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Doctor indicted on Manslaughter and Reckless Endangerment Charges in Three Overdose Deaths

… opioid painkiller) and the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam (a benzodiazepine commonly known by the trade … including one or more opioids, a benzodiazepine (such as alprazolam or clonazepam) and a muscle relaxant (such as … acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone and alprazolam. A bottle of alprazolam found on the scene had …
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Trial scheduled for Champaign man charged for allegedly trafficking

… that he allegedly trafficked quantities of pills containing alprazolam, marked as ‘Xanax,’ and laundered proceeds of the … May 2018, Caamano trafficked quantities of pills containing alprazolam, marked as ‘Xanax,’ knowing it was not the drug … Caamano is charged with two counts of distribution of alprazolam, a Schedule IV controlled substance, and four …
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Physician sentenced to seven years in prison for patients’ deaths

… combined effects of oxycodone (an opioid pain reliever) and alprazolam (a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety). A bottle of alprazolam found in Castillo’s pocket had been prescribed by … Choy resumed simultaneous prescriptions for oxycodone and alprazolam, the drug combination that caused his death. Ries …
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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

… Ecstasy/MDMA, Hydrocodone/Norco tablets, marijuana, and Alprazolam/Xanax tablets.  On March 3, 2022, Tellez Solis …
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Former Union General Hospital CEO, ER Director, And Blairsville Physician Indicted For Illegally Prescribing And Obtaining Prescription Pain Pills

… together to illegally obtain oxycodone, hydrocodone, and alprazolam. Dr. David Gowder unlawfully obtained these … issued prescriptions for oxycodone, hydrocodone, and alprazolam in the names of his and Mike Gowder’s family …
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More than two dozen defendants charged in major gang-related drug trafficking indictment

… with intent to distribute methamphetamine, crack cocaine, alprazolam, codeine and marijuana;  two counts of possession … with intent to distribute methamphetamine, crack cocaine, alprazolam, codeine and marijuana; and possession of a … with intent to distribute methamphetamine, crack cocaine, alprazolam, codeine and marijuana; and possession of a …
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Longtime Hollywood Resident Ran A Drug Trafficking Ring

… (2-5) Trafficking in Oxycodone >7g; (6) Purchase of Alprazolam; (7) Actual Possession of a Structure for the … with: (1) Unlawful Use of Two-way Device; (2) Sale of Alprazolam Mark (40, Hollywood): (1) Conspiracy to Engage in …
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Ft. Worth Oncologist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison in Pill Mill Conspiracy

… Noel, wrote prescriptions for hydrocodone, oxycodone, alprazolam, carisoprodol, zolpidem, phentermine, and … hydrocodone, 430,000 doses of carisoprodol, 77,000 doses of alprazolam, and 2.07 million doses of promethazine with … hydrocodone, 55,000 doses of carisoprodol, 14,000 doses of alprazolam, and 450,000 doses of promethazine with codeine. …
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Alameda resident sentenced for selling prescription drugs without a license and related charges

… months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute alprazolam (commonly known as “Xanax”) and carrying a … on Aug. 10, 2017, the defendant posted a photograph of alprazolam pills on his social media account as a means of … with one count each of possessing with intent to distribute alprazolam; carrying a firearm during and in relation to a …
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Hayward resident sentenced to over five years in prison for selling firearms and prescription drugs

… replacement barrel, four other firearms, and 40 pills of alprazolam (commonly known as Xanax). In his plea, Hatch admitted he intended to distribute the alprazolam, that the Glock had been modified to function as … without a license; possession with intent to distribute alprazolam; and advertisement of a controlled substance on …
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Recent DEA Seizures of Pill Presses

April 09, 2024
… 3 firearms, approximately 45 kilograms of fake alprazolam tablets, 45 kilograms of bulk mixed powder ready … Detroit resulted in the seizure of more than 300,000 fake Alprazolam. Pill-making materials, a rotary pill press, one …
April 09, 2024
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Former Wallingford Doctor Who Sold Opioid Prescriptions for Cash Sentenced to Federal Prison

… prescribe a high quantity of opioid-based pills, as well as Alprazolam and Adderall, to a number of patients.  … 170 oxycodone 30mg pills, 75 Adderall 20mg pills, and 30 alprazolam 2mg pills. During the investigation, law …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

… prescription medications including oxycodone (Percocet®), alprazolam (Xanax®) and hydrocodone (Vicodin ®). The only …
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46 Convicted in $18 Million Pill Mill Scheme in Fort Worth

… Noel, wrote prescriptions for hydrocodone, oxycodone, alprazolam, carisoprodol, zolpidem, phentermine, and … hydrocodone, 430,000 doses of carisoprodol, 77,000 doses of alprazolam, and 2.07 million doses of promethazine with … hydrocodone, 55,000 doses of carisoprodol, 14,000 doses of alprazolam, and 450,000 doses of promethazine with …
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Heroin, fentanyl trafficking targeted in Operation Jump Start, with seven indicted on federal charges

