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DEA and NFL Alumni Health Team Up on Football’s Biggest Stage to Tackle the Fentanyl Crisis

… DEA’s newest initiative,  Fentanyl Free America ,   with the goal of reducing demand for fentanyl and protecting … medications such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and Adderall. Fentanyl is also mixed into other substances like … this critical message to the Super Bowl for three years; within that time, there has been a significant decline in …
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Montgomery “pill mill” doctor receives over 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering offenses

… out illegitimate prescriptions for amphetamines, including Adderall, and benzodiazepines, including Xanax.  To ensure …
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Approximately 100,000 Fake Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

… and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®). The only safe medications are ones that come …
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Leader of Pharmacy Burglary Ring Across Multiple States Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Federal Prison

… on Thursday. A federal grand jury indicted Brown, along with 41 other defendants who were indicted in a superseding … Brown was initially indicted on November 8, 2022, along with 17 co-conspirators. On September 4, 2024, Brown pleaded … II controlled substances—including oxycodone, hydrocodone, Adderall, and others—were stolen were stolen from pharmacies …
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Wake County Man Responsible for Trafficking Methamphetamine Sentenced to 10 Years

… trafficking. We are grateful for the collaboration with the United States Attorney’s Office, the DEA, the North … review by the court, in August and September 2022, officers with the Fuquay-Varina Police Department (FVPD) received … baggies, methamphetamine, Suboxone, hydrocodone and Adderall pills, cocaine, and a locked box containing U.S. …
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Mother And Son Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl and one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of a mixture or … oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, among other …
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Indictment Charges Brothers with Trafficking Narcotic Pills

… Indictment Charges Brothers with Trafficking Narcotic Pills May 07, 2024 New England … ERIK PETERSEN, also known as “Peach,” 43, of New Britain, with conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to … residence revealed more than a kilogram of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, counterfeit …
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Two Men Plead Guilty To Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, among other …
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Dark Web Vendor of Opioids and Counterfeit U.S. Currency Pleads Guilty

… sale, including oxycodone, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, and Adderall, as well as counterfeit $10 and $20 bills. Pagan …
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Lynn Man Who Was Arrested at Logan Airport Transporting Nearly $40,000 In Drug Proceeds Sentenced

… oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, among other …
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Supplier in Juvenile Fentanyl Overdoses Case Charged with Drug Conspiracy

… your child thinks is Percocet, or OxyContin, or Xanax, or Adderall, may actually be fentanyl.  And if it is fentanyl, …
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The Illegal Drug Threat in Wisconsin

March 25, 2025
… in the state. The current threat across the state is the availability, distribution, and abuse of fentanyl, followed by methamphetamine. Heroin and marijuana availability, while high, have remained stable. Some local … distribution of most drugs. The violence associated with many of these groups, particularly in areas in and …
March 25, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Phoenix News 2004

July 15, 2021
… Dismantled  NOV 15, 2004 Phoenix DEA Audio Actuality Available on Prescription Drug Abuse  OCT 15, 2004 DEA To … Ribbon Campaign  OCT 14, 2004 Phoenix DEA Audio Actuality Available On Red Ribbon Campaign  AUG 31, 2004 DEA And …
July 15, 2021
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Luxury car purveyor extradicted on fraud and money laundering charges

… allegedly recruited straw purchasers – people who would buy luxury cars in their names, but had no intention of …
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DEA Makes Three More “Fake Pot” Drugs Temporarily Illegal Today

… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more. Over the past three years, smokable herbal …
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Three More Synthetic Drugs Become Illegal For At Least Two Years

… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more.  During the next two years, DEA will work with …
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Community Event
April 12, 2026
April 12, 2026

Youth and Family Services' Kids Fair

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
Rapid City, SD
Join DEA at the Youth and Family Services' Kids Fair at The Monument in Rapid City, South Dakota. Members of DEA will host a resource table at the two-day event with drug education and prevention information available for both adults and children. Kids can earn their Junior Special Agent badge...
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Community Event
April 11, 2026
April 11, 2026

