PRESS RELEASE

This Holiday Season Talk to Your Loved Ones About Fentanyl

December 19, 2024
… season, full of travel and family gatherings, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Seattle Division is urging communities across the Pacific Northwest to make the most of this time together by having conversations about the …
December 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Nineteen South Bay Residents Charged in Alleged Scheme to Funnel Drugs into U.S. and Firearms to Mexico

February 11, 2021
… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … a superseding indictment charging fourteen defendants, mostly South Bay residents, with crimes related to two … announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge …
February 11, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Avalanche

April 07, 2017
… Indicted on Nearly 500 Counts: 7 Medical Practitioners, Former New York State Assemblyman Among 13 Charged NEW YORK … - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division,  Bridget G. … knowing they would receive a monthly prescription for the most sought after narcotic on the black market. The fusion …
April 07, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Sixteen Members Of Own Every Dollar Gang Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Racketeering And Narcotics Offenses

August 02, 2022
… YORK CITY –   Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Frank A. Tarentino … today include OED’s leadership and some of the gang’s most violent members, who we allege murdered five victims …
August 02, 2022
LANDING PAGE

Justice for KiKi

March 05, 2025
… Justice for KiKi #JUSTICEFORKIKI #JUSTICEFORKIKI DEA employees go #REDFORKIKI on … United States and Mexico, has spent four decades atop DEA’s most wanted fugitives list. Today we can proudly say he has …
March 05, 2025
DRUG FACT SHEET

Benzodiazepines

January 21, 2025
Depressants
Benzodiazepines are depressants that produce sedation and hypnosis, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and reduce seizures. The most common benzodiazepines are the prescription drugs Valium®, Xanax®, Halcion®, Ativan®, and Klonopin®. Shorter-acting benzodiazepines used to manage insomnia include estazolam (ProSom®), flurazepam (Dalmane®), temazepam (Restoril®), and triazolam (Halcion®). Midazolam (Versed®), a short-acting...
January 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Communities Nationwide Join DEA and its Partners to Safely Dispose of 571,000 pounds of Unwanted Medications

November 03, 2025
… About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark …
November 03, 2025