GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA National Rx Take Back Social Media Campaign

September 22, 2025
… them out.  Keep them safe.  Take them back.   The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug … to encourage the use of social media to help us spread the word about the upcoming Take Back Day, on October 25th, from … in Take Back events throughout the country.  Look out for social media posts from @DEAHQ and our  DEA Field …
September 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Brooklyn doctor pleads guilty to illegal distribution of narcotics

May 17, 2021
… 720-431-8836 Defendant prescribed narcotics to patients without a legitimate medical purpose in exchange for cash … not only prescribed highly addictive controlled substances without a legitimate medical need, but also went out of his … pills of highly addictive controlled substances, including Adderall and Vicodin, in exchange for cash payments. Dr. …
May 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Drug Distribution

August 11, 2023
… diazepam, and lorazepam), and amphetamine (e.g. Adderall).  For instance, Simonson admitted that she issued … prescriptions to two residents of Suffolk County, New York, without treating either of them for a medical condition. The … the 54 listed in her criminal plea agreement), often without ever examining patients and maintaining medical …
August 11, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Justice Department Sues Stockton-based Nurse Practitioner to Stop Her Sale of Illegal Opioid Prescriptions

January 14, 2025
… prescriptions for cash, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in … customers in non-medical environments, such as hotel rooms, without access to necessary diagnostic tools, proper medical … conditions, including Oxycodone, Percocet, Xanax, and Adderall, some of which can be dangerous in combination. …
January 14, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Camdenton Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Meth Conspiracy

May 06, 2021
… Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 12 years in federal prison without parole. On Aug. 28, 2019, Samons pleaded guilty to … Springs, Mo., was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison without parole. Brent A. Tribble, 31, of Kirbyville, Mo., … to both Luke and Tribble. Samons admitted to buying methamphetamine from Norles on five occasions. During …
May 06, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 02, 2021
… Americans for profit. These fake, deadly pills are widely available and deadlier than ever. Fake pills are designed to … prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines. Criminal drug … DEA’s 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day are available at www.DEATakeBack.com . For those who missed …
November 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 20, 2021
… Americans for profit. These fake, deadly pills are widely available and deadlier than ever. Fake pills are designed to … prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines. Criminal drug … are removed. A location finder and partner toolbox are available at www.DEATakeBack.com for easy reference to …
October 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… Americans for profit. These fake, deadly pills are widely available and deadlier than ever. Fake pills are designed to … prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines. Criminal drug … DEA’s 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day are available at www.DEATakeBack.com . For those who missed …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl … and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®). Fake prescription pills are widely accessible … sold on social media and e-commerce platforms – making them available to anyone with a smartphone, including minors. …
September 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 20, 2021
… Americans for profit. These fake, deadly pills are widely available and deadlier than ever. Fake pills are designed to … prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines. Criminal drug … are removed. A location finder and partner toolbox are available at www.DEATakeBack.com for easy reference to …
October 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl … and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®). Fake prescription pills are widely accessible … sold on social media and e-commerce platforms – making them available to anyone with a smartphone, including minors. …
September 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 19, 2021
… Americans for profit. These fake, deadly pills are widely available and deadlier than ever. Fake pills are designed to … prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines. Criminal drug … are removed. A location finder and partner toolbox are available at www.DEATakeBack.com for easy reference to …
October 19, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 17, 2021
… prescriptions—such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines—and have been found in … years to warn the public about the alarming increase in the availability and lethality of fake prescription pills in the … drug trafficking tool: social media applications that are available on every smartphone,” said DEA Administrator Anne …
December 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Record Fentanyl Seizure by DEA Phoenix, Scottsdale Police & the Arizona Attorney General’s Office as DEA Announces Nationwide Public Safety Surge

December 17, 2021
… prescriptions—such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax®, and other medicines—and have been found … years to warn the public about the alarming increase in the availability and lethality of fake prescription pills in the … drug trafficking tool: social media applications that are available on every smartphone,” said DEA Administrator Anne …
December 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 17, 2021
… prescriptions—such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines—and have been found in … years to warn the public about the alarming increase in the availability and lethality of fake prescription pills in the … drug trafficking tool: social media applications that are available on every smartphone,” said DEA Administrator Anne …
December 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… Americans for profit. These fake, deadly pills are widely available and deadlier than ever. Fake pills are designed to … prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines. Criminal drug … DEA’s 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day are available at www.DEATakeBack.com . For those who missed …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 20, 2021
… Americans for profit. These fake, deadly pills are widely available and deadlier than ever. Fake pills are designed to … prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines. Criminal drug … are removed. A location finder and partner toolbox are available at www.DEATakeBack.com for easy reference to …
October 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 19, 2021
… Americans for profit. These fake, deadly pills are widely available and deadlier than ever. Fake pills are designed to … prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines. Criminal drug … are removed. A location finder and partner toolbox are available at www.DEATakeBack.com for easy reference to …
October 19, 2021
DOCUMENT

Statement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on Done Global Inc.

