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Red Ribbon Week: A Time to Remember, A Time to Teach

… and their work still resonates today. With fentanyl pills, pink cocaine and the resurgence of methamphetamine making …
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Two Members Of A Violent Gang Sentenced To Prison For Racketeering And Drug Trafficking

… plastic bags commonly used for street-level sales, a bag of pink pills, a money counter, an empty Glock firearm box and …
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Depressants

Barbiturates

January 21, 2025
Depressant drug used to help sleep, relieve anxiety, muscle spasms, and prevent seizures. Prescribed names: Fiorina®, Pentothal®, Seconal®, or Nembutal®.
January 21, 2025
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China Announces Scheduling Controls Of New Psychoactive Substances/fentanyl-class Substances

… control. U-47700 a synthetic opioid, also known as “pink,” has no medical use and was emergency (Scheduled I) in …
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Oakland Resident Sentenced to Three Years for Selling Fentanyl and Methamphetamine in San Francisco's Tenderloin

… 21, 2022, Murillo sold $40 of yellow fentanyl and $750 of pink fentanyl, respectively, to undercover officers in the …
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Fentanyl Dealers Plead Guilty in Relation to Overdose Death of Oklahoma Man

… M/30, three green rectangle tablets marked S/90/3, and one pink capsule with illegible markings.  The blue M/30 – which …
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Seattle Man Sentenced for Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web

… Seattle Man Sentenced for Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web April 12, … August 30, 2021, Verbowski used cryptocurrency and cash to buy bulk quantities of counterfeit generic alprazolam, an …
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Jacksonville, Arkansas Woman Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth

… of methamphetamine to the CS. The DEA conducted controlled buys from Osborn on two separate occasions with Osborn … each time.  On June 5, 2025, DEA planned another controlled buy of over a pound of methamphetamine from Osborn. Through …
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El Dorado County man sentenced 10 years in prison for distributing a drug that caused the death of a minor

… grams of suspected hash oil, 42.25 grams of marijuana, 89 pink colored tabs of suspected 25i-nBome on paper, and seven …
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Seattle Man Admits Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web

… Seattle Man Admits Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web June 15, … ST. LOUIS – A man from Seattle, Wash., on Thursday admitted buying 630,000 counterfeit Xanax and other pills on the dark …
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Antelope Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Charges

… two pounds of methamphetamine, one pound of heroin, and a pink slip tied to their stolen vehicle investigation. On …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Seattle News 2009

July 15, 2021
… to 15 Years in Prison January 16, 2009 Leader of "Operation Pink Tiger" Nets 10 Years in Prison January 16, 2009 Sixteen …
July 15, 2021
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El Dorado County man pleads guilty to distributing a designer drug from the dark web that caused the death of a minor

… grams of suspected hash oil, 42.25 grams of marijuana, 89 pink colored tabs of suspected 25I-NBOMe on paper, and seven …
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Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine

January 22, 2025
Stimulant that speeds up body’s system that comes as pill or powder. Available in prescription as Desoxyn® to treat obesity and ADHD. Crystal meth resembles glass fragments and is an illegally altered version of the prescription drug that is cooked with over-the-counter drugs in meth labs.
January 22, 2025
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Antelope Man Convicted Of Federal Drug And Firearm Charges

… two pounds of methamphetamine, one pound of heroin, a pink slip tied to the stolen vehicle investigation, and …
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LeFlore County Resident Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Meth

… a sale for 27.85 grams of methamphetamine in a controlled buy during an undercover investigation by the Oklahoma … a sale for 52.9 grams of methamphetamine in a controlled buy during an undercover investigation by the Drug …
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Stimulants

Stimulants

January 25, 2025
Stimulants speed up the body’s systems. This class of drugs includes: Prescription drugs such as amphetamines [Adder- all® and Dexedrine®], methylphenidate [Concerta® and Ritalin®], diet aids [such as Didrex®, Bontril®, Preludin®, Fastin®, Adipex P®, Ionomin®, and Meridia®] and other illicitly used drugs such as methamphetamine, cocaine, methcathinone, and other synthetic...
January 25, 2025
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Reno Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Synthetic Opioid Drug U-47700

… synthetic opioid with street names “China White” and “Pinky” that is more potent than morphine, announced U.S. … than morphine. The illegal drug looks like a white or light pink powder and poses the same risks as heroin and …
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Three St. Louis Area Residents Admit Selling Fentanyl, Other Drugs Via Social Media

… drugs to a minor on Sept. 18, 2022, who believed she was buying the prescription drug Percocet. The minor overdosed …
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Three-Time Convicted Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Selling Deadly "Tranq Dope" That Killed One and Seriously Injured Another

… gas station in Conyers, Georgia. The men believed they were buying cocaine or heroin, but the powder was actually a …
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Roswell Woman Indicted On Federal Charges For Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl & Synthetic Opioids

… top priorities. Substances like U-47700, also known as “Pink,” which is a synthetic opioid 7.5 times stronger than …
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Cocaine Trafficker In Newport Pleads Guilty

… the discovery of 1.13 kilograms of cocaine stuffed inside a pink children’s ottoman. The package was resealed and a …
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Operation Oxy-Concourse: NY Attorney General’s Office and DEA take down narcotics distribution ring in New York City

… based on the color of the pills, for example “yellows”, “pinks” and “blues”, and the milligram dosage, for example …
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Eight East Bay residents charged with crimes related to drug distribution scheme

… fentanyl being sold by their various colors, such as blue, pink, and yellow.  Further, the government has alleged that …
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New Jersey heroin supplier sentenced to more than 14 years in federal prison

… he had purchased U-47700, a synthetic opioid also known as “Pink,” over the dark web.  On Mar. 7, 2017, Torres was …
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Bakersfield Drug-Buy Defendant Sentenced

… Bakersfield Drug-Buy Defendant Sentenced March 15, 2011 San Francisco Contact …
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Five Charged in Sophisticated Scheme to Mail Cocaine from Puerto Rico New York City inside Children’s Lunchboxes

… Street in Flushing, Queens. The search yielded more than 18 pink zip lock bags containing cocaine, as well as $4,000 …
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Laurel Narcotics Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Bringing Large Quantities of Fentanyl, Cocaine and Other Drugs from California to Maryland

… 2’s vehicle and located a heat-sealed bag containing a pink powdery substance, later revealed to be fentanyl with a …
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DEA Operation Meltdown Shuts Down Hundreds of Illegal Online Pharmacies

… BeSafeRx campaign  page for information on how to safely buy prescription medication online and how to locate a …
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Brownsville man heads to federal prison for buying crack cocaine

… Brownsville man heads to federal prison for buying crack cocaine April 10, 2019 Houston Contact Info …