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PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In South Carolina

May 07, 2013
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
May 07, 2013
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Tennessee

May 07, 2013
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
May 07, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Major Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

February 26, 2014
… but what its name implies - it offers only addiction, pain, and in some instances, death. Ketamine, often referred …
February 26, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Physician Assistant At Orange County Clinic Convicted Of Federal Drug Charges For Issuing Prescriptions Without Medical Need

September 20, 2017
… patient files, indicating that they were abusing their pain medication and should not have been given …
September 20, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Revokes Two CVS Retailers’ Ability To Sell Controlled Substances

September 12, 2012
… Florida doctors and individually owned pharmacies and pain clinics that operated outside the scope of legitimate …
September 12, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
October 04, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Houston Doctor Convicted For Distributing Prescription Narcotics

July 27, 2016
… substances that are highly addictive and highly abused pain relievers. Both drugs are semi-synthetic opiates which …
July 27, 2016
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SoCal Doctor Charged With Illegally Writing Prescriptions For Addictive Narcotics And Laundering Proceeds Of His Drug Dealing

April 10, 2014
… distributing drugs, including powerful and addictive painkillers.  Dr. Andrew Sun, 78, of La Mirada, surrendered … controlled substances including (a powerful narcotic painkiller commonly known by the brand names Vicodin and … from the investigation, Dr. Rick Chavez, an expert in pain treatment, concluded that Sun’s interactions with each …
April 10, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Las Vegas Doctor Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charges For Writing Unlawful Oxycodone Prescription

July 01, 2014
… knowing the harmful impact and effects of these addictive painkillers.  This was simply a money making sham, and none … Hualapai Way in Las Vegas. Bruce represents himself to be a pain management specialist and is the only physician working …
July 01, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Chattanooga Pill Mill Owner Sentenced To 44 Years In Prison

October 01, 2015
… target and crack down on pill mill operators who distribute pain medications for non-medical reasons. The success of …
October 01, 2015
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DEA Strike Force Arrests New York Drug Distributor In Undercover Investigation On The Dark Web

October 24, 2017
… of the internet to peddle massive quantities of addictive pain killers without valid prescriptions. Hiding behind …
October 24, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Gramercy Physician Convicted In 39 Illegal Prescription Sales

May 28, 2015
… of Manhattan, illegally sold prescriptions for the potent painkiller oxycodone for $125 each. The doctor acted other … the prosecution and described developing an addiction to pain medication. Two recounted how they subsequently …
May 28, 2015
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Buffalo Man Charged With Federal Robbery Of A Pharmacy And Illegal Sale Of Oxycodone

March 02, 2011
… a pharmacy in order to steal a variety of prescription pain medication which would be resold to drug users on the …
March 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Riverhead Physician Assistant Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

June 17, 2016
… distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. The guilty plea was entered before United …
June 17, 2016
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Oxycodone And Income Tax Evasion

November 13, 2012
… distributing oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain killer, and income tax evasion. Telang entered his plea …
November 13, 2012
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Doctor Who Supplied Oxycodone Ring Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 36 Months In Prison

December 19, 2012
… drug. In the proper hands, it can play an important role in pain management, but Diana Williamson saw an opportunity to …
December 19, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

$200,000 In Civil Penalties Recovered From Upper East Side Pharmacy

April 30, 2013
… procedures, especially the oversight of addictive pain medications. In New York City, the number of painkiller-related emergency room visits increased over the …
April 30, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Undercover Operation Leads To Arrest Of Larchmont Psychiatrist

September 05, 2013
… can to protect our communities from the threat of diverted pain medication. ”   “One of the most significant challenges …
September 05, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Maryland Woman Found Guilty Of Leading Oxycodone Operation

June 13, 2016
… on the vast, illegal procurement and sale of prescription pain medication across the mid-Atlantic region and …
June 13, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Saint Margret Middle School Presentation

December 05, 2013
… the dangers of abusing pharmaceutical medications “pain pills” and synthetic drugs. Guest speakers included, …
December 05, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Convicted Of Manslaughter And Reckless Endangerment: Illegally Sold Prescriptions To 20 Patients

July 21, 2014
… conviction of Stan Xuhui Li, a physician specializing in pain management and anesthesiology, on 198 charges, …
July 21, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

East Islip Doctor Pleads Guilty To The Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

September 19, 2014
… distribution of oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain killer. Mandarano entered his plea before United States … from other medical professionals, and was abusing painkillers. Oxycodone is a scheduled controlled substance …
September 19, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And LAPD Conduct Massive West Coast OxyContin Sweep

February 28, 2013
… only to leave a surplus of illegally obtained pain killers and ruined lives in their wake.  I would like …
February 28, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 16 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

May 02, 2013
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
May 02, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Visalia Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

July 08, 2014
… Oxycodone, also known as “oxy,” is a narcotic analgesic or painkiller and is classified as a Schedule II controlled … substance. Demand for oxycodone-based prescription pain medication has grown to epidemic proportions in the …
July 08, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Queens Doctor Sentenced To 54 Months’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

June 17, 2015
… Defendant continued to write prescriptions for powerful painkiller after surrender of his DEA registration BROOKLYN, … distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain killer, on September 16, 2014. The sentence was … by illegally providing vast quantities of these powerful painkillers without medical necessity. Even after …
June 17, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

‘Avengers’ actor Jeremy Renner joins forces with 750 students for purposeful Northern Nevada Opioid Youth Summit

September 27, 2024
… on New Year’s Day 2023. “I had to take opioids to take the pain away. The most difficult thing I have ever endured was to get off that pain medication. But I did it as soon as I possibly could. …
September 27, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Los Angeles Man Pleads Guilty to Kern Valley Prison-Based Drug Conspiracy

September 03, 2025
… approximately 48 pounds of methamphetamine intended for delivery in Oklahoma and Alabama. The fentanyl and …
September 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Illegal Alien and Mexican National Convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Kilograms of Meth

May 05, 2025
… law enforcement under the guise of a United States Postal delivery. The Defendant accepted the package from law …
May 05, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Twelve people charged in long-running investigation of Newark G-Shine Bloods

July 31, 2019
… or through runners. On numerous occasions, large narcotics deliveries took place in and around the Rotunda Recreation …
July 31, 2019

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