Walgreens' Record Settlement Will Curb Painkiller Distribution

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefAn $80 million settlement between Walgreens Corp. and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration about the retail drug store chain's dispensing of OxyContin and other prescription painkillers in Florida will shut off the supply of all controlled substances from a major Florida distribution center and six retail outlets until 2014, according to the terms of the record-setting agreement announced Tuesday.The DEA said in a settlement and memorandum agreement with the nation's largest drug store chain that Walgreens will stop the shipment of all drugs...