CVS to pay $78 mln to settle meth ingredient probe

Published October 17, 2010

CVS to pay mln to settle meth ingredient probe
CVS Caremark Corp has agreed to pay $ 77.6 million to settle an investigation that its drugstores allowed widespread sales of cough medicines used to manufacture the illegal stimulant methamphetamine.
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Selling crystal meth ingredient draws fine
American drug chain CVS Pharmacy Inc. has agreed to pay $ 75 million in fines for allowing repeated purchases of a key ingredient in the making of methamphetamine in at least five states, authorities say.
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