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DEA Atlanta Division Office Heads Up Eighth Prescription Drug Take-Back Event April 26, 2014

ATLANTA - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Atlanta Division Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold an eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This one-day event will...
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Prescription Drug Take-Back Day On Saturday April 26

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - After collecting more than 84 tons of unwanted prescription medications in Northern California and the Central Valley over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April...
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On April 26 Take-Back Day To Help Residents Clean Out Their Medicine Cabinets Of Old, Unwanted, Potentially Harmful Drugs

PHOENIX - With public participation at an all-time high after seven prior events in three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners will hold another Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26th. Arizonans can take their pills to one of over 85...
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

HOUSTON - After collecting more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26th. Americans can take their pills...
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DEA Sponsors 8th National Prescription Take Back Day

APR 21 - ( SAN DIEGO) - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) would like to announce that the 8th National Prescription Take Back Day will be held on April 26, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. DEA and its law enforcement and community partners will give the public another opportunity...
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

WASHINGTON - After collecting more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26th. Americans can take their pills...
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Underground Steroid Distribution Ring Busted Raw Steroid Materials From China; 11 Search Warrants; Cash, Bank Accounts And Weapons Seized

PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman today announcedthe culmination of "Operation Bad Mussels", a 15-month investigation targeting an illegal anabolic steroid distribution ring that led to the indictment of eight individuals and 11 federal search warrants: five in Surprise, AZ, three in Omaha, NE, two...
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Pill Mill Doctor Found Guilty

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that a federal jury yesterday found Ronald John (58, Brandon) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and dispense Oxycodone and...
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Heroin Dealer Endangering Children Sentenced To More Than 18 Years In Federal Prison

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that yesterday U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell sentenced Damion Rashaad (36, Cocoa) to 18 years and 9 months...
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DEA And U.S. Attorney Announce Extradition Of Former Member Of Polish Armed Forces Charged With Narcotics Conspiracies

WASHINGTON - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), today announced that Slawomir Soborski was extradited from Estonia where he had been arrested for conspiracy to import cocaine into the United...