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DEA Announces Three New Telemedicine Rules that Continue to Open Access to Telehealth Treatment while Protecting Patients

… a significant step forward for patient safety by requiring online telemedicine platforms to register with DEA and … visits without ever having an in-person medical evaluation from a medical provider. The special registration is … for the rules’ provisions to be enacted. For the first time online platforms that facilitate connections between …
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Palomar Hospital Pays $250,000 for Diverting Fentanyl

… $250,000 to resolve allegations of diversion of fentanyl from one of its facilities and failure to keep accurate … the DEA’s website ( https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/tips-online.html ) and click on “Rx Abuse Online Reporting.” This …
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Lead Defendant In Operation Adam Bomb Investigation Enters Guilty Plea

… Morales (571) 387-6555 Convicted of Operating Worldwide Online Drug Marketplace LOS ANGELES - A Dutch national … laundering charges, admitting he conspired to run a secret, on-line narcotics marketplace known as the “The Farmer's …
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Mexican National Extradited from Brazil

… Mexican National Extradited from Brazil November 12, 2021 Headquarters Contact Info … Charge Washington, D.C. - A Mexican national was extradited from Brazil to the United States on Nov. 10 to face … more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States from a foreign country. According to court documents, …
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January 19, 2025
… Unlawful Internet Prescription Drug Sales or Suspicious Online Pharmacies  To report pharmaceutical drugs (i.e., … (RX Abuse Online Reporting) PRESS INQUIRIES: Inquiries from news organizations and media should be directed to …
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Over 40 Pounds of Fentanyl Seized from Drug Mill Six Blocks Away from Bronx Daycare

… Over 40 Pounds of Fentanyl Seized from Drug Mill Six Blocks Away from Bronx Daycare September 29, 2023 New York Contact Info … on Tuesday evening.  This seizure occurred six blocks away from DaNino Nino Day Care, where a one-year-old child died …
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Cocaine Distributor From Hayward Sentenced

… Cocaine Distributor From Hayward Sentenced February 09, 2017 San Francisco … officer. The officer seized more than $10,000 in cash from Lawson and found packaging in the trunk of the car for …
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Defendants Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine in Middle Georgia

… Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, with assistance from the Bibb, Peach and Monroe County Sheriff’s Offices, … seized nearly eleven kilograms of methamphetamine resulting from a separate investigation into Julian Coker’s drug … Informants (CI) to conduct three methamphetamine buys from Mendez and two heroin buys from Willis; the …
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Nutritional Supplement Chain Reaches Settlement In Connection With Drug Diversion

… Mass.-based business that sells nutritional supplements online and in retail stores in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, … Nutrition failed to self-certify with the DEA for online sales, failed to send the DEA monthly reports of its sales, made online sales exceeding the maximum amount of ephedrine …
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Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year

… killed Perry. He further admitted to obtaining the ketamine from his source, Sangha, and to distributing 50 vials of … to Plasencia, including ketamine that he had diverted from his former ketamine clinic. Chavez also obtained … or consent, and lied to wholesale ketamine distributors to buy additional vials of liquid ketamine that Chavez intended …
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January 01, 2020
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Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth and Young Adults (2017)

January 01, 2017
… to assist in such efforts. DEA-Marijuana-Prevention-2017-ONLINE.PDF On …
January 01, 2017
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Clovis Woman Sent To Prison For Mortgage Fraud Scheme

… months in prison for a conspiracy to defraud lenders while buying homes to use to grow marijuana, Drug Enforcement … County Sheriff’s deputies seized 856 marijuana plants from the Willits property, and grow lights and equipment from Truong’s residence in Clovis. Nguyen was convicted of …
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When Small Towns and DEA Partner to Tackle Drug Trafficking

December 23, 2020
… New York City is Manhattan… Kansas , a place so different from its metropolitan namesake that it’s surprising to learn … behind the operation. But it was a county police officer from the DEA’s Task Force Officer Program who masterminded … a considerable amount of money, in paying informants and buying contraband, which makes it more difficult on smaller …
December 23, 2020
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Pulaski Man Sentenced To 70 Months

