Pharmacy giant CVS agrees to pay $77.6m fine after unchecked selling of cough medicine containing key meth ingredient

Published October 19, 2010

Pharmacy giant CVS agrees to pay .6m fine after unchecked selling of cough medicine containing key meth ingredient
A leading U.S. pharmacy chain has agreed to pay $ 77.6million after it allowed widespread sales of cough medicines containing a key ingredient used to make the illegal stimulant methamphetamine.
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CVS to pay M fine over meth ingredient
LOS ANGELES — CVS Pharmacy Inc. has agreed to pay $ 75 million in fines for allowing repeated purchases of a key methamphetamine ingredient that led to a spike in Southern California drug trafficking, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
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