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Washington Man Sentenced for Involvement in Idaho Teen's Death

October 21, 2022
… pills are made to look like prescription opioids such as oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin), and alprazolam (Xanax); or stimulants …
October 21, 2022
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Doctor Convicted of Illegally Prescribing Opioids to Patients

November 19, 2021
… addictive, commonly abused prescription drugs, including Hydrocodone, Alprazolam, and Oxycodone – outside the usual course of professional …
November 19, 2021
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Two suburban Chicago residents charged with illegally selling narcotics over the internet; law enforcement seizes websites

May 31, 2018
… website (1717chem.com), including the opioids ocfentanil, oxycodone and hydrocodone, the complaint states. Visitors to the website …
May 31, 2018
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McKesson Settlement: Pays $150 Million, Largest Fine In DEA History

January 17, 2017
… supplied various U.S. pharmacies an increasing amount of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, frequently misused products that are part …
January 17, 2017
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Norwalk Doctors Charged With Operating “Pill Mill,” Health Care Fraud And Money Laundering

July 13, 2017
… regularly provided prescriptions for narcotics, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, to patients that he knew were addicted or had …
July 13, 2017
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Rocky Mountain Field Division Removes Almost 900,000 Potentially Deadly Doses of Fentanyl from its Communities During Operation Last Mile

May 09, 2023
… platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr. “The Sinaloa …
May 09, 2023
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Alamogordo Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Fraudulently Obtain Prescription Drugs

June 13, 2014
… charged both women with conspiracy to fraudulently obtain Hydrocodone, a prescription painkiller, by filling … Count 2 charged Carter alone with unlawfully distributing Hydrocodone between Dec. 2011 and Dec. 2013 in Otero County, … through 66 charged Carter alone with fraudulently obtaining Hydrocodone on dates between April 20, 2013 and Dec. 19, …
June 13, 2014
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West Hollywood Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Painkillers After Being Ordered To Stop Writing Prescriptions By DEA

August 12, 2013
… of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to one count distribution of hydrocodone. Eisenberg wrote the prescriptions while he … In order to legally prescribe controlled substances such as hydrocodone, physicians must be registered with the United … continued to prescribe controlled substances, including hydrocodone, in violation of the DEA’s orders. A review of a …
August 12, 2013
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown: Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible For $1.3 Billion In Fraud

July 13, 2017
… clinic that is alleged to have been the highest prescribing hydrocodone clinic in Houston, where approximately 60-70 … and were issued medically unnecessary prescriptions for hydrocodone in exchange for approximately $300 cash per … services that were not rendered and for the provision of oxycodone with knowledge that the prescriptions were not …
July 13, 2017
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Bakersfield Doctor Indicted For Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances

November 04, 2011
… yesterday charging him with unlawful distribution of hydrocodone, a controlled substance. Ruiz is licensed by the … 2011, Ruiz prescribed and distributed the painkiller hydrocodone for no legitimate medical purpose and outside …
November 04, 2011
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San Diego Resident Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

January 26, 2023
… today to 156 months in prison for distributing counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that resulted in the … to actively take steps to ensure that your children are not buying drugs online. We invite you to review the Fentanyl …
January 26, 2023
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Prolific Snohomish County fentanyl dealer sentenced to 15 years in prison

March 06, 2020
… of one of the organizations.  He had originally trafficked oxycodone pills, but switched to trafficking fentanyl – a … cut of the profits.  Many distributors used that profit to buy from Irons to support their own addiction. During this …
March 06, 2020
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Seven Arrested in Camarillo for Alleged Drug Trafficking

March 22, 2022
… drug fentanyl and are pressed to look like prescription oxycodone pills. On March 16, 2022, agents from the Ventura … were made in Camarillo, where Diaz was coordinating a delivery of fentanyl and methamphetamine. The other suspects …
March 22, 2022
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Cumberland Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison in Largest Counterfeit Pill Seizure

February 27, 2023
… of methamphetamine in Rhode Island. Rodas was arrested for delivery of methamphetamine to a confidential source which … eleven kilograms of methamphetamine powder; fake Oxycodone fentanyl-laced pills; two motorized pill presses; …
February 27, 2023
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Baton Rouge Man Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin Disguised As Prescription Pills