Youth and Family Services' Kids Fair

4:30 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
Rapid City, SD
Join DEA at the Youth and Family Services' Kids Fair at The Monument in Rapid City, South Dakota. Members of DEA will host a resource table at the two-day event with drug education and prevention information available for both adults and children. Kids can earn their Junior Special Agent badge...
ALERT

DEA Reports Widespread Threat of Fentanyl Mixed with Xylazine

… warning the public about increases in the lethality and availability of fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills. The …
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DEA Releases New Rules That Create Convenient But Safe And Secure Prescription Drug Disposal Options

… Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010,was made available online for preview by the Federal Register at … Now everyone can easily play a part in reducing the availability of these potentially dangerous drugs.” Prior to … DEA’s goal in implementing the Act is to expand the options available to safely and securely dispose of potentially …
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DEA Releases 2015 Drug Threat Assessment: Heroin And Painkiller Abuse Continue To Spike

… The heroin threat is serious and increasing.  Heroin is available in larger quantities, used by more people, and … based DTOs.  Methamphetamine continues to be readily available and is being smuggled into the United States in … quantities.  As the United States has restricted the availability of methamphetamine precursor chemicals over the …
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DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

… Education and Prevention Program (YEPP) Mentor Foundation USA  Los Angeles County Office of Education- Friday Night …
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Indictments Announced Following Wisconsin Drug Trafficking And Illegal Gambling Investigation

… today that 24 defendants were charged in federal court with various drug-trafficking and illegal gambling offenses. The defendants are charged with, among other things, conspiracy to possess with the … Wisconsin and Northern Illinois that generated tens of thousands of dollars weekly. To date, over 35 individuals have …
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DEA Continues to Prioritize Efforts to Expand Access to Marijuana for Research in the United States

May 14, 2021
… final approval, DEA has determined, based on currently available information, that a number of manufacturers’ … granted DEA registrations, that information will be made available on DEA’s Diversion Control website . DEA will …
May 14, 2021
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Webster Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Crystal Methamphetamine

… Burlington - (802) 951-2900 Defendant responsible for the delivery of nearly 1 kilo of methamphetamine BOSTON – A … Jan. 23, 2026 in federal court in Worcester in connection with his role in distributing crystal methamphetamine. Giang … in Worcester. In total, Tran delivered or arranged the delivery of approximately 1 kilogram of methamphetamine.     …
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Australian National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… organization.  While based in Dubai, Curry partnered with other conspirators, to launder drug proceeds and … included a co-conspirator in Colombia, to coordinate the delivery of the pesos in Bogota, Colombia. Between July 10 … the cocaine, Curry was going to send a courier in Australia with the cash payment. Curry set up a group chat that …
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Ohio man pleads guilty in methamphetamine conspiracy

… As part of his plea, Ramirez admitted to arranging bulk deliveries of methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin and then …   Upon returning to West Chester, Ramirez began accepting delivery of kilogram quantities of methamphetamine from …
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DEA And USPIS Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 28 Individuals For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Marijuana

… Rico. The suppliers based in Puerto Rico would coordinate delivery of the boxes containing the marijuana, oversee the delivery to various distributors, pay the couriers, and …
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Drug Ring Peddling Fentanyl Pills Disguised As Oxycodone, Cocaine And Heroin Dismantled

… Frank A. Tarentino III Domestic New York state with offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long … “Operation Blue Death,” authorities seized 502 pills laced with fentanyl, over 100 grams of black tar heroin, over 130 … defendant Pablo Zambrano.  The packages were intended for delivery to Jonathan Rosario and Jonathan Ivan (known as …
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2nd Major Narcotics Trafficker Extradited To US From Columbia

… before returning to Spain in July 2014.  Shortly after the delivery of the heroin and cocaine, members of DEA’s New … City-based trafficking group were indicted following the delivery involving the Juan Sebastian de Elcano, including …