Meaning of pill mill | Babel Free

Definitions

A clandestine operation where a medical worker illicitly offers prescription medication to patients in exchange for bribes.

idiomatic

Examples

“Four men who helped Jeff and Chris George run their lucrative pill mills received sentences ranging from 9 months to 14 years today in federal court.”

“Needless to say, the professional bullying from the primary care physicians (PCPs) and the [hospital] administrators to run both a pill mill and a needle jockey business was tremendous. I resisted the entire time, but god it wore me out. [From a pain specialist for a large multi-specialty group.]”

“As state attorney general, [Pam] Bondi was widely praised for her crackdown on opioid pill mills and for her work combatting human trafficking.”

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