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DEA Issues Carfentanil Warning To Police And Public

September 22, 2016
… arrives. Remember that carfentanil can resemble powdered cocaine or heroin.  - If you suspect the presence of …
September 22, 2016
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Doctor Pleads Guilty To 18 Drug Trafficking Charges For Dispensing Narcotics Without Examining “Patients”

July 20, 2011
… Doctor Pleads Guilty To 18 Drug Trafficking Charges For Dispensing Narcotics Without Examining “Patients” July 20, 2011 Los … prescription drugs exceeds the number of current users of cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens and methaphetamine combined. …
July 20, 2011
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Claremont Woman And Son Among Four Charged In Conspiracy Related To ‘Purple Drank’ Distribution

November 04, 2011
… Claremont Woman And Son Among Four Charged In Conspiracy Related To ‘Purple Drank’ Distribution November 04, 2011 Los Angeles Contact Info Contact Us (213) 621-6700 (571) 387-5045 Rosa … as many Americans abuse prescription drugs than those using cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, and inhalants combined,” …
November 04, 2011
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Area Residents Turn In Tons Of Unused Medication During DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

November 06, 2013
… Area Residents Turn In Tons Of Unused Medication During DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day … abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens like LSD, and inhalants …
November 06, 2013
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Updated Results From DEA’s Largest-Ever Global Synthetic Drug Takedown Yesterday

June 26, 2013
… Drug Takedown Yesterday June 26, 2013 Headquarters Contact Info Contact Us (202) 307-1000 (571) 776-2508 DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … of a class of dangerous substances perceived to mimic cocaine, LSD, MDMA, and/or methamphetamine. Users have …
June 26, 2013
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DEA Releases New Rules That Create Convenient But Safe And Secure Prescription Drug Disposal Options

September 08, 2014
… controlled substances than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, and inhalants combined , …
September 08, 2014
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Is This Saturday

April 26, 2016
… National Survey on Drug Use and Health, more than abuse cocaine, heroin, and hallucinogens combined.  “Prescription …
April 26, 2016
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Manhattan Doctor Charged With Writing Thousands Of Illegal Prescriptions

June 05, 2017
… Manhattan Doctor Charged With Writing Thousands Of Illegal Prescriptions June 05, 2017 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 … they were using other illicit substances such as heroin or cocaine, but continued prescribing oxycodone and other …
June 05, 2017
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Federal, State And Local Law Enforcement Take Down East Alabama Drug Trafficking Organization

August 03, 2017
… distribute or did distribute a variety of drugs, including cocaine, marijuana, Xanax and methylenedioxy-(also known as …
August 03, 2017
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Owners And Employees Of Local Pain Clinic Indicted For Illegal Prescription Drug Distribution

September 26, 2013
… Owners And Employees Of Local Pain Clinic Indicted For Illegal Prescription Drug Distribution … drugs are drug dealers; no different than those who peddle cocaine and methamphetamine in our streets.  DEA and its …
September 26, 2013
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Undercover Operation Nabs Two Defendants Charged In Federal Court With Distribution Of Synthetic Drug Known As “Bath Salts”

February 15, 2013
… Undercover Operation Nabs Two Defendants Charged In Federal Court With Distribution Of Synthetic Drug Known As “Bath Salts” February 15, 2013 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 … MDMA - commonly known as “ecstasy” - or stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine.   They have been linked to …
February 15, 2013
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Queens Doctor Indicted For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

May 03, 2013
… Queens Doctor Indicted For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone May 03, 2013 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 … are now more frequent than those from heroin and cocaine combined - this is an epidemic,” stated United …
May 03, 2013
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Scarsdale Woman Indicted For Manufacturing Marijuana

June 13, 2013
… Scarsdale Woman Indicted For Manufacturing Marijuana June 13, 2013 New York Contact Info Contact Us … in a warehouse in Queens, or a cartel member making cocaine in the jungles of Colombia -- manufacturing and …
June 13, 2013
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Silver Spring Felon Admits Distributing Acetyl Fentanyl Resulting In Death And Illegal Possession Of A Firearm

March 15, 2016
… 7.5 grams of acetyl fentanyl analogue, 10 grams of cocaine, and nine grams of testosterone. In addition, …
March 15, 2016
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

