DRUG FACT SHEET

Opium

January 22, 2025
Narcotics (Opioids)
Opium is a highly addictive non-synthetic narcotic that is extracted from the poppy plant, Papaver somniferum. The opium poppy is the key source for many narcotics, including morphine, codeine, and heroin.
January 22, 2025
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Twin Falls Woman Pleads Guilty To Controlled Substance Delivery

January 14, 2015
… Twin Falls Woman Pleads Guilty To Controlled Substance Delivery January 14, 2015 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us …
January 14, 2015
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Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Delivery Of Heroin Resulting In Death

May 19, 2015
… Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Delivery Of Heroin Resulting In Death May 19, 2015 Seattle …
May 19, 2015
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Former Amherst Pain Doctor Going to Prison for Illegal Prescribing and Defrauding Medicare

June 18, 2021
… Former Amherst Pain Doctor Going to Prison for Illegal Prescribing and … 2013 and May 2017, the defendant, while working as the pain management doctor at the Hens Pain Center in Amherst, …
June 18, 2021
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Heather Morgan Sentenced For Making False Statements To Federal Law Enforcement In Breakthrough Pain Management Investigation

October 13, 2015
… False Statements To Federal Law Enforcement In Breakthrough Pain Management Investigation October 13, 2015 Atlanta … customer files during the investigation of the Breakthrough Pain Management (Breakthrough) in Maryville, Tenn.  The …
October 13, 2015
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Pain Management Doctor Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

November 23, 2021
… Pain Management Doctor Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion November … which he operated a medical practice, specializing in pain management, at locations located in Manhattan, Long …
November 23, 2021
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Operation Special Delivery Dismantles International Interstate Drug Ring

June 15, 2011
… Operation Special Delivery Dismantles International Interstate Drug Ring June …
June 15, 2011
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Colorado Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Tramadol

June 07, 2023
… to distribute Tramadol. Tramadol is an opioid used for pain relief and is classified as a Schedule IV controlled …
June 07, 2023
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Judge sentences St. Louis County doctor for fraudulently obtaining opioid narcotic prescription drugs

October 28, 2020
… names, including prescriptions for the narcotic opioid pain relief drugs hydrocodone and oxycodone. Dr. Williams …
October 28, 2020
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St. Louis County doctor pleads guilty to fraudulently obtaining opioid narcotic prescription drugs

January 21, 2020
… names, including prescriptions for the narcotic opioid pain relief drugs hydrocodone and oxycodone.  Dr. Williams …
January 21, 2020
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San Antonio Drug Dealer Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Fatal Fentanyl Distribution

September 07, 2023
… as progress and that they can find some measure of relief through our justice system. I also thank our law … to the Bove family. While we realize nothing eliminates the pain and grief they have endured, we hope the knowledge that …
September 07, 2023
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Medical Director of Baltimore County Pain Management Clinic Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone

January 24, 2023
… Medical Director of Baltimore County Pain Management Clinic Sentenced for Conspiracy to … with his operation of Rosen-Hoffberg Rehabilitation and Pain Management Associates, P.A., where he was Medical …
January 24, 2023
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Dental assistant sentenced to 19 months in prison for unlawful prescription pain pill distribution

June 17, 2019
… sentenced to 19 months in prison for unlawful prescription pain pill distribution June 17, 2019 New Jersey Contact Info … in prison for unlawfully distributing prescription opioid pain medication in the Philadelphia and South Jersey areas. … for sale, including muscle relaxers and medications for pain management, erectile dysfunction and anxiety. In …
June 17, 2019
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Kentucky Physician Charged With Prescribing Pain Medications That Resulted In The Deaths Of Five Patients

June 18, 2015
… Kentucky Physician Charged With Prescribing Pain Medications That Resulted In The Deaths Of Five … announced today that a physician charged with prescribing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of five …
June 18, 2015
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Joseph T. Rannazzisi: The War on Drugs Meets the War on Pain: Nursing Home Patients caught in the Crossfire

March 24, 2010
Testimony
… Joseph T. Rannazzisi: The War on Drugs Meets the War on Pain: Nursing Home Patients caught in the Crossfire … Joseph T. Rannazzisi: The War on Drugs Meets the War on Pain: Nursing Home Patients Caught in the Crossfire …
March 24, 2010
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Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated From Florida To Maryland

