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Physician Admits To Illegally Distributing 39,000 Pills

… bring names and dates of birth to Johns with the intent of buying a prescription for oxycodone.  Johns would issue the …
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Australian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Helping Run The “Silk Road” Website

… Road,” a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … illicit goods and services to well over a hundred thousand buyers, and to launder hundreds of millions of dollars … customer service inquiries, and resolving disputes between buyers and vendors.  The forum moderators were responsible …
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Two Extradited, Charged With Weapons Support To Hizballah One Defendant Allegedly Agreed To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah

… organization. Aksu is also charged with agreeing to buy a deadly laundry list of weapons on behalf of an …
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Last Of The Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced

… some of the income to pay AFO members to commit crimes; to buy firearms, ammunition and vehicles; to travel on …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

… two undercover NYPD officers made approximately 25 buys of cocaine and crack cocaine from various members of …
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Car Repair Shop Owner And His Son Sentenced For Drug Trafficking And Commercial Burglaries

… David Paschall used more than five drug “brokers” to buy drugs almost every day at his shop which he would then …
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  For more information or to find a …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Returns April 26 to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse

… morphine are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  In October 2024, DEA and its partners …
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DEA offers another opportunity to clean out your medicine cabinet

… were caused by either heroin, fentanyl, or prescription pain killers. Removing those prescriptions from the home or …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities

… codeine, and morphine, are the most misused prescription pain medications.  DEA and its partners will collect …
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DEA Holds Second Annual Family Summit on Fentanyl

… every day by the families who have turned their grief and pain into action, working tirelessly to prevent other …
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DEA Joins with Families Across the Country to Increase Awareness about the Dangers of Fentanyl

… are doing to prevent others from experiencing the profound pain of losing a loved one to a fentanyl poisoning inspires …
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DEA Chicago Suspends Registration Number of Suburban Chicago Physician

… administrative violations committed by Orland Park-based pain specialist CHICAGO – Robert Bell, Special Agent in …
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DEA New England Field Division collects 40 tons of prescription drugs during the 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… estimated that 10 percent of the drugs collected are opioid pain killers, which would represent approximately 8,818 …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2019

… or sharps.)   "Addiction causes a tremendous amount of pain and suffering, not just for those addicted to drugs, …
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DEA Denver and partners in the Rocky Mountain Region hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27th.

… or sharps.)   "Addiction causes a tremendous amount of pain and suffering, not just for those addicted to drugs, …
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Wisconsin Dentist Pleads Guilty to Oxycodone Diversion Charge

… responsibly.  When these practitioners divert potent pain medications for illegitimate purposes, they sabotage …
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Chicago pharmacy technician sentenced to five years in prison for stealing opioids and selling them for profit

… pharmacy employees illegally divert powerful and addictive pain medications for misuse, they put individuals and their …
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Nurse Practitioner and Business Partner Found Guilty of Distribution

… and Robert Hofschulz, both owners and operators of Clinical Pain Consultants (“CPC”), were convicted of conspiracy to …
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New Jersey Residents Add To Record Number Of Unused Pills Collected During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… in helping to reduce the available supply of prescription pain medications from their homes,” said SAC Nickerson.  “I …
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Second New Jersey Pharmacist Sentenced To Prison In Less Than A Week

… oxycodone for individuals they knew were obtaining the pain killers for resale or for non-medical use. Goldfield …
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DEA Investigation Results In Indictment Of Tucson Doctor

… Dr. Ruben, 70, is the owner of Healthcare Southwest, a pain management medical clinic in Tucson. Pursuant to an …
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Bay Area Doctors Agree To Pay $260,000 For Failure To Maintain Adequate Controlled Substance Records

… 21 U.S.C. § 801. The physicians operate under the name Pain Medicine Consultants, Inc., with offices in multiple …
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Corpus Christi Doctor Admits To Keeping False Prescription Records

… Medical Board found Pendleton was operating an unregistered pain clinic and that he had surrendered his Drug Enforcement …
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DEA New England Field Division Collects 44 Tons Of Prescription Drugs During The 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… It is estimated that 10% of the drugs collected are opioid pain killers which would represent approximately 8,818 …
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Columbus Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty To Unlawfully Distributing Oxycodone

… in U.S. District Court to illegal distribution of the painkiller, oxycodone. He also plead guilty to one count of … is a controlled substance used in the treatment of chronic pain. According to a statement of facts read during the plea …
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Dallas Woman Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and …
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Clay County Doctor Indicted For Distributing Controlled Substances Resulting In The Death Of A Patient

… medical doctor in Florida, owned and operated Physician Pain Management in Green Cove Springs. On various dates …
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United States Reaches $22 Million Settlement Agreement With CVS For Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… drugs, for access to physicians who were prescribing pain medication without regard to medical need and to …
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New Jersey Residents Turn In Almost 16,000 Pounds Of Unused Prescriptions

… temptation to abuse prescriptions, especially prescription pain killers.  A majority of abused prescription drugs are …