUFFALO (AP) — A former physician has been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally writing prescriptions for painkillers that prosecutors say contributed to western New York's opioid epidemic.

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