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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease … Back Day has removed more than 7,000 tons of medication from circulation since its inception. These efforts are …
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27 New Disposal Rules In Effect Next Month Provide For Convenient, Ongoing Disposal Opportunities For Patients’ Unwanted Pharmaceuticals

… abuse prescription drugs dropped in 2013 to 6.5 million from 6.8 million in 2012, that is still more than double the … Use and Health.  In addition, 22,134 Americans died in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease …
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Local Doctor And Pharmacist Arrested In Pill Mill Investigation

… were arrested yesterday morning on federal charges stemming from their respective roles in a conspiracy to distribute … their registration numbers prevents Dr. Andrews from issuing prescriptions for controlled substances and pharmacist Kigham from dispensing controlled substances.  Faridi and Banks …
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Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Drug And Money-Laundering Charges Defendant’s Organization Allegedly Trucked Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine Across The Texas-Mexico Border

… drug kingpin Esteban Rodriguez-Olivera was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Friday, March 11, 2011, … was arrested in Mexico on a provisional warrant issued from the Eastern District of New York, and also faces … to drug traffickers that you can run, but you cannot hide from global law enforcement who share a goal of putting you …
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Take-Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27

… abuse prescription drugs dropped in 2013 to 6.5 million from 6.8 million in 2012, that is still more than double the … Use and Health.  In addition, 22,134 Americans died in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease …
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Father And Son Charged With Running Prescription Drug Trafficking And Forgery Ring

… Father And Son Charged With Running Prescription Drug Trafficking … York State Health Department’s Bureau of Narcotic (BNE). From September 2010 to September 2014, the Quezadas …
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Major Takedown Of Western New York Narcotics Pipeline Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 25 Individuals In Erie County Court; Seizures Of Over Half A Million Dollars In Heroin And Cocaine

… Court; Seizures Of Over Half A Million Dollars In Heroin And Cocaine May 13, 2016 New York Contact Info Contact Us … traveled to New York to obtain heroin and obtained cocaine from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Mail BUFFALO - ) - James … part in a drug distribution network that funneled heroin from New York City and Philadelphia to Buffalo and Western …
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39 Kilos Of Heroin Worth Over $20 Million Seized In Richmond Hill, Queens

… Dominican Republic. The large stash of heroin, recovered from the ground floor apartment on Wednesday evening, is … studio apartment, while another 11 packages were recovered from inside a duffel bag. A makeshift assembly line had been … Brown sugar used as a cutting agent was also recovered from the apartment. Agents and detectives with the DEA’sNew …
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“Pill Mill” Distributor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… who are destroying lives and making enormous profits from the diversion of pain medication.” “Pharmaceutical … a legitimate medical purpose. The owners kept the profits from the pill mill operations and from the sales of oxycodone in cash.  According to the …
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Nurse-Practitioner Indicted On Federal Charges, Accused Of Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… evidence, Robinson conducted a pain management practice from 2011 until 2013 in the 2000 block of Martin Luther King … Jr. Avenue SE. His practice received numerous complaints from civilians in the area and from other health care professionals, including pharmacists, …
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$2 Million Worth Of Cocaine Seized In NYC’s Diamond District

… - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Drugs Sent from Fictitious Jewelry Business in California … O’Neill announced the seizure of 55 kilograms of (121 lbs.) from a fictitious jewelry business operating in the Diamond … of Group T-42 identified three suspicious packages en route from Sapphire in Los Angeles to 21 Divine in Manhattan.  The …
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Verbal Opening Statement Matthew Allen, Special Agent in Charge DEA Los Angeles Field Division

June 30, 2025
… regions in the country—protecting the American people from those who profit in death.   Watch hearing in its …
June 30, 2025
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FOIA Exemptions

March 28, 2025
… that those records (or portions thereof) are protected from disclosure. Congress established nine exemptions from disclosure for certain categories of information to … of an agency.   (b)(3):  Information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law.   (b)(4): Trade …
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Georgia Man Arrested For Allegedly Selling Guns and Cocaine to Undercover Officer

… November 12, 2021. Before each sale, Torres-Rincon traveled from Georgia to New York City. On multiple occasions, he … Agents and officers recovered the cash for the purchase from Torres-Rincon. Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. … women officers work relentlessly to prevent illegal guns from getting into criminals’ hands because every shooting …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA announce charges against Rochester Drug Co-operative and two executives for unlawfully distributing controlled substances

… and that includes executives who illegally distribute drugs from their boardrooms.”      According to the documents … court :   Violations of the Federal Narcotics Laws   From 2012 through March 2017, as alleged, RDC knowingly and …
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Fentanyl distributor who used the dark web and crypto currency sentenced to 30 years in federal prison

