By Jane Smith
    
    The City Commission passed a resolution Nov. 1 supporting federal agencies to put tighter controls on prescription painkillers.
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Justice are asking the states to do more monitoring of the prescribing of narcotics such as oxycodone, which often lead to heroin addiction.
    Delray Beach has seen nearly triple the number of overdoses this year as of Oct. 31, compared with all of 2015. In October, Delray Beach police responded to 99 heroin overdoses, resulting in 11 deaths. Both are all-time records for the city.
    The city also played a leading role in recent arrests in a patient-brokering case. Detective Nicole Lucas is the city’s representative on the law enforcement subgroup of the State Attorney’s Sober Homes Task Force, started in July.
    One of Lucas’ sources told her about a Boynton Beach treatment center. The Whole Life Recovery center’s owner, James Kigar, and manager, Christopher Hutson, are accused of illegally paying sober home operators “case management fees” weekly for every insurable patient brought to them without the patient’s visiting the center.
    Kigar and Hutson were arrested Oct. 25. They were released the next morning after posting a $3,000 bond each and have a trial date of April 28.
    The state attorney said the investigation is ongoing.

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