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Officials unveil Chicago’s action plan for attacking Mexican drug cartels

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America Campus Drug Prevention Just Think … @DEAChicagoDiv Todd C. Smith Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … coming for you.” Special Agent in Charge McKnight detailed how this new action plan includes the following key …
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Last of nine defendants in conspiracy trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine sentenced to 16 years in prison

… Last of nine defendants in conspiracy trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine sentenced to 16 years in prison … Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit …
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Virginia Beach Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

… manufactured, distributed and possessed heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, marijuana and alprazolam. This case was …
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Armed Drug Dealer at Seattle's Third and Pike Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

… Armed Drug Dealer at Seattle's Third and Pike Sentenced to Five Years in Prison February 24, 2023 Seattle Contact … Kennewick - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Sold Fentanyl While Carrying Loaded Handgun …
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Fentanyl Designated a Weapon of Mass Destruction

December 15, 2025
… Fentanyl Designated a Weapon of Mass Destruction DEA … signed the Executive Order designating illicit fentanyl and core precursors as Weapons of Mass Destruction—because … move, and profit from this poison. If you traffic fentanyl, you are dealing in death—and we will treat you …
December 15, 2025
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Hallucinogen

Peyote And Mescaline

January 25, 2025
Peyote is a small, spineless cactus. The active ingredient in peyote is the hallucinogen mescaline.
January 25, 2025
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Jury Convicts Fentanyl Distributor

… Jury Convicts Fentanyl Distributor July 16, 2024 St. Louis Contact Info … man was found guilty in federal court today of possessing fentanyl that he intended to distribute in Springfield, Mo. … passenger seat that contained approximately 300 grams of fentanyl, which is consistent with distribution and not …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 18 Months for Transporting Heroin in 2019

… federal prison for engaging in distribution of heroin and fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in a drug poisoning … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Cocaine and Fentanyl Seizures Rise in Iowa

… Cocaine and Fentanyl Seizures Rise in Iowa February 24, 2021 Omaha … kilograms of fentanyl from communities in Iowa last year.  Fentanyl, which is 100 times more potent than morphine, has …
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Lawrence Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking

… Lawrence Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking May 20, 2022 New England Contact Info … for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl. Hector Minaya Melo, aka “El Jefe,” 35, was …
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Lawrence Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Trafficking

… Lawrence Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Trafficking March 23, 2022 New England Contact Info … court in Boston for drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl. Junior Turbis, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District …
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10 Drug Dealers Handed Lengthy Sentences for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine throughout Indiana

… 10 Drug Dealers Handed Lengthy Sentences for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine throughout Indiana February 24, 2026 …
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Hallucinogen

Salvia Divinorum

January 25, 2025
Salvia divinorum is a perennial herb in the mint family that is abused for its hallucinogenic effects.
January 25, 2025
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Hallucinogen

Psilocybin

January 25, 2025
Psilocybin comes from certain types of psilocybe mushrooms. Psilocybin is metabolized in the body to the active drug psilocyn, also present in many of the same mushrooms.
January 25, 2025
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Safety Harbor man charged with distributing fentanyl, causing death to one individual and serious injury to another

… Safety Harbor man charged with distributing fentanyl, causing death to one individual and serious injury …
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East Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization Member and Associate Sentenced

… years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine in the Monument … and recovered: a firearm; 147 grams of a mixture containing fentanyl and heroin; one large and one small kilo press …
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CY 2023 Annual Fentanyl Report

September 22, 2025
… CY 2023 Annual Fentanyl Report Publication Forensics September 22, 2025 The … laboratories distributed across the United States. Domestic fentanyl seizures are identified and quantitated in the …
September 22, 2025
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Woman Indicted for Providing Fatal Fentanyl

… Woman Indicted for Providing Fatal Fentanyl November 15, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us … charging a Collinsville woman for dealing a lethal dose of fentanyl, leading a man to overdose and die. Tessa R. …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day May 06, 2024 WASHINGTON – DEA is proud to join “Song for Charlie” and many of …
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First DEA Seizure Of Carfentanil In New York Acts As Public Service Announcement

… carfentanil- a synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than fentanyl 051118img.jpg NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special … Enforcement Strike Force, as they have proven again just how effective our law enforcement partnerships really are.” … elephants and other mammals, is 100 times more potent than fentanyl, and can be lethal in doses of as little as 20 …
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Drugs of Concern

Kratom

January 22, 2025
Kratom is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia. Consumption of its leaves produces both stimulant effects (in low doses) and sedative effects (in high doses), and can lead to psychotic symptoms, and psychological and physiological dependence. Kratom leaves contain two major psychoactive ingredients (mitragynine and 7-hydroxymytragynine). These leaves are...
January 22, 2025
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Hallucinogen

Ketamine

January 22, 2025
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects. Ketamine distorts the perception of sight and sound and makes the user feel disconnected and not in control. It is referred to as a “dissociative anesthetic hallucinogen” because it makes patients feel detached from their pain and environment. Ketamine can...
January 22, 2025
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DEA investigation leads to 36 arrests in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine conspiracy

… DEA investigation leads to 36 arrests in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine conspiracy November 19, …
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Hartford Man Caught with Drugs and Ghost Gun in Bristol Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison

… by four years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and crack while armed with a ghost gun. According … drove his car and then parked in a condominium parking lot, where Morrison was taken into custody.  At the time of …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day May 08, 2023 Headquarters Contact … (571) 776-2508 DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links …
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Revere Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl

… Revere Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl July 09, 2021 New England Contact Info Contact Us … of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, one count of possession with intent to distribute …
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Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced To 24 Months

… Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced To 24 Months May 16, 2018 New … 21, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of fentanyl, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. …
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Baltimore Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin

… stored and distributed kilogram quantities of heroin and fentanyl at his Baltimore residence. As detailed in his plea … over 100 grams of heroin, more than one kilogram of fentanyl, large quantities of drug cutting agents, and drug …
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Manager in Major Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

… area that sold heroin, cocaine base (crack cocaine), and fentanyl to drug users and drug redistributors from … heroin, but the DTO adulterated all heroin it sold with fentanyl. Investigators identified Ringgold as a supervisor …
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Two men plead guilty to roles in large multi-drug trafficking conspiracy across Hampton Roads Virginia

… base, Mackie also trafficked in a mixture of heroin and fentanyl. Mackie used one co-conspirator’s home in York County to manufacture heroin/fentanyl pills for distribution. These pills were pressed to …