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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day yields fruitful results in North Carolina

… medications were collected at nearly 6,400 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 . 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 Warns of Increase in Mass-Overdose Events Involving Deadly Fentanyl

… a mass-overdose event occurs, DEA stands ready to offer all available resources to assist law enforcement partners, … stop these tragedies from occurring.” “We must utilize all available resources to combat the opioid and fentanyl … September 2021 Public Safety Alert on the increase in the availability and accessibility of fake prescription pills …
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DEA And Governor Wolf Announce 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… events, approximately 330 collection sites will be available across Pennsylvania for the public to anonymously … drug take-back boxes in communities across Pennsylvania is available at https://www.ddap.pa.gov. To date, 694 permanent collection boxes are now available across the state. For more information about DEA’s …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Set for April 24

… 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 95 Collection Sites Available Across Iowa OMAHA, Neb. – The Drug Enforcement … April 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.  Iowa has 95 Take Back sites available across the state, with an additional six sites …
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Final Defendant of Nine Pleads Guilty to Heroin Conspiracy

… sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison without parole. Jerry R. Blue, 34, of Springfield, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole. Kevin D. Paine, 33, of Cahokia, Ill., was sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole. Keilan A. Murray, 30, of Springfield, was …
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Kansas Pharmacy Agrees to Pay $3 Million for Improperly Dispensing Meds

… to residents in nursing and long-term care facilities without valid prescriptions and that the company was … II controlled substances, such as opioid pain medications, without a written prescription only in true emergency … results in an illegal dispensing of controlled substances without a valid prescription. The federal government alleged …
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Monett man trafficked 'half the town'

… Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 12 years in federal prison without parole. On Jan. 21, 2020, Akins pleaded guilty to … Arreola-Chico was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison without parole. Maleana Lee Willhite, 40, of Verona, Mo., …
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Major Rewards Offered for Capture and Conviction of Leaders of Honduran Drug Trafficking Operation

… Major Rewards Offered for Capture and Conviction of Leaders of Honduran Drug … can accept messages from the social messaging applications WhatsApp and Signal, or by email at  Montes.tips@usdoj.gov . …
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Three Defendants Sentenced for $2.1 Million Meth Conspiracy

… sentenced to 26 years and eight months in federal prison without parole. Nava was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Gnat was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison without parole. Guzman and Nava were found guilty at trial …
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East Bay Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Opioids Outside the Scope of Medical Practice

… 387-3956 Defendant Pleaded Guilty to Distributing Norco Without a Legitimate Medical Purpose OAKLAND, Calif. – Parto … agent a prescription for 60 high-dose Norco pills without conducting a physical examination, without asking …
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Kentucky Anesthesiologist Sentenced To 8+ Years For Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances, Health Care Fraud And Money Laundering

… individuals by dispensing controlled substances to patients without a medical purpose. This sentence should serve as a … prosecute doctors like Dr. Guerrero who prescribe narcotics without a legitimate medical purpose.  We will seek justice … Schedule II and III controlled substances to patients, without a legitimate medical purpose and beyond the bounds …
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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day yields fruitful results in Georgia

… medications were collected at nearly 6,400 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 . 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 Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… have risen sharply as Mexican TCOs increase the drug’s availability and expand the domestic market.  - Constraints … organization (TCO) is taking advantage of the readily available and extremely dangerous, in fact lethal, … estimates. The National Drug Threat Assessment is available at …
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US Attorney’s Office Announces “The Right Prescription For New Jersey”Federal, State Agencies And Non-Profits Come Together To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

… Towanda R. Thorne-James Domestic New Jersey with offices in Atlantic City, Camden, Monmouth/Ocean, … to fighting the prescription drug problem with every available tool possible in order to protect our youth and … the dangers of abusing prescription drugs and reducing the availability of potent drugs that lead kids down a path to …
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DEA Releases 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment Report