September 15, 2014
… Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For … directors of Healthy Life Medical Group, a purported pain management clinic, on drug conspiracy and other …
September 15, 2014
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Rawlins doctor pleads guilty to unlawful distribution of prescription pain pill

February 26, 2020
… pleads guilty to unlawful distribution of prescription pain pill February 26, 2020 Rocky Mountain Contact Info … the course of professional practice, unlawfully prescribed pain killers and other controlled substances to multiple …
February 26, 2020
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Worcester Nurse Pleads Guilty To Stealing Pain Medication From Patients

November 05, 2015
… Worcester Nurse Pleads Guilty To Stealing Pain Medication From Patients November 05, 2015 New England … guilty in U.S. District Court in Worcester to stealing pain medication from patients in a nursing care facility in …
November 05, 2015
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Woman Who Managed On-Demand Drug Delivery Service that Catered to Students and Young Professionals Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison

April 18, 2025
… Woman Who Managed On-Demand Drug Delivery Service that Catered to Students and Young … 2023, Gonzalez managed an on-demand drug trafficking delivery service known as “The Shop” that supplied a broad …
April 18, 2025
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Former Pain Clinic Doctor Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Money Structuring

March 17, 2022
… Former Pain Clinic Doctor Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison … to court documents, Bird operated Physicians Wellness and Pain Specialists, a pain management clinic, from May 2014 …
March 17, 2022
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Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Distributing Opioids at His Pain Management Clinic

November 10, 2021
… Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Distributing Opioids at His Pain Management Clinic November 10, 2021 Miami Contact Info … guilty yesterday to unlawfully distributing opioids at his pain management clinic in Miami, Florida. According to court …
November 10, 2021
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DEA agents serve warrants at pain management clinic and arrest naturopathic medical doctor

April 19, 2019
… DEA agents serve warrants at pain management clinic and arrest naturopathic medical … morning in Tempe. The Ips were owners and operators of Ava Pain Management, formerly known as White Cranes Medical …
April 19, 2019
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Rochester man going to prison for his role in fentanyl delivery service

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

July 30, 2020
… Drug delivery man handed 27-year sentence for selling meth July …
July 30, 2020
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Meets A Growing Need For Northern California Residents

May 08, 2014
… more than 54 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a … and pet owners to dispose of such CS medications as painkillers, sedatives, and stimulants like ADHD drugs.  People were flushing their old meds down the toilet or throwing them in the trash.  DEA …
May 08, 2014
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Local Pain Doctor Named In A 114 Count Indictment; Accused Of Illegally Issuing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Prescriptions For Controlled Substances

April 26, 2016
… Local Pain Doctor Named In A 114 Count Indictment; Accused Of … and his practice in effect became a front to convert real pain into the defendant’s own considerable profit.”      …
April 26, 2016
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Opioid prosecutors continue to be focus of Southern District task force

March 20, 2019
… Ga., a former medical assistant at a Bryan County pain clinic, awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to stealing prescriptions for the opioids Percocet and oxycodone, and Reginald Eric Lee, 24, of … pleading guilty to stealing prescriptions for the opioids Percocet and oxycodone and to conspiracy to possess with …
March 20, 2019
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Pain Clinic Owners Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Opioid Prescribing

December 13, 2021
… Pain Clinic Owners Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal … Robert Hofschulz were the owners and operators of Clinical Pain Consultants (“CPC”), which operated in Wauwatosa, …
December 13, 2021
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Physician And Owner Of Atlanta Pain Clinic Sentenced For Illegally Prescribing Painkillers

March 29, 2017
… Physician And Owner Of Atlanta Pain Clinic Sentenced For Illegally Prescribing Painkillers March 29, 2017 Atlanta Contact Info Contact Us …
March 29, 2017
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Staten Island Doctor And Two Others Diverted Millions Dollars’ Worth Of Pain Pills

June 22, 2017
… Doctor And Two Others Diverted Millions Dollars’ Worth Of Pain Pills June 22, 2017 New York Contact Info Contact Us … said:  “It is alleged that millions of dollars’ worth of pain medication was diverted onto the streets of Staten …
June 22, 2017