… Fentanyl distributor who used the dark web and crypto currency sentenced to 30 years in federal prison …   "The United States welcomed Allawi into our country from war-tom Iraq in 2012. But instead of taking advantage …
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DEA Executes Operation Profit Over Patients to Dismantle Health Care Fraud Networks

July 03, 2025
… Care Fraud Networks July 03, 2025 Every day, the women and men of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration work … and around the world to save lives by protecting the public from dangerous deadly drug threats and from those who look to profit off of others’ pain.    As …
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DEA to host Youth Drug Summit for Kensington & Fairhill Elementary School children

… Wilson announced today that the DEA and Jennifer Lewis-Hall from PHL 17 will be hosting a Youth Drug Summit at Temple … 2018, as part of the DEA’s 360 Strategy.  Over 350 students from the Alexander K. McClure Elementary School, the Isaac … Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School and student mentors from Temple University will be in attendance at the summit, …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Remove Unneeded Prescriptions, Prevent Addiction

… Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Pills and Poster- Take Back WASHINGTON, DC – The Drug Enforcement … Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers anonymous disposal … expired.  These medications can be a gateway to addiction, and have helped fuel the opioid epidemic.  According to a …
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Colombian veterinarian pleads guilty in Brooklyn federal court to heroin importation conspiracy

… United States using various methods to conceal narcotics from law enforcement, including the surgical implantation of … of puppies. When the puppies arrived in the United States from Colombia, the heroin was surgically removed from their bodies. Between Sept. 8, 2004 and Jan. 1, 2005, …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Nine Years Imprisonment

… Seized $2 Million in Drug Proceeds and Two Firearms from the Defendant’s Basement, and Nearly Four Kilograms of Cocaine from His Storage Unit CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge … to court documents and today’s sentencing hearing, from at least 2013 to 2018, Benton was the leader of a drug …
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Guadalajara Man Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine

… distribute methamphetamine.  According to court documents, from January 2011 to April 2015, the defendant conspired … others to smuggle methamphetamine into the Eagle Pass area from Mexico and distribute it to San Antonio, Austin and … to launder monetary instruments that was transferred from the Northern District of Texas.  By pleading guilty to …
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Leader of San Antonio based heroin trafficking operation sentenced to 15 years in federal prison

… and forfeit $2,961.00 in U.S. Currency that was proceeds from his criminal enterprise. On July 24, 2019, Sanchez … more of heroin. By pleading guilty, Sanchez admitted that from May 2018 to March 2019, he was the leader of an … to the street-level user. The organization operated daily from approximately 8 a.m. until 2 a.m., with the …
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DEA proposes to control three precursor chemicals used to illicitly manufacture deadly fentanyl

… proposed to control three substances used by operators of clandestine laboratories to illicitly manufacture the deadly … norfentanyl as an immediate precursor (i.e., a substance from which another is formed) for fentanyl and to make it a … deaths in the United States. Provisional data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2018 …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

… collect increasing amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they may be vulnerable to … of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications from Northern California and Central Valley residents … agencies will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time from Bakersfield to the Northern California border. The …
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Local man handed major sentence in drug and money laundering conspiracy

… Local man handed major sentence in drug and money laundering conspiracy … that an undercover officer had begun purchasing heroin from the organization in April 2016. Members of the …
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Bakserfield man pleads guilty to conspiring with police officers to sell methamphetamine and marijuana

… Chris Nielsen announced. According to court documents, from April 2012 to Aug. 2015, Carter conspired with Diaz and … intent to distribute, methamphetamine. Both were removed from active duty with the Bakersfield Police Department and … of the office. Carter admitted to embezzling money from the company and depositing the money into his personal …
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DEA’s 15th Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort -- A Big Success In North Texas And Oklahoma

… 459-9600 NORTH TEXAS & OKLAHOMA - The final total is in from the 15th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
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DEA’s Biannual Take Back Of Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

… - (307) 778-1500 DENVER - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the U.S. Drug Enforcement … and effective means of preventing old and unused medicine from abuse”, stated Special Agent in Charge Barbara Roach of … now in its 7th year, has collected tens of tons of drugs from the medicine cabinets of those around the country, …
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DEA And State Of Ohio Partner With Outdoor Advertising Association Of Ohio On Drug Take Back Day

… OH. - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and representatives from the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Outdoor … National Drug Take Back Day on October 29, 2011. “Overdoses from prescription drugs are killing four Ohioans every day. … Attorney General Mike DeWine. Saturday, October 29, 2011, from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. is National Drug Take Back Day. …