June 14, 2024
DEA Administrator Remarks
… Global Inc., an online telehealth website that prescribed Adderall and other highly addictive medications to patients … need only exacerbates this shortage and hurts any American with a legitimate medical need for these drugs. The DEA will …
June 14, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Father and Son Admit Trafficking Cocaine to St. Louis

January 09, 2024
… and admitted trafficking kilograms of cocaine to St. Louis for years. Gregory Dixson Jr., 53, pleaded guilty Tuesday to … Jr. and/or Dixson III would send couriers to Texas to buy kilograms of cocaine from Miguel Angel Gonzalez, who … to St. Louis to pick up drug proceeds and coordinated the delivery of the money by Dixson III with father and son. In …
January 09, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Farmington man sentenced to 42 months for methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy

December 17, 2019
… Antioch, California. The USPIS seized the package prior to delivery and transported it to New Hampshire. A New … DEA agents observed Smoronk remain for several hours at the delivery address in Lebanon. The DEA learned that Smoronk … are working with West Coast suppliers to make it available for sale here. In order to stop this dangerous and …
December 17, 2019
DOCUMENT

2015 National Drug Threat Assessment

October 01, 2015
Publication
… on law enforcement, intelligence, and public health data available for the period. For instance, each day in the … users seek out methamphetamine as an alternative as cocaine availability levels decline. While marijuana is the most … discussion for each of these drugs cannot be undertaken without first examining the criminal groups that supply …
October 01, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Kentucky Family Members Are First In State To Be Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distribution Of Drugs Known As “Bath Salts”

September 12, 2011
… of Mephedrone in Kentucky, West Virginia and across the USA via the internet ASHLAND, KY - A father and his two sons … to hold accountable those who try to make mephedrone available for public consumption,” said Kerry B. Harvey, …
September 12, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Medical Doctor Surrenders License As DEA Executes Search And Seizure Warrants On Pain Clinic

February 23, 2018
… into IPMC. Additionally, TDS agents initiated undercover buys from patients of IPMC. The organization continues to be … of IPMC. TDS agents conducted several confidential (CS) buys from IPMC during the period of December 2013 through … also successfully obtained a prescription intended for a CS without IPMC or the CS confirming that the UC was to pick up …
February 23, 2018
LANDING PAGE

DEA One Pill Can Kill Game Over Tournament

December 31, 2024
… two years. There is a need to reach this target audience with educational and awareness information particularly … Administration’s New England Field Division will team up with college esports teams from across New England to host … friends, family and colleagues about the tournament Share with local youth organizations and schools Watch the Live …
December 31, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Newark Man Sentenced To More Than 24 Years In Prison For Role In Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

October 02, 2012
… and around New Jersey. Agents overheard Pender agreeing to buy heroin from others and observed Pender meeting with … area on Dec. 9, 2009, and witnessed him making a drug delivery of approximately four kilograms of heroin, which …
October 02, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Federal judge sentences Charlotte man to nine years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy

February 04, 2019
… - (910) 815-4513 Defendant used the drug proceeds to buy multiple homes and luxury vehicles CHARLOTTE, N.C. – … around Mecklenburg County, and used the drug proceeds to buy multiple residences and luxury vehicles. On April 3, … serving his sentence. All federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole. In making today’s …
February 04, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Independence Man Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

May 16, 2017
… Western District of Missouri, to 10 years in federal prison without parole. On Dec. 15, 2016, Winters pleaded guilty to … an ounce of methamphetamine for $1,400 in a controlled drug buy on Jan. 12, 2016. Law enforcement officers then executed … well as drug paraphernalia and approximately $1,200 of the buy money that had been used by a cooperating individual to …
May 16, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Nevada Woman Sentenced For Taking ‘Food Stamps’ For Meth, Cash

May 16, 2017
… District of Missouri, to nine years in federal prison without parole. On Jan. 30, 2017, Drake pleaded guilty to … then used the EBT cards and PINs belonging to others to buy her own food. Vernon County Sheriff’s Department … of the EBT cards admitted he used his EBT benefits to buy methamphetamine from Drake. He told investigators that a …
May 16, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl … and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®). Fake prescription pills are widely accessible … sold on social media and e-commerce platforms – making them available to anyone with a smartphone, including minors. …
September 27, 2021