WSJ: New Georgia Law Aims To Control ‘Pill Mills’

May 3, 2013

New Georgia Law Aims To Control ‘Pill Mills’ By TIMOTHY W. MARTIN, Wall Street Journal Georgia will soon start requiring pain clinics to be licensed by its medical board and owned by physicians, moves aimed at slowing the flow of illicit prescription-drug sales in the state. A law signed by Gov. Nathan Deal on Thursday [...]

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Olens Named Georgian of the Year in James Magazine

April 17, 2013

Exerpt from James Magazine … Olens was born in Florida, grew up the northeast, moved slowly southward, earning his undergraduate degree at American University in D.C., and settled in Georgia as a student at Emory University’s highly ranked law school. Olens became a Cobb County Commissioner in 1998 ushering in what many in Cobb believed [...]

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Pill Mill Bill Passes Senate

March 21, 2013

Today, the Georgia Senate approved H.B. 178, legislation to reign in the operation of illicit pill mills in Georgia. This follows passage of the bill by the House of Representatives last month. H.B. 178, sponsored by Representative Tom Weldon in the House and Senator Renee Unterman in the Senate, will provide the Georgia Composite Medical [...]

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“Georgia’s Not Buying It” campaign launched

March 18, 2013

Today, Attorney General Sam Olens announced a statewide campaign, “Georgia’s Not Buying It,” to combat child sex trafficking. He was joined by Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernon Keenan, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Sally Quillian Yates, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia Ed Tarver, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District [...]

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Atlanta Business Chronicle: Emissions Indictments

March 13, 2013

Eight metro Atlantans were indicted on charges they conspired to sell fraudulent motor vehicle emission certificates and test results to motorists in Cobb and Fulton counties whose vehicles would not otherwise pass the test, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens office reported Monday. A Cobb County Grand Jury indicted Arthur Alexander, Derek Holman, Nathaniel Johnson, Tina [...]

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