PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is This Saturday!

April 26, 2024
… codeine, and morphine, are the most misused prescription pain medications.  DEA and its partners will collect …
April 26, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Returns Tomorrow

April 26, 2024
… codeine, and morphine, are the most misused prescription pain medications.  Beyond Saturday’s Take Back Day event, …
April 26, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Two Key Players in Arlington, Washington, Drug Ring Sentenced to Prison

July 06, 2023
… of drugs and money to and from Western Washington. For the pain and addiction they caused, they have earned these …
July 06, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Miami Field Division Joins with Florida Families to Increase Awareness about the Dangers of Fentanyl

November 22, 2022
… are doing to prevent others from experiencing the profound pain of losing a loved one to a fentanyl poisoning inspires …
November 22, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Seattle Field Division Joins with Families to Increase Awareness about the Dangers of Fentanyl

November 21, 2022
… are doing to prevent others from experiencing the profound pain of losing a loved one to a fentanyl poisoning inspires …
November 21, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA showcases the dangers of drug addiction through travelling museum exhibit

February 21, 2019
… as Afghanistan, to the goal of preventing the extraordinary pain, anguish, and loss that comes with drug use.”   …
February 21, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Final Han Gil Defendant Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison

April 25, 2022
… enough to describe the degree of violence, viciousness, and pain that occurred at the hands of Hill and others,” said …
April 25, 2022
STORY

The Overdose Crisis in the DMV

February 17, 2021
Fentanyl Opioids
… People have been seeking out anything to numb their pain. So many people in our area get hooked on opioids such …
February 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our law …
October 20, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

West Bloomfield doctor sentenced to prison for diverting thousands of oxycodone pills

June 19, 2019
… greed of certain doctors who knowingly prescribe legitimate pain medications to individuals for no legitimate medical …
June 19, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Two South Denver pharmacists plead guilty to felony charges of illegally distributing opioids

October 18, 2018
… Smithling was Dr. Littleford’s office manager at the Pain & Injury Clinic in Parker, Colorado, when Callas …
October 18, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Ten people indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic fentanyl stamped into pills, heroin, cocaine and other drugs from Mexico to Cleveland

September 13, 2019
… Jose Lozano-Leon, 41, a Mexican citizen who was living in Painesville; Mario Hernandez-Leon, 31, of Mexico; Clemente … Coleman, 49, of Bedford; Belen Orozco-Sigala, 36, of Painesville; Najee Amir Evans, 28, of Cleveland; Troy … are killing our friends and neighbors. He is an importer of pain and will be prosecuted accordingly.” According to the …
September 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA testifies at Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing

March 20, 2019
… drug cartels. In addition, pharmaceutical and counterfeit pain killers and heroin comprise the majority of illegal …
March 20, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Who Illegally Distributed Prescription Painkillers And Laundered Proceeds Sentenced To 160 Months In Federal Prison

March 14, 2018
… Doctor Who Illegally Distributed Prescription Painkillers And Laundered Proceeds Sentenced To 160 Months … of distribution of oxycodone, a powerful and addictive painkiller marketed under various names, including … Cham was writing thousands of prescriptions for powerful painkillers, often in combination with (often sold under …
March 14, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Arrested On Charges He Conspired To Illegally Distribute Thousands Of Highly Addictive Oxycodone Pills By Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions For People He Never Treated Or Examined

January 21, 2015
… distribute thousands of high-dose pills of the addictive painkiller oxycodone by writing fraudulent prescriptions for … professionals cash in on the black market for opiate pain pills by fraudulently prescribing and diverting …
January 21, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Manchester Man Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Participating In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

January 31, 2017
… and throughout New England.  The diversion of prescription pain killers, in this case oxycodone, contributes to the …
January 31, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

CVS To Pay $3.5 Million To Resolve Allegations That Pharmacists Filled Fake Prescriptions

June 30, 2016
… prescriptions for controlled substances - mostly addictive painkillers - more than 500 times between 2011 and 2014.  In … it allows for the diversion of prescription pain medication, which contributes to the widespread abuse … stream of illegal opiates on the black market.  Diverted painkillers are contributing to the devastating opioid …
June 30, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Reno Doctor And Eight Others Charged In Illegal Prescription Drug Distribution Case

April 29, 2016
… For information on opioid overdose and how you can manage pain without prescription drugs, go to the website. This …
April 29, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Reno Doctor Robert Rand And Eight Others Indicted On Federal Prescription Drug Distribution Charges

May 11, 2016
… For information on opioid overdose and how you can manage pain without prescription drugs, go to the . This case is …
May 11, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Las Vegas Physician And Pharmacist Charged With Unlawful Sales Of Large Quantities Of Prescription Painkillers

September 29, 2011
… With Unlawful Sales Of Large Quantities Of Prescription Painkillers September 29, 2011 Los Angeles Contact Info … for unlawfully distributing highly addictive prescription painkillers. Our f ederal and local law enforcement partners … in Nevada who represented himself to be a specialist in pain management. Wetselaar performed house calls and also …
September 29, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Ring Faces Federal And State Operating From Massachusetts, Florida And Puerto Rico

April 11, 2013
… Rico and Massachusetts, and posed as patients at various pain management clinics.  These “clinic patients” would …
April 11, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Doctor And Owner Of Bronx Clinic Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills

May 05, 2015
… which more than five million tablets of the prescription painkiller oxycodone were unlawfully distributed over a … narcotic-strength opioid used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions.  Oxycodone prescriptions, once written, …
May 05, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

New York Doctor Sentenced To More Than 13 Years In Prison For Unlawfully Dispensing Nearly 1 Million Oxycodone Pills

September 28, 2016
… narcotic used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions.  Every year, more than 13 million Americans abuse oxycodone, with the misuse of prescription painkillers such as oxycodone, leading to as many as 500,000 …
September 28, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Oxycodone Pills

December 02, 2016
… narcotic opioid that is used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions.  Oxycodone prescriptions are in high demand …
December 02, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Local Doctor For Unlawfully Dispensing More Than 1.2 Million Oxycodone Pills

March 17, 2016
… narcotic used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions.  Every year more than 13 million Americans abuse oxycodone, with the misuse of prescriptions painkillers such as oxycodone, leading to as many as 500,000 …
March 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Dante Major Received 55 Years To Life Sentence

January 18, 2013
… families are left devastated and destroyed. Prescription pain medication and heroin abuse have similar effects when … behind marijuana and it is estimated that prescription painkiller overdoses killed nearly 15,000 people in the …
January 18, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

21 Charged With Trafficking Of Prescription Opiates

July 28, 2016
… charged is listed at the end of this release.) “Rogue pain clinics facilitate the destruction of lives through …
July 28, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Lockport Led To The Arrest Of 25 People And Dismantled A Major Drug Trafficking Ring In Western New York

January 28, 2014
… by her children, was also the focal point of a prescription pain pill distribution network. She obtained hydrocodone …
January 28, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Leader And A Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 120 Months And 110 Months Respectively For Drug Trafficking

February 14, 2014
… of oxycodone pills in New York which had been diverted from pain clinics in Florida. Members of the syndicate were …
February 14, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of More Than 10,000 Oxycodone Pills, Resulting In One Known Death

October 01, 2015
… a drug distribution conspiracy involving the prescription painkiller oxycodone.  As alleged, the doctor, Alfred … Schedule II narcotic used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions.  Oxycodone can result in addiction similar …
October 01, 2015