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Prescription and illegal opioids are commonly abused because they are so addictive (Source: CNN)

Two Chicago Pharmacy Technicians Indicted for Stealing Opioids and Selling Them for a Profit

by Rosemary Piser on August 13, 2018

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Opioids — Prescription and illegal opioids are commonly abused because they are so addictive (Source: CNN)

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—August 13, 2018

By: Rosemary Piser

Pharmacy technicians Elizabeth Cruz, 33, of Stone Park, and Jacqueline Green, 27, of Chicago, who worked at Allcare Discount Pharmacy, 2700 West North Avenue in Chicago, were charged with allegedly stealing more than 56,000 pills of Hydrocodone and selling them for a profit.