United States Drug Enforcement Administration

GARDEN CITY, Kan. – The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced it will increase its law enforcement presence in Garden City, Kansas, bringing in six new law enforcement agents. The new office will include two DEA special agents and four task force officers. The additional law enforcement presence will bring more...

PHILADELPHIA – With robust public participation over the course of 16 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including...

ST. LOUIS – Dr. Philip Dean, 62, a resident of Warren County, Missouri, was sentenced today to 40 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution to the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the amount of $312,377. Dr. Dean previously pled guilty today to two felony charges, illegally distributing opiate...

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Philadelphia Field Division Special Agent in Charge Jon Wilson announced today that the DEA and Jennifer Lewis-Hall from PHL 17 will be hosting a Youth Drug Summit at Temple University on Nov. 27, 2018, as part of the DEA’s 360 Strategy. Over 350...

ST. LOUIS –The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service extradited Armando Medina-Hernandez from Mexico on Nov. 7, 2018, to face federal drug trafficking charges in the Southern District of Illinois. According to the superseding indictment unsealed on Nov. 16, 2018, Medina has been charged by a federal...

PHILADELPHIA -- Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Jon Wilson of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that 39,615 pounds of prescription drugs were collected across Pennsylvania and Delaware by the DEA and its partners during the Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018...

The Drug Enforcement Administration, St. Louis Division advises law enforcement, first responders and parents to be aware of Marijuana-laced and Methamphetamine-laced candy this Halloween. These treats can look like traditional candies, but can have harmful effects if consumed by a child. The DEA and law enforcement agencies throughout the country...

PHILADELPHIA -- Jon Wilson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division, announces the release of The Opioid Threat in Pennsylvania, a comprehensive assessment of the Commonwealth’s opioid crisis achieved through the collection and analysis of supply and demand indicators, as well as county level...

MEDIA ADVISORY PHILADELPHIA – Jon Wilson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Philadelphia Field Division, announced today that 5,456 drug-related overdose deaths [1] were reported by coroners and medical examiners in Pennsylvania for 2017. This number represents a rate of 42 deaths per 100,000 people and a...

MEDIA ADVISORY DEA ANNOUNCES 5,456 DRUG-RELATED OVERDOSE DEATHS IN PENNSYLVANIA IN 2017 Contact: Supervisory Special Agent Patrick J. Trainor, Public Information Officer, (215) 852-8740 (PHILADELPHIA) – Jon Wilson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Division, announced today that 5,456 drug-related overdose deaths [1] were reported...