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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

April 23, 2019
… Back initiative provides citizens an easy and safe way to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs. Please do your part …
April 23, 2019
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to medication safe

April 21, 2020
… medications safe and secure until they can properly dispose of them. The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign …
April 21, 2020
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Texas doctors are served temporary restraining orders from illegally prescribing highly addictive opioids

May 10, 2019
… the crisis and we will use all the legal authorities at our disposal -- both criminal and civil.”    “The prescribing …
May 10, 2019
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Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison

April 25, 2023
… doubt about this Office’s resolve to use every means at our disposal to deal with those who put guns and drugs on our …
April 25, 2023
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Man Indicted for Possessing Fentanyl Intended for Distribution

August 31, 