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DEA Releases 2016 Drug Threat Assessment: Fentanyl-related Overdose Deaths Rising At An Alarming Rate

… such as heroin and fentanyl - and diverted prescription pain pills - are killing people in this country at a …
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Houston Doctor And Pharmacist Guilty In Pill Distribution Network Dispensed Approximately 1.6 Million Dosage Units Of Oxycodone In A Two-year-period

… distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive and highly abused pain medication. Oxycodone is a semi-synthetic opiate which …
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DEA Releases New Rules That Create Convenient But Safe And Secure Prescription Drug Disposal Options

… to opioids, a class of drug that includes prescription painkillers and heroin.  More than two-(70 percent) of people who misuse prescription painkillers for the first time report obtaining the drugs … daughter to an opioid overdose. No words can lessen their pain,” said Michael Botticelli, Acting Director of National …
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Lexington Doctor Guilty Of Fentanyl Distribution

… prescribed by doctors to help patients manage chronic pain symptoms. Those addicted to opiates often turn to …
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Pharmacist And A Pharmacy Technician Indicted For Conspiracy To Illegally Distribute Prescription Drugs

… that they conspired to illegally distribute opioid painkillers and other controlled substances.  A federal … nation in the number of per capita prescriptions for opioid painkillers,” Vance said. “Medically necessary use of painkillers is appropriate, but when a pharmacist violates …
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Workers Comp Manager Sentenced In High Profile Pill Mill Case

… with a workers compensation dispensary within Physicians Pain Specialists of Alabama -the clinic owned by Dr. Ruan …
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Nurse-Practitioner Sentenced In High Profile Pill Mill Case

… in nursing. Upon completion, Palmer was hired by Physicians Pain Specialists of Alabama which was co-owned and operated …
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Manhattan Doctor Charged With Writing Thousands Of Illegal Prescriptions

… narcotics. Tesher does not have any specialized training in pain management. In some cases, Tesher indicated that he …
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Merrick Doctor Arrested For The Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone To An Undercover Police Officer

… distributing oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. The defendant is scheduled to be arraigned …
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Eleven People Indicted For Conspiring To Traffic Oxycodone And Heroin In Boise

… “Many young Americans start out abusing opiate based pain killers then switch to a cheaper and deadly …
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Drug Dealer Indicted For Distribution Of Fentanyl

… on seven counts of distributing , which is a very potent pain killer used in the medical profession.  According to …
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

… distribution of oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain killer, in connection with prescriptions that he …
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced To Eight Years Of Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

… skills as a physician to ‘do no harm,’ Conway perpetuated pain and suffering, inundating our communities with a highly …
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Riverhead Physician Assistant Arrested For Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

… distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. Also this morning, a search warrant was … James J. Hunt stated, “People who are addicted to opioid painkillers are forty times more likely to be addicted to … enforcement partners will continue to identify the diverted painkiller suppliers, be it an oxy street dealer, a rogue …
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Southampton Town Councilman Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone

… Councilman Bradley Bender allegedly distributed diverted pain medication behind the backs of his constituents. By …
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Former Health Minister Of Guyana, Dr. Noel Blackman, Sentenced For Running “Pill Mill” In Long Island

… distributing oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription painkiller. Additionally, United States District Judge … more than 365,000 30-milligram oxycodone pills from “pain management” clinics that he worked out of in Elmhurst, …
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Arden, N.C. Fentanyl and Meth Trafficker is Sentenced to 11+ Years in Prison

… an individual cooperating with law enforcement arranged to buy from Fair $4,400 worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl. …
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Six month investigation into Trenton gang yields 18 arrests with guns and drugs seized

… of H-Block, and through informant information, controlled buys, surveillances and intelligence, authorities were able …
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Three Chinese Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Five Employees Charged with Conspiring to Manufacture Fentanyl

… to improve fentanyl yield and advice on which chemicals to buy to replace banned precursor products. Mexican drug …
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Man Charged in Sales of Two Guns and Thousands of Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl in Hell’s Kitchen

… On March 9, 2022, the undercover officer arranged to buy another 1,000 fentanyl pills from Sanchez. Members of …
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ATF/DEA/LAPD Take Down San Fernando Valley Drug Trafficking Ring

… joint investigation that included numerous controlled buys and interdictions of narcotics. Giselle Buraye, 23, aka …
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Twelve Individuals in Central Florida, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina Charged with Murder, Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, Firearms Offenses, and Fraud

… Limery Dones defrauded a bank by transmitting $110,000 to buy a house in the name of a third-party when, in reality, …
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Orlando Man Found Guilty of Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl that Resulted in Death

… After some time, N.K. realized that the pills she was buying from them contained fentanyl. Specifically, on …
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12 Members of Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

… the Mazatlán Beauty Salon in Tualatin, Oregon and by buying real estate. The real estate purchases were made with …
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East Bay drug traffickers sentenced to 15 years and 10 years in prison

… paid to him by an undercover officer during controlled buy operations in 2016.             In addition to Vicochea …
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Police Chief, Mayor And Village Trustee Of Columbus, New Mexico Indicted In Federal Firearms Trafficking Case

… in fact they were acting as “straw purchasers” who were buying the firearms on behalf of others. During the …
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Seven Charged In Sales Of Fentanyl And Heroin Branded “Pray For Death”

… Attorney Darcel D. Clark said, ““The video of a man buying drugs, snorting them and quickly overdosing on a …
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Dozens Of Alleged Members Of Sinaloa Cartel Charged; List Includes Kingpin “El Mayo,” His Sons And Other Top Leaders

… citizen born in San Diego, pleaded guilty to conspiring to buy more than 100 kilograms of cocaine and more than 1,000 …
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Heroin Ring In The Bronx Used Car Carriers To Transport Drugs Cross Country

… to shut them down.  In this case, a street-level drug buy led to the identification of transnational heroin …