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Doctor Convicted at Trial for Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

… controlled substances, principally oxycodone, morphine, and alprazolam (a tranquilizer commonly known by its brand name, … often obtained prescriptions for oxycodone, morphine, and alprazolam from the office staff without seeing Morales. One … nor any basis for the use of benzodiazepines, such as alprazolam. The pain medicine expert also testified that the …
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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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Gastonia Pharmacist Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

… that he was selling large quantities of the sedative alprazolam, as well as quantities of the highly addictive … law enforcement recovered at least 1,500 oxycodone and alprazolam pills that Moore had sold to the customer without … enabled the illegal distribution of oxycodone and alprazolam by its staff pharmacist.  The DEA and the …
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Grayson County physician guilty of federal drug charges

… oxymorphine, methadone, fentanyl, morphine, oxycodone, alprazolam, and zolpidem without a legitimate medical … 2014, Diamond distributed or dispensed morphine, oxycodone, alprazolam and zolpidem to an individual that resulted in …
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Champaign man sentenced to 13 years in prison for trafficking

… markets and cryptocurrency to traffic pills containing alprazolam, marked as ‘Xanax,’ from March 2017 through May … items, including pill press machines, machine parts and alprazolam that were destined for delivery to Caamano at …
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New Bern Physician Charged With Unlawful Distribution Of Narcotics, Money Laundering, And Possession Of Firearms

… and Distribute Oxycodone, Oxymorphone, Hydromorphone, and Alprazolam; Distribution of Oxycodone and Alprazolam; Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug …
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Physician And Owner Of Atlanta Pain Clinic Sentenced For Illegally Prescribing Painkillers

… for conspiring to distribute oxycodone, methadone, and alprazolam. While operating the clinic, Piracha illegally … before prescribing high doses of oxycodone, methadone, and alprazolam.  In follow-up visits, Piracha conducted no …
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Milford Psychiatrist Sentenced To 26 Months For Illegal Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud Offenses

… IV drug by the DEA, is a brand name for a drug containing Alprazolam, a benzodiazepine drug.  Alprazolam is commonly used to treat anxiety disorders or …
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Milford Psychiatrist And Office Employee Charged With Illegally Distributing Narcotics

… IV drug by the DEA, is a brand name for a drug containing Alprazolam, a benzodiazepine drug.  Alprazolam is commonly used to treat anxiety disorders or …
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Pharmacist Convicted Of Illegally Dispensing Prescription Drugs

… counts of illegally dispensing oxycodone, hydrocodone, and alprazolam, announced United States Attorney Edward L. … $250,000; and of unlawfully distributing large amounts of alprazolam, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), which …
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Destin Physician Convicted Of Drug Offenses Resulting In Patients’ Deaths

… a finding that Bourlier’s dispensing of methadone and alprazolam in September 2006, and his dispensing of hydrocodone and alprazolam in August 2007, resulted in the death of two …
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Health Care Center Nursing Supervisor Arrested And Charged With Selling Hydrocodone And Other Pain Killers

… to distribute and distribution of hydrocodone, fentanyl and alprazolam. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years … in October 2013, Vitello sold hydrocodone, fentanyl and alprazolam to a confidential source working with the Drug …
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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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Gastonia Pharmacy to Pay $204,000 to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substances Act Violations

… of controlled substances, including oxycodone and alprazolam. The United States contends that these violations … enabled the illegal distribution of oxycodone and alprazolam by its staff pharmacist.  Prescriptions Plus …
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Southern Indiana Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced to a Combined Decade for Manufacturing Counterfeit Drugs Using a Pill Press

… Aug. 25, 2021, Parker sold a blue pill press, along with an Alprazolam imprinting die, for $1,400, knowing that the pill … substance. The die could be used to manufacture counterfeit Alprazolam (Xanax). On April 4, 2022, Parker was found in …
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Search of Concord warehouse leads to re-arrest of dark web vendor

… drugs in a scheme to distribute counterfeit generic alprazolam (the active ingredient in the brand-name … has authorized to manufacture and distribute generic alprazolam. Donagal is charged with possession of equipment …
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Milford Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty To Illegal Drug Distribution And Health Care Fraud Offenses

… IV drug by the DEA, is a brand name for a drug containing Alprazolam, a benzodiazepine drug.  Alprazolam is commonly used to treat anxiety disorders or …
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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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Thirty-Three Individuals Arrested On Prescription Fraud Charges

… of fraudulently obtaining hydrocodone, oxycodone and alprazolam by calling in fraudulent prescriptions, utilizing … to heroin to achieve the same opioid high at a lower cost. Alprazolam is a central nervous depressant that is commonly …
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Twenty-Three Individuals Arrested On Prescription Fraud Charges

… of fraudulently obtaining hydrocodone, oxycodone and alprazolam by calling in fraudulent prescriptions, utilizing … to heroin to achieve the same opioid high at a lower cost.  Alprazolam is a central nervous system depressant that is …
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Florida’s Pill Mill Doctor And Clinic Owners Charged With Racketeering And Manslaughter

… the crimes in connection with the prescribing of oxycodone, alprazolam and methadone, without medical necessity and … 15 mg. tablets, three 30ml liquid oxycodone 20mg/ml, 330 alprazolam 2mg tablets and 30 Percocet tablets. As one drug …
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Doctor Pleads Guilty To 18 Drug Trafficking Charges For Dispensing Narcotics Without Examining “Patients”

… 2010 he distributed oxycodone, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, alprazolam, and promethazine with codeine. He admitted that … sold under the brand names Vicodin, Norco and Lortab; alprazolam, which is marketed under the brand name Xanax; …
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Sixteen Defendants Charged In Criminal Complaints Alleging Broad-Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Christian Vanleer distributed heroin, cocaine, and alprazolam; Michael Vicochea operated a grow house and … conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, alprazolam, and 100 or more marijuana plants, in violation …
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Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of More Than 10,000 Oxycodone Pills, Resulting In One Known Death

… that the death resulted from an overdose of oxycodone and alprazolam, another drug frequently prescribed by Ramirez … the victim obtained the lethal oxycodone, and likely the alprazolam as well, from Cooney, and that Ramirez had issued …
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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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Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines …
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Caribbean News 2007

July 15, 2021
… With Intent To Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone and Alprazolam August 6, 2007 95 Members of a Consortium of …
July 15, 2021
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DEA, DA SINI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service & DA’S East End Drug Task Force announce takedown of alleged Montauk Drug distribution ring

… the seizure of a package of approximately 100 oxycodone and alprazolam pills addressed to one of the locations where the … 650 grams of cocaine; marijuana; various pills, including alprazolam and hydrocodone; and assorted drug paraphernalia, …
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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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Four Pharmacy Technicians Charged With Stealing And Selling Prescription Drugs

… and Schedule IV prescription drugs, including diazepam and alprazolam. Ramon Grullon - , 25, of Plymouth, formerly a … and Schedule IV prescription drugs, including diazepam and alprazolam. “The illegal distribution of prescription drugs …