September 14, 2016
… to distribute thousands of pills pressed to resemble oxycodone that, in fact, contained heroin. Upon delivery of the pills in Baton Rouge from California, they …
September 14, 2016
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Two Madison Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking

March 14, 2024
… the Madison Police Department conducted two undercover buys of fentanyl pills involving Pollard. During the two controlled buys, Pollard assisted with selling an undercover officer …
March 14, 2024
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Franklin, Kentucky Pharmacist and Spouse Sentenced to Federal Prison

May 06, 2025
… of health care fraud. The defendants conspired to divert oxycodone and hydrocodone from the pharmacy from May 2, 2020, to January …
May 06, 2025
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

April 28, 2025
… pills made to look like prescription medications including oxycodone (Percocet®), alprazolam (Xanax®) and hydrocodone (Vicodin ®). The only safe medications are ones …
April 28, 2025
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Montgomery Nurse Practitioner receives 10-year sentence

May 30, 2019
… for a variety of controlled substances, including fentanyl, hydrocodone (commonly known as “Norco” or “Lortab”), oxycodone (commonly known as “Percocet”), alprazolam …
May 30, 2019
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 27, 2021
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Baxley pharmacist sentenced to four years in federal prison for conspiracy involving healthcare fraud, opioids

June 29, 2020
… sentencing hearing, Dixon distributed opioids, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, to several individuals without a legitimate …
June 29, 2020
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Two Day Stretch in Omaha Nets 32,000 Fake Fentanyl Pills

July 12, 2022
… are designed to look like prescription opioids including oxycodone (Oxycontin ®, Percocet ®), hydrocodone (Vicodin ®) and alprazolam (Adderall ®). In …
July 12, 2022
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McKesson Settlement: Pays $150 Million, Largest Fine In DEA History

January 17, 2017
… supplied various U.S. pharmacies an increasing amount of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, frequently misused products that are part …
January 17, 2017
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Williamsville Doctor Pleads Guilty To Prescription Drug Charge

January 09, 2017
… medicine in the State of New York, wrote prescriptions for hydrocodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and … patient’s daughter up from her residence and gave her seven hydrocodone and seven clonazepam pills. Later that same day, … returned to the car, Siddiqui asked her to return the hydrocodone pills that he had given her earlier in the day. …
January 09, 2017
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 21, 2025
… and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine, are among the …
October 21, 2025
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 22, 2025
… and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine, are among the …
October 22, 2025
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DEA Investigations Result In The Prosecution Of Multiple Defendants

March 22, 2018
… in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute hydrocodone as part of a ‘pill mill’ operation. According to … sham (often homeless) and prescribing medically unnecessary hydrocodone. The conspirators would then allegedly drive the ”patients” to a pharmacy to pick up the hydrocodone, pay the “patients” in exchange for the …
March 22, 2018
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Seven Charged after Federal Investigation Disrupts Massive Counterfeit Pill Manufacturing Operation

September 24, 2024
… targeting the manufacture and distribution of counterfeit oxycodone, Xanax, and Adderall tablets containing … of parcels sent through the U.S. Mail and commercial delivery services, undercover purchases of counterfeit …
September 24, 2024
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Leader of Prolific Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Sentenced

November 30, 2021
… more than 12,000 fentanyl pills designed to look like 30 mg oxycodone prescription narcotic.  The pills ultimately … at trial revealed that in 2015 and 2016, Woolard began buying fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl powder from China after …
November 30, 2021
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DEA, Coast Guard, Customs And Border Protection, And Homeland Security Investigations Partner To Interdict $29 Million Cocaine Shipment, Detain 13 Smugglers

February 10, 2015
… - (868) 628-8136 The smugglers on board a mother ship and delivery vessel were nabbed following a drug shipment … an at-sea interdiction Tuesday, February 3rd, of a delivery vessel and coastal freighter, approximately eight … Venezuelan nationality, who were apprehended on board the delivery vessel after it was launched from the 268-foot St. …
February 10, 2015