… trial, obtained large quantities of cocaine and marijuana from various suppliers. Gentry then cooked a large portion … including several loaded assault rifles, were recovered from Randolph's residence in Pulaski, Tennessee during the … of search warrants. Approximately $2,100 in marked buy money, from a prior cocaine purchase from Gentry, was …
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DEA Releases 2015 Drug Threat Assessment: Heroin And Painkiller Abuse Continue To Concern

… Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 2015 National Drug Threat (NDTA), which found that … cause of injury death in the United States, ahead of deaths from motor vehicle accidents and firearms.  In 2013, more … the safety and security of our communities. They profit by buying drugs from regional Mexican criminal affiliates and …
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Fall River Man Convicted of Drug Distribution Resulting in Death of a Minor and the Sale of Drugs and Machineguns on Telegram App

… Hunt to between 20 years and 25 years in federal custody.   From at least 2022 through 2024, Benjamin Hunt operated an online marketplace on the Telegram application through which …
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Prior Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Possession and Possession of Firearms and Ammunition

… grams of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine from McBay during a traffic stop in Destin, Florida. Eight … District of Florida. To access public court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the …
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DEA Washington Division Issues Warning: “One Pill Can Kill”

… Counterfeit pills being ordered online, laced with fentanyl, causing deadly overdoses … morphine.  DEA lab analysis has identified pills ranging from .02 milligrams to 5.1 milligrams of fentanyl per … be as little as 2 milligrams. Counterfeit pills purchased online or through social media websites pose a serious …
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DEA Scam Alert -- Extortion Scheme

… DEA offices nationwide regularly receive telephone calls from concerned citizens who are the victims of this … as DEA Special Agents or law enforcement officials from other agencies.  The impersonators inform their victims … is illegal to purchase controlled substance pharmaceuticals online or by telephone unless very stringent requirements …
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National Child Abuse Prevention Month

April 06, 2021
… resources. While children are spending additional time online for education and recreation during this pandemic, they are at an increased risk of online exploitation and cyberbullying. What is child abuse? … emotional abuse. Approximately 86,694 children were removed from their home in FY 2019 because at least one parent had a …
April 06, 2021
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Heroin Trafficker From Rowlett Sentenced

… Heroin Trafficker From Rowlett Sentenced June 08, 2017 Dallas Contact Info …
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DEA warns of alarming increase of scam calls

… and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement … activities.   DEA continues to receive reports from practitioners and the general public, alike, indicating … should refuse the demand and report the threat using the online form or by calling 877-792-2873. Reporting scam calls …
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to Six Years for Methamphetamine Charge

… District of Wisconsin, announced that Doua Moua, 37, from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by … this charge on Aug. 3, 2021. On Dec. 10, 2020, an officer from the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department pulled over a … During post-arrest interviews, Moua and Stelzer admitted buying the methamphetamine together in the Twin Cities. Moua …
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Newark Man Sentenced To More Than 24 Years In Prison For Role In Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

… and around New Jersey. Agents overheard Pender agreeing to buy heroin from others and observed Pender meeting with others on … Special agents were also able to track Pender’s movements from New Jersey to the Monroeville area on Dec. 9, 2009, and …
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Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… his role in a drug trafficking organization that operated from Mexico, to Chicago, to Indianapolis. In July 2010, an … law enforcement agencies, the original small undercover buy culminated on December 15, 2010, with the seizure and … acquiring large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine from his sources of supply which were then distributed to …
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DEA Scam Alert -- Extortion Scheme

… DEA offices nationwide regularly receive telephone calls from concerned citizens who are the victims of this … themselves as DEA agents or law enforcement officials from other agencies.  The impersonators inform their victims … is illegal to purchase controlled substance pharmaceuticals online or by telephone unless very stringent requirements …
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La Crosse Man Sentenced to 48 months in prison

…  Between November 2018 and January 2019, investigators from the La Crosse Police Department purchased approximately 52 grams of methamphetamine from Conner.  During one of the controlled buys, Conner admitted to selling a half pound of …
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Mexican National sentenced to 9 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Tehama County

… agent purchased over three pounds of methamphetamine from Cervantes during three controlled buys. In addition, when law enforcement executed a search … Major Investigations Team (SUMIT), with special assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the California …