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Wisconsin physician agrees to pay penalties to resolve allegations of prescribing opioids illegally and violating False Claims Act

… including opioid pain medications such as oxycodone, without legitimate medical purpose. Dr. Heydarpour routinely … at extremely high doses to patients, often for years and without any documented evaluation of the patients or … and prescribed excessive amounts of opioids to patients without a legitimate medical purpose. This settlement …
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Doctor Indicted For Illegally Prescribing Fentanyl And Hydrocodone Based Drugs To Patients

… fentanyl, hydrocodone, and other controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose, as well as making … “Doctors who provide these powerful opioid based drugs without a legitimate medical purpose only compound the …
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Ohio Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Illegally Prescribing Painkillers

… outside the usual course of professional practice and without any legitimate medical purpose, according to court … "prescriptions" for addictive prescription medications without being examined by Harper and often without seeing him at all, according to the court documents. …
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Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2100 North Commerce Parkway Miami , FL 33326 United States Miami … dosage to be prescribed, or the DEA number of a physician without his or her knowledge or participation, and/or … to fill prescriptions for controlled substances and without the presence and supervision of a pharmacist; and 5) …
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35 Defendants Charged With Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Offenses Following Undercover Investigation

… for the charges range from ten years up to life in prison without parole. Fines range from $500,000 to $10 million. … the consumer. This effort would not have been successful without the mission-oriented cooperation between our … for narcotic trafficking. We could not be successful without the collaborative efforts of our local, State, and …
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Springfield Man, Woman Plead Guilty To Drug-Trafficking, Prostitution Conspiracies, Illegal Firearms

… mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 55 years in federal prison without parole. Goins is subject to a sentence of up to five years in federal prison without parole. Sentencing hearings will be scheduled after …
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Jury Convicts KC Man Of Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Conspiracies

… Feb. 10, 2015, to 12 years and six months in federal prison without parole, after pleading guilty to the same charges. … a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of life in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $10.5 million. A …
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Community Event
April 01, 2026
April 01, 2026

Recognizing Signs of Youth Drug Abuse Webinar

10:18 PM - 10:18 PM (EDT)
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The DEA Washington Division is sponsoring a free webinar for community members on the Signs of Youth Drug Abuse. This webinar is a 30-minute presentation (available in Spanish and English), designed to help parents, caregivers, and educators identify the signs of potential drug misuse and where to find help for...
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Media
June 12, 2021
June 12, 2021

VIRTUAL EVENT - What Every Family Needs to Know about Opioids

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (EDT)
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VIRTUAL EVENT - What Every Family Needs to Know about Opioids, with DEA Wichita's Greg Anderson, will examine the opioid epidemic from a local perspective and focus on how this crisis impacts our schools, families, law enforcement and healthcare systems. Our expert panel will answer your questions about how addiction...
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Recruitment
April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019

DEA Recruiting Event at the University of South Dakota

3:00 AM - 6:00 AM (EDT)
Vermillion, SD
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division recruiter will be available to answer questions and take resumes, Thursday, April 18, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the University of South Dakota (Vermillion, S.D.) Careers in Military and Criminal Justice event. The event will be held in the Muenster University Center Ballroom...
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Operation Reload: Jury Convicts Kingpin And Members Of His Family Of Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… were arrested as a result of Operation Reload and, with these convictions, all 29 have now been convicted. The … get out.” Galaviz faces a maximum of life imprisonment without parole for the drug conspiracy conviction as well as …
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Top China-Based Global Designer Drug Trafficker Arrested In U.S.

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 230 S. Dearborn Street Ste. 1200 Chicago , IL 60604-1745 United States … Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … drugs.  This is the most recently published DAWN data available. Data collected by the American Association of …
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Hearing on the Proposed Rescheduling of Marijuana Postponed

January 15, 2025
… an appeal filed by a party in the proceedings. The order is available on DEA.gov . Off Headquarters …
January 15, 2025
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Community Event
March 10, 2021
March 10, 2021

Recognizing Signs of Youth Drug Abuse Webinar

4:00 AM - 4:30 AM (EST)
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The DEA Washington Division is sponsoring a free webinar for community members on Recognizing the Signs of Youth Drug Abuse. This webinar is a 30-minute presentation (available in Spanish and English), designed to help parents, caregivers, and educators identify the signs of potential drug misuse and where to find help...
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Community Event
March 18, 2021
March 18, 2021

