California doctor dubbed 'Candyman' convicted of illegal prescriptions

28 August 2015   Julio Gabriel Diaz, 67, was convicted of 79 counts of distributing controlled substances after a two-and-a-half week trial in federal court, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.

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“CANDYMAN” FACING UP TO 1,360 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ILLEGAL DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS

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Dr. Julio Gabriel Diaz is arrested at his Santa Barbara office in 2012. On Friday, a federal jury found Diaz, 67, guilty on 79 counts of writing prescriptions for powerful painkillers such as OxyContin and Dilaudid without a legitimate medical purpose. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

The Inquisitr - ‎Aug 29, 2015‎
In 2012, Diaz was arrested and pleaded guilty to 11 charges but later withdrew his plea, saying he was ill advised about the sentence he was facing and unaware that federal prosecutors would argue that his prescriptions could be tied to 20 people who died.

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She defied Mexico's powerful drug gangs, who twice tried to gun her down

Maria Santos Gorrostieta - Astonishing HERO of Mexico's Undeclared War

They got her in the end.

MEXICO, D.F. -- The former mayor of Tiquicheo, Michoacan, Maria Santos Gorrostieta Salazar, 36 years old, was found dead Thursday morning in a vacant property in the Cuitzeo municipality (county).
Previously, Gorrostieta had suffered two attacks. one on October 15, 2009, when she was ambushed along


with her husband, Jose Sanchez, who died in the attack. She was wounded in the incident.
The other attack took place in January, 2010, when, after taking part in a public event in Altamirano City, Guerrero, she was attacked and wounded by individuals who were carrying assault rifles.

Enemy of Mexico’s drug cartels

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New Frontier of the Drugwar: Prescription Drugs

Let's end the prescription drug death epidemic

Don't miss Dr. Sanjay Gupta's "Deadly Dose" documentary. 

(CNN) -- It's the biggest man-made epidemic in the United States. That's how a doctor in Washington state described it to me as we sat outside the state Capitol in Olympia.

He was talking about accidental death from prescription drug overdoses. The doctor, Gary Franklin, medical director for Washington state's Department of Labor and Industries, recounted terrifying case after case and told me it was the saddest thing he had ever seen.
I remember him telling me about a teenager dying because he had taken too much narcotic medication after a dental procedure.  READ MORE  (video)...   Prescription drug deaths: Two stories

Edie Sedgwick  was a legendary socialite, heiress, model and actress born in Santa Barbara, California. Sedgwick is buried next to her mom in Santa Barbara County's Santa Ynez Valley, near the Neverland Ranch of Michael Jackson.... cause of her death  "acute barbiturate intoxication."

“Well you’re the boss applesauce“

Michael Jackson Used Employees' Names to Score Drugs

Billionaire hedge funder's wife arrested for 'driving under influence of drink and prescription drugs' after Hamptons car crash  

SANTA BARBARA: “Candy Man” Created Need for Drug Class for Many Patients

Two female patients taken to a hospital emergency room indicated they were among numerous people who used sex to pay for drugs from suspect Julio Gabriel Diaz.
 OUT ON BAIL  

UPDATE:  ' C A N D Y   M A N '    Malpractice Dr. Julio Diaz / Facing 200 Years in Prison.

Prescription drugs worth millions to dealers

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