… the product. Fentanyl also continues to be made more widely available in the form of counterfeit prescription pills … declined. The cocaine threat continues to rebound. Cocaine availability and use have increased significantly, partially … include synthetic cannabinoids and cathinones, which are available from China and packaged into a variety of forms …
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Nevada Doctor Arrested On Federal Charges Of Illegally Selling Narcotic Prescriptions For Cash At High Desert Clinic

… on federal charges of illegally selling prescriptions without a legitimate medical purpose to undercover … Mark Street, 66, of Las Vegas, was arrested this morning without incident at his residence by special agents with the … act outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.” Street allegedly …
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Doctor Convicted In Death Of Patient

… (307) 778-1500 Craig, CO doctor found guilty of prescribing without legitimate medical purpose, resulting in the death … counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance without a legitimate medical purpose, one count of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance without a legitimate medical purpose resulting in death, and …
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Former Union General Hospital CEO and two Blairsville doctors sentenced to federal prison for illegally prescribing and obtaining pain pills

… Former Union General Hospital CEO and two Blairsville doctors … opiates outside the scope of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. The Special Agent in … Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia BJay Pak, who without his diligent interest in these cases prosecution and …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization, Trafficking Cocaine Across Maryland and Bribing U.S. Postal Letter Carriers, Sentenced

… the proper address and to keep an accurate record of their deliveries.  Holloman began diverting packages containing … conducting surveillance of the Upper Marlboro package’s delivery.  Stanley fled the scene in his vehicle, but Savage …
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DEA and Texas DPS conduct joint operation

… suspected of prescription drug fraud or manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance involving prescription … three individuals were charged with manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance for trafficking …
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Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines Results in Prison Time

… Harpool to four years and six months in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Kaltenbach to pay … was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison without parole.  The court also imposed a $750,000 money … sentenced to two years and five months in federal prison without parole. Davis was sentenced to five years of …
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Four Southern Missouri Men Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… Dodson was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison without parole. Pyatt was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison without parole. Dusenbury was sentenced to 11 years and three months in federal prison without parole. Collins was sentenced to four years in …
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Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces New Effort to Reduce Violent Crime

… criminal organizations flooding our communities with illicit drugs,” said Drug Enforcement Administration … where it is needed and appropriate: The FBI will make available cutting-edge analytical resources to support state … the ATF will embed with local homicide units and expand the availability of its NIBIN Correlation Center, which matches …
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Three Plead Guilty To Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges

… men pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with their participation in a North Shore-based drug … to one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, involving … Nagle’s apartment recovered more than 74,000 counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, weighing more …
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Former Physician is Sentenced to 30 Months after Conviction for Diverting Prescription Opioids

… conspiring with others to dispense controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose. According to court … possession with intent to dispense a controlled substance without lawful medical purpose and aiding and abetting. He … intent to dispense and distribute controlled substances without lawful medical purpose and one count of dispensing …
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… have risen sharply as Mexican TCOs increase the drug’s availability and expand the domestic market.      • … compared to previous years.      • With the increase in availability of fentanyl and methamphetamine, drug-poisoning … estimates. The National Drug Threat Assessment is available at …
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ARPO Strike Force charges involve more than 350,000 prescriptions for controlled substances and more than 32 million pills

… insure continuity of care. Additional information regarding available treatment programs and where patients can turn for assistance is available as follows: Alabama : The Alabama Department of …  Information about substance abuse and opioids is available at the following websites: alabamapublichealth.gov …
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Woman Admits Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Death

… referred to in court as Victim-1, texted Blake seeking to buy heroin. Blake and Victim-1 discussed the “stamp” or …
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Suspected online drug dealer indicted in fentanyl overdose death

… website to illegally sell prescription pills. “Unless you buy your prescription pills from a legitimate pharmacy, it’s …
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing 7,000 Pills Containing Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogue

… who was cooperating with federal law enforcement. The buy was part of a broader federal investigation into a …