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DEA’s Family Summits

February 11, 2025
… Epidemic was held in June 2022. That first summit invited more than 90 parent or family-led non-profit organizations … a National Family Summit took place in November 2024. Thousands of families have attended these events over the past … and methamphetamine are more accessible and more widely available than ever before; anyone with a smart phone is a …
February 11, 2025
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New York Methodist Hospital Agrees To Implement Compliance Program To Settle Civil Claims Under The Controlled Substances Act

… Hospital’s residents issued improper prescriptions for Adderall, a highly addictive stimulant (BROOKLYN, N.Y.) - … by NY Methodist issued a total of 194 prescriptions for Adderall without a legitimate medical purpose. The medical …
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Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for abducting and brutally beating two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… contacted M.T. under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from M.T. When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s … to another location where those co-conspirators held M.T. overnight before releasing him. On Aug. 9, 2017, Ferry drove …
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DEA’s Family Summits on Fentanyl

January 19, 2025
… not acceptable. Illicit drugs are more accessible and available than ever before; anyone with a smart phone or …
January 19, 2025
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Uxbridge doctor sentenced to seven years in prison for conspiring to distribute over 3.5 kilograms of amphetamines

… 2020 in connection with her role in a scheme to prescribe Adderall to individuals without a legitimate medical purpose.    Leslie Caraceni … to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute Adderall and three counts of distributing and dispensing …
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DEA To Publish Final Rule Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products

… data.  The Federal Register has made the Final Rule available for preview on its website today at … and potentially dangerous prescription medications available.” When Congress passed the CSA in 1970, it placed …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… saved lives. This success would not have been possible without DEA’s law enforcement, Tribal and community … 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 …
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Spreading the Word:

June 07, 2022
… Spreading the Word: June 07, 2022 DEA Washington Leaders Partner to Educate … agents say they have never seen a drug this dangerous, and available on such a large scale.   HOW FENTANYL IS MARKETED … thing – often, DEA personnel cannot tell the difference without a laboratory test. DTOs are producing fake pills …
June 07, 2022
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Two Chinese nationals charged with operating global opioid and drug manufacturing conspiracy resulting in deaths

… it had “special ways” to “go through customs safely” in “USA, Russia, Europe,” and other locations around the world.  … drugs. In 2015, it advertised that it delivered “to all 50 USA states” and “worldwide to Australia, Europe, Asia and … synthetic drugs. It also created and shipped counterfeit Adderall pills that were adulterated with deadly bath salts. …
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DEA and El Paso County District Attorney Team Up

… By approaching drug investigations with all of the tools available, law enforcement and judicial, Colorado Springs … of the defendants were placed under arrest following the delivery of 14 kilograms of cocaine and approximately 1 … Springs in recent memory. This would not have occurred without the joint cooperation of the Drug Enforcement …
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DEA Washington Warns of Deadly Counterfeit Drugs on Social Media

July 23, 2021
… Social Media July 23, 2021 Counterfeit Xanax, OxyContin and Adderall are Being Sold to Kids Counterfeit Adderall Today, Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) … overdose, and what these cartels are selling to our kids, without any regard for a child’s life, is unfathomable.” The …
July 23, 2021
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Cumberland Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison in Largest Counterfeit Pill Seizure

… approximately 665,728 methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall® pills, the largest known seizure of its kind in … of methamphetamine in Rhode Island. Rodas was arrested for delivery of methamphetamine to a confidential source which … approximately 665,728 methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall® pills, weighing a total of approximately 660 …
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Federal grand jury charges three men for distributing fentanyl-laced pills that caused death of rapper Mac Miller

… 20 years in federal prison and a potential sentence of life without parole. Walter alone is charged with being a felon … providing McCormick with genuine oxycodone when he made the delivery during the early morning hours of Sept. 5, Pettit … law enforcement is using informants and undercover to buy them on the street do they can start putting ppl in …
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Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year

… Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year … death, admitted to repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine without medical training, including performing multiple … Plasencia conspired with Chavez about inventory, price, and availability of ketamine to sell to Perry and Iwamasa. …
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Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… public of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl … These counterfeit pills are easy to purchase, widely available, and often contain deadly doses of fentanyl. Pills … and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®). Fake prescription pills are widely accessible …
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Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Delivery Of Heroin Resulting In Death

… Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Delivery Of Heroin Resulting In Death May 19, 2015 Seattle …
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DEA Attacks Indiana Opana Painkiller Epidemic

… happy to assist but it is not a problem which can be cured overnight and requires a comprehensive approach. Arresting … the US Attorney have tools in their toolbox that are not available in state prosecutions, which make these types of …
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Naples Doctor Who Operated a Pill Mill Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison

… patients pretended to have and prescribed them oxycodone without ever examining them. Additionally, Abraham … also revealed that Abraham frequently prescribed Adderall to patients for no legitimate reason. Adderall is … Abraham prescribe Adderall simply upon a patient’s request, without asking any questions or engaging in any examination …
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Pair of Indictments Charge Conspiracies to Use Drones to Deliver Illegal Drugs, Contraband Cell Phones to Georgia Prisons

… and cell phones to Georgia state prisons. The indictments, USA v. Hall, et al,  and USA v. Harris, et al,  were … primary charge in each indictment, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute marijuana and … activities of conspirators outside the prisons, and arrange deliveries of contraband to the prisons using drones. Text …
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Denton Physician Sentenced for Over-Prescribing Opioids

… outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.  An investigation … exhibiting drug seeking behavior.  Evans would pre-sign the scripts and the patients would be seen by his four nurse … for Hydrocodone from Evans and one of the nurses without ever being fully examined or providing any …
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22 Charged In The Southern District Of Texas As Part Of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown In History

… As Part Of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown In History June 22, 2016 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) … were involved in large scale health care fraud against the USA sends a tremendous message to the public of our … for the company; Miriam Aguilar, 31, of Rio Grande City, a delivery driver and recruiter; and Nancy Rangel, 30, of …
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Leader of prescription fraud ring sentenced to over three years in federal prison

… so he and his associates could illegally obtain oxycodone, Adderall, and promethazine with codeine from pharmacies … Agent in Charge Gannon. “DEA will continue to utilize all available resources to investigate and arrest offenders like … DEA registration numbers, and medical license numbers without authorization in order to create fraudulent …
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April 01, 2026
… focus on outreach, prevention, engagement, and education with law enforcement partners and communities across the … the public’s awareness about the dangers associated with using drugs. Drug Prevention Education Parents, …
April 01, 2026
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Jury Convicts State Lawmaker of COVID-19 Fraud Scheme at Springfield Health Care Charity

… fraud, 10 counts of distributing drugs over the internet without a valid prescription, and two counts of making false … was convicted of 10 counts of distributing oxycodone and Adderall over the internet without valid prescriptions. The indictment alleges that …
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Two Charged in Connection with Search of Bronx Drug Mail Distribution Center Containing Approximately 100,000 Pills Suspected of Fentanyl and Meth

… what appears to be counterfeit oxycodone and counterfeit Adderall EDTF 2.jpg A photograph of the narcotics and some … America.  This emerging trend of mail order fentanyl pill delivery services elevates the danger of ordering pills from … look like, among other things, prescription oxycodone and Adderall, but that are, in fact, counterfeit pills laced …
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Chinese drug traffickers charged in fatal opioid conspiracy

… it had “special ways” to “go through customs safely” in “USA, Russia, Europe,” and other locations around the world.  … drugs. In 2015, it advertised that it delivered “to all 50 USA states” and “worldwide to Australia, Europe, Asia and … synthetic drugs. It also created and shipped counterfeit Adderall pills that were adulterated with deadly bath salts. …
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Counterfeit Pills Factsheet

September 27, 2021
… and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®) – but contain fentanyl or methamphetamine. … deceive the American public. Counterfeit pills are widely available, and DEA and its law enforcement partners are …
September 27, 2021
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Worcester Psychiatrist Sentenced For Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… and February 2017, Och knowingly issued prescriptions for Adderall (a Schedule II amphetamine) and Xanax (a Schedule … showed the risks presented by mixing Xanax, a depressant, with a stimulant like Adderall.  Och prescribed such highly-addictive medications without doing proper psychiatric examinations, without …
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Rochester man going to prison for his role in fentanyl delivery service

… Rochester man going to prison for his role in fentanyl delivery service January 14, 2020 New York Contact Info …
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Drug delivery man handed 27-year sentence for selling meth

… Drug delivery man handed 27-year sentence for selling meth July …