Feb 4, 2011 00:54
13 yrs ago
English term
pill mill
GBK
English to Catalan
Medical
Medical: Health Care
Definition from
Drug Addiction Treatment:
“Pill mill’ is a term used primarily by local and state investigators to describe a doctor, clinic, or pharmacy that is prescribing or dispensing powerful narcotics inappropriately or for non-medical reasons.
Example sentences:
His parents claim he obtained the pills after a visit to a "pill mill" -- storefronts that often provide powerful narcotics without thorough patient exams and usually on a cash-only basis. (ABC News )
City commissioners voted to approve a moratorium on "pill mills." (Wesh.com)
A Houston physician's license has been temporarily suspended for illegally operating a "pill mill" where thousands of prescriptions for addictive drugs were written — often to those suspected of being recruited by drug crews, investigators said. (Chron)
Proposed translations
(Catalan)
| 5 | distribució il·legal de fàrmacs |
Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
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Proposed translations
308 days
Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Spain
Spain
Spain
Language skills and scientific knowledge
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
, English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
distribució il·legal de fàrmacs
Definition from
own experience or research:
La forma pill mill es tracta d'una forma argòtica en anglès (literalment "fàbrica de pastilles").<br /><br />En català us recomanem una traducció descriptiva del tipus distribució il·legal de fàrmacs.
Example sentences:
(Personal communication from TERMCAT.)
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