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DEA Proposes Reduction To Amount Of Controlled Substances To Be Manufactured In 2018

… has dropped, according to sales data obtained by DEA from IMS Health, a company that provides insurance companies … quota system was intended to reduce or eliminate diversion from “legitimate channels of trade” by controlling the … substances annually. In setting the APQ, DEA considers data from many sources, including estimates of the legitimate …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles. Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
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DEA Publishes Proposal To Reschedule Hydrocodone

… of Proposed (NPRM) to move hydrocodone combination (HCPs) from Schedule III to Schedule II, as recommended by the … and supporting materials on the website.  Data and surveys from multiple federal and non-federal agencies show the … the Future surveys of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders from 2002 to 2011 found that twice as many high school …
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Bakersfield Man Sentenced To Over 14 Years In Prison For His Conviction In A Large Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… would be receiving a shipment of crystal methamphetamine from his source of supply. On that day, task force agents … meet with two individuals who drove to Marquez’s residence from the Los Angeles area to deliver the suspected … Subsequent searches resulted in the seizure of $30,630 from Mendivil and Leyva’s vehicle, approximately 2.6 …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
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Federal health care fraud takedown in Northeastern U.S. results in 54 defendants charged and convicted

… “In New Jersey, these illegal activities run the gamut from over-prescribing dangerous opioids, to running … bill our federal health care programs are stealing from taxpayers and robbing vulnerable patients of necessary …
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Two Men Indicted in Kidnapping and Assault Allegedly Linked to a Drug-Related Dispute

… An investigation revealed that the alleged incident stemmed from a theft of narcotics that investigators believe … recordings recovered on the defendants’ cellphones, and from a surveillance system at the basement apartment where … of the narcotics and narcotics paraphernalia were recovered from a bag in the living room and from beneath the bed of …
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Operation Fraud Street Mafia Results Announced: Nine Arrested for Drug Trafficking and Attempted Tax Fraud

… exposed a massive fraud operation being conducted from behind bars. As a prison inmate engineered a criminal network from coast to coast to peddle poison, law enforcement put …
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National Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization In Sandy Springs Dismantled

… everyone lined their pockets with excessive profits gained from drug trafficking," said Harry S. Sommers, the Special … to jail. We will continue working to remove harmful drugs from our streets." George Frazier, Assistant Postal … distribution of thousands of kilograms of cocaine imported from Mexico and transported from California to Kansas City, …
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Northern District Of Georgia Targets Prescription Drug Abuse

… problem is too big to prosecute away and requires solutions from doctors, pharmacists, legislators, and public health … many abusers of prescription drugs also obtain oxycodone from illegitimate pain clinics, known as “pill mills.”  … with over 98 % of its patients traveling to the clinic from surrounding states, the majority from Kentucky and …
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Two Charged with Connection with Scheme to Operate Industrial-Scale Illegal Narcotics Pill Pressing Operations Throughout New York City

… emphasizes our commitment to protecting communities from these fake pills and those responsible for producing … Room.  A loud pounding sound could be heard emanating from within the Storage Room, which was consistent with the …
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Operation Avalanche

… McClung and physician’s assistant Juan Cabezas, broke off from Feygin’s practice in 2013 and formed PM Medical P.C. While PM Medical operated independently from Feygin, medical practitioners and staff engaged in the … clinics received over $16 million in reimbursements from Medicaid/Medicare between early 2013 and early 2017, …
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… reducing the smuggling of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from China following the DEA’s 2018 emergency scheduling … period ending in July of 2020, a significant increase from 2019, when more than 70,000 people died of … the difficulty of transporting loads of bulk currency from the United States across the SWB into Mexico. As a …
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Bronx Man Indicted Following Seizure of Approximately $2.5 Million Worth of Powdered Fentanyl and Fentanyl Pills

… to 10,000 counterfeit pills allegedly containing fentanyl from a vehicle and an apartment in the Bronx. Bridget G. … committed to holding accountable those who hope to profit from the destruction of so many lives.” “An opioid den with …
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Five Plead Guilty to Drug, Firearms, and Immigration Offenses

… of life in prison. Mora and Dela Cruz’s charges stemmed from their attempts to barter an exchange of cocaine for … of Mora and Dela Cruz to source firearms and explosives from Jackson, Mississippi, and deliver them to organized … furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. His charges stem from his attempt to barter an exchange of cocaine for three …
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Norcross Cousins Sentenced for Operating Meth Lab

… men, all of whom had illegally entered the United States from Mexico, utilized a family home in Norcross less than 200 feet from an elementary school to operate a methamphetamine … stopped defendant Zury Brito-Arroyo as he was driving away from the house. Inside his car, they found $10,000 cash …
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Pharmacy Burglary Conspirators Arraigned Tuesday in Federal Court

… pharmaceuticals involved. LITTLE ROCK— Eighteen individuals from Texas who are accused of stealing more than $1.5 million worth of narcotics from numerous pharmacies in Arkansas were arrested in …
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Federal Law Enforcement Officials Warn of "Rainbow Fentanyl" Appearing in Oregon

… several days in the Portland Metropolitan Area, officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon … said DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Jacob D. Galvan from the Seattle Field Division. “It doesn’t matter what … and potentially lethal. Fake pills are indistinguishable from real pills.” I f you or someone you know encounter any …
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High-Ranking Member of Los Zetas Cartel Sentenced in Eastern District of Texas to a Term of Life Imprisonment

… in August and September 2021, the district court heard from 13 witnesses for the government, including other … States to face charges.  According to court testimony, from 2007 through 2011, Chavarria oversaw the shipment of … children in the Mexican town of Allende, just 40 minutes from Eagle Pass.  The Zetas’ mass killing of town residents …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On Oct. 23, with close … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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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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Monterey County drug dealer and Mexican pharmacist charged in fentanyl overdose death case

… in connection with a scheme to transport the drugs from Mexico to California, announced United States Attorney … and counterfeit, fentanyl-laced pills across the border from Mexico to California.  Once he was in the United … they are selling.  Our young people are dying by the score from ignorance and indifference.” “Sadly, we are seeing …
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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

… York State Health Department’s Bureau of Narcotic (BNE). From September 2010 to September 2014, the Quezadas … then bundled for sale on the black market, where the pills from a single prescription could be resold for thousands of …
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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

… 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 … all sources of supply in order to reclaim our neighborhoods from drug addiction and drug related violence." "Today my …
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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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DEA St. Louis Collects 27 Tons Of Unwanted, Expired Medications In Final Takeback

… 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 …