Recognizing Signs of Youth Drug Abuse Webinar

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM (EDT)
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The DEA Washington Division is sponsoring a free webinar for community members on the Signs of Youth Drug Abuse. This webinar is a 30-minute presentation (available in Spanish and English), designed to help parents, caregivers, and educators identify the signs of potential drug misuse and where to find help for...
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Community Event
April 10, 2021
April 10, 2021

Recognizing Signs of Youth Drug Abuse Webinar

2:00 AM - 2:30 AM (EDT)
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The DEA Washington Division is sponsoring a free webinar for community members on the Signs of Youth Drug Abuse. This webinar is a 30-minute presentation (available in Spanish and English), designed to help parents, caregivers, and educators identify the signs of potential drug misuse and where to find help for...
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Community Event
September 16, 2019 - November 08, 2019
September 16, 2019 - November 08, 2019

2019 Red Ribbon Week Campus Video PSA Contest

12:00 AM - 1:59 PM (EDT)
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Campus Video PSA Contest Save the Date Eligible entrants are colleges and universities. Winner receives: $3,000 to support the campus’s drug abuse prevention efforts; Trip for two to NASPA Strategies Conference (January 16-18, 2020, New Orleans) Plaque On September 16 full contest rules available at www.campusdrugprevention.gov/psacontest . REMEMBERING SPECIAL AGENT...
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Drug Presence in Pennsylvania 1999-2016

February 01, 2018
… presence in Pennsylvania and highlighted trends in drug availability between 1999 and 2016.  BUL-064-18 Drug …
February 01, 2018
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New Jersey residents surrender more than 12,000 pounds of prescription pills during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… New Jersey have played their part in helping to reduce the available supply of unused prescriptions from their homes,” … day.” Complete results for DEA’s fall Take Back Day are available here . DEA’s next National Prescription Drug Take …
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DEA Las Vegas District Office launches Virtual Youth Opioid Summit during Red Ribbon Week

… drug misuse. The youth opioid summit video will be available starting Monday, October 26th and will be available for a month to middle school and high school …
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DEA Supports 2024 Red Ribbon Campaign to Promote Healthy, Drug-Free Lifestyles

… Red Ribbon Rally premiered on Tuesday, October 8, and is available for viewing throughout the month of October on … annual Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest. More information is available at www.redribbon.org . Red Ribbon Week began in …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… Prevention and Awareness Day on Wednesday, August 21 with extended DEA Museum hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.  The … times more potent than morphine. It is inexpensive, widely available, highly addictive, and comes in a variety of … pills.  Drug traffickers are increasingly mixing fentanyl with other illicit drugs to drive addiction and create …
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DEA to host summit on Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in Charleston, WV

… use disorder, provide federal regulations, and resources available in West Virginia. Among the topics being discussed … and support non-enforcement programs aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on the …
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DEA Baltimore District Office to Offer "Meth Awareness" Training

… with clandestine labs. Meth is manufactured using readily available ingredients that when mixed together can also be … District Office at 410 579-5033.  DEA Meth B-Roll will be available which documents Meth seizures across the US. On …
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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day has highest-ever partner participation

…   Complete results for DEA’s spring Take Back Day are available at www.DEATakeBack.com . Video of DEA’s Take Back Day collections being weighed and destroyed is available at https://youtu.be/5y_LCuJvWRs . DEA’s next …
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DEA and partners announce results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Complete results for DEA’s April 2021 Take Back Day are available at www.deatakeback.com . Photos and video from Take Back Day are available at https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVkw4ra . ### Off …
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Complete results for DEA’s April 2021 Take Back Day are available at www.deatakeback.com . Photos and video from Take Back Day are available at https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVkw4ra # # # Take Back …
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Complete results for DEA’s April 2021 Take Back Day are available at www.deatakeback.com . Photos and video from Take Back Day are available at https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVkw4ra .   Off …
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Former Bailiff sentenced in drug conspiracy

… obtained law enforcement sensitive documents not generally available for the public and generated fraudulent search … to provide records and information to drug traffickers not available to the general public. Several members of the drug …
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DEA’S 15h Rx Drug Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In The Atlanta Field Division & State Of Tennessee

… medications were collected in more than 6,000 sites made available across the United States. I would like to thank … Complete results for DEA’s spring Take Back Day are available at www.deatakeback.com. DEA’s next Prescription …