April 26, 2016
… National Survey on Drug Use and Health, more than abuse cocaine, heroin, and hallucinogens combined.  “Most …
April 26, 2016
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DEA Philadelphia And Its Delaware Partners Join Forces To Announce The April 30 National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

April 12, 2011
… DEA Philadelphia And Its Delaware Partners Join Forces To Announce The April 30 National Prescription … Drug Take-Back Day April 12, 2011 Philadelphia Contact Info Contact Us (215) 861-3474 (215) 861-3474 Media Requests … from overdosing on prescription painkillers than heroin and cocaine combined. “We’re acting to make people aware of the …
April 12, 2011
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Three-Day Operation Targets Violent Areas To Find Murder, Violent Crime Suspects

August 08, 2011
… 12 lbs. 7 oz. of K-2 6 lbs. 2 oz. of marijuana 3.7 oz. of cocaine 1.4 oz. of methamphetamine 210 pills 48 firearms …
August 08, 2011
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Career Criminal Lenny Cain Sentenced To Over 13 Years In Prison In Oxycodone Conspiracy

September 30, 2013
… Cain previously has been convicted of handgun crimes, cocaine distribution, assault, conspiracy and identity …
September 30, 2013
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Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 115 Months For Drug Trafficking And Attempting To Assassinate Criminal Associate Over Drug Debt

January 10, 2014
… Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 115 Months For Drug Trafficking And Attempting To Assassinate Criminal Associate Over … from the Netherlands and Canada, hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru, and …
January 10, 2014
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Multi-Agency Gang Case Results In Several Arrests For Drug And Firearm Offenses

September 08, 2017
… investigation uncovered multiple sales of methamphetamine, cocaine, and firearms by the various defendants between …
September 08, 2017
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Thirteen Defendants Indicted In State-Wide Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

November 24, 2015
… with trafficking numerous controlled substances, including cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin, several defendants are …
November 24, 2015
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Monterey County Man who Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pills Resulting in Overdose Death of a Minor Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison

June 10, 2025
… Monterey County Man who Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pills Resulting in Overdose Death of a Minor Sentenced to More Than Eight … oxycodone pills (known as “M30” pills or “blues”), cocaine, Ecstasy/MDMA, Hydrocodone/Norco tablets, marijuana, …
June 10, 2025
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Fentanyl Distributor Linked to Three Fatal Overdoses Imprisoned for 27 years

June 02, 2025
… Fentanyl Distributor Linked to Three Fatal Overdoses Imprisoned for 27 years June 02, 2025 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally … at his residence. They found large amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, narcotics packaging equipment and …
June 02, 2025
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Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana

May 14, 2025
… & Wesson 9mm firearm. Dickson has five previous felony cocaine convictions and two prior felony firearm …
May 14, 2025
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Franklin, Kentucky Pharmacist and Spouse Sentenced to Federal Prison

May 06, 2025
… Huff selling or trading the controlled substances for cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana. They also …
May 06, 2025
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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
… and Young Professionals Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison April 18, 2025 San Francisco Contact Info Contact Us (415) 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson … almost a kilogram of fentanyl, roughly seven kilograms of cocaine, orange fake Adderall pills containing …
April 18, 2025
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Sixteen Charged in Takedown of Drug Trafficking Network

April 17, 2025
… Sixteen Charged in Takedown of Drug Trafficking Network April 17, 2025 San Diego Contact Info Contact Us … pills); 25.7 kilograms of methamphetamine; 1.5 kilograms of cocaine; 1.1 kilograms of heroin; ketamine; MDMA; more than …
April 17, 2025
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DEA announces release of 2018 Pennsylvania Drug-Related Overdose Death Report

October 03, 2019
… Overdose Death Report October 03, 2019 Philadelphia Contact Info Contact Us (215) 861-3474 (215) 861-3474 Media Requests … Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Wm. J. Green Fed. Bldg. 600 Arch Street, Room 10224 … in drug-related overdose deaths (35%), followed by cocaine (33%), benzodiazepines (28%), and fentanyl-related …
October 03, 2019
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

March 11, 2020
… methamphetamine, 59 kilograms of heroin, 198 kilograms of cocaine, 44 kilograms of fentanyl, 2 kilograms of opium, …
March 11, 2020
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

November 04, 2019
… DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico November 04, 2019 San Diego Contact Info Contact Us (858) 616-4100 (571) 324-6204 Kelly McKay … dealers put fentanyl in heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and in that little blue pill you think is an Oxy …
November 04, 2019