… of Fentanyl; Possession with Intent to Distribute Alprazolam (Xanax); Possession with Intent to Distribute and … also charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Alprazolam; Yasmine Joseph, aka “Midget,” 30, of Hephzibah, … Ga., also charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Alprazolam; Kirk Westberry, 28, of Brunswick, Possession …
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Two defendants sentenced for major drug conspiracy, trafficking drugs from Georgia to Southwest Virginia

… or more of methamphetamine, in addition to cocaine, heroin, alprazolam, and oxycodone.  Dykes was also convicted of 17 … or more of methamphetamine, in addition to cocaine, heroin, alprazolam, and oxycodone.  Hector-Dykes was also convicted … methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, morphine, oxycodone, and alprazolam, from sources in Watkinsville, Georgia, into …
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New Jersey Doctor Charged with 34 Counts of Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances

… prescribed controlled substances, including oxycodone, alprazolam (or “Xanax”), cough syrup with codeine, and … $1 million fine. The counts charging illegal prescribing of alprazolam, a Schedule IV controlled substance, are …
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Counterfeit Pills Factsheet

September 27, 2021
… (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines …
September 27, 2021
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Ft. Worth Doctors Leave Patients Wasted and Dazed in a Pill Mill Operation; 49 Arrested

… allegedly wrote prescriptions for hydrocodone, oxycodone, alprazolam, carisoprodol, zolpidem, phentermine, and … hydrocodone, 430,000 doses of carisoprodol, 77,000 doses of alprazolam, and 2.07 million doses of promethazine with … hydrocodone, 55,000 doses of carisoprodol, 14,000 doses of alprazolam, and 450,000 doses of promethazine with codeine. …
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Two North Texas doctors, one nurse sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violation

… oxymorphone, methadone, fentanyl, morphine, oxycodone, alprazolam and zolpidem, from his pain management medical … 2014, Diamond distributed or dispensed morphine, oxycodone, alprazolam and zolpidem to an individual that resulted in … and dispense oxycodone, amphetamine salts, hydrocodone, alprazolam and promethazine with codeine. Taylor’s wife, …
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Physician Assistant At Orange County Clinic Convicted Of Federal Drug Charges For Issuing Prescriptions Without Medical Need

… to the illegal distribution of oxycodone, methadone and alprazolam. The trial jury heard evidence that four … admitted illegally prescribing oxycodone, methadone and alprazolam from the beginning of 2009 through early 2015.  … addictive substances such as oxycodone, methadone and alprazolam,” according to the trial brief.             The …
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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

… methamphetamine, synthetic marijuana, marijuana, and alprazolam. During a search of Dickson’s vehicle officers …
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Central Coast Woman Pleads Guilty to Misusing Doctors’ Credentials to Create Bogus Medical Documents for Immigration Applicants

… of controlled substances, including testosterone, codeine, alprazolam (sold under the brand name Xanax), diethylpropion …
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Pill Mill Doctor Found Guilty

… of conspiracy to distribute and dispense Oxycodone and Alprazolam, not for legitimate medical purposes, and not in … for very large doses of Oxycontin, oxycodone, and Alprazolam to drug addicts and members of doctor shopping … prescriptions.  Over 500,000 oxycodone pills and 230,000 Alprazolam pills, prescribed by Heromin during that time, …
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Operation Pill Nation II Doctor Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

… for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone and alprazolam not for legitimate medical purposes and not in … for very large doses of OxyContin, oxycodone and alprazolam to drug addicts and members of doctor shopping … pain medications. Over 500,000 oxycodone pills and 230,000 alprazolam pills prescribed by Heromin during that time were …
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Retired nurse sentenced to five years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering

… possess and distribute heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam.  Miles is a retired nurse. On Aug. 4, 2016, … and to distribute, heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam, and one count of engaging and attempting to … and to distribute, heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam.  She awaits sentencing. This matter has been …
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Fentanyl Trafficker Receives 19-year Federal Prison Sentence in Death of Riverside County Teen

… grams of fentanyl, nearly one kilogram of cocaine, MDMA and alprazolam (also known by its brand name, Xanax).  Overby …
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Drugs of Concern

Fake Prescription Pills

February 25, 2025
Many fake pills are made to look like prescription opioids – such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®) – but contain fentanyl or methamphetamine. Criminal drug networks are mass-producing fake pills and falsely marketing them as legitimate prescription pills to deceive the...
February 25, 2025
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High Desert Doctor Arrested on Federal Narcotics Charges

… Malikian allegedly distributed are oxycodone, hydrocodone, alprazolam, promethazine and codeine. The DEA investigation … $19,000 in cash and approximately 1,764 Hydrocodone and Alprazolam pills. An indictment contains allegations that a …
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Pill Press Photo Gallery

January 21, 2025
… 3 firearms, approximately 45 kilograms of fake alprazolam tablets, 45 kilograms of bulk mixed powder ready … Detroit resulted in the seizure of more than 300,000 fake Alprazolam. Click to download the full image Pill-making …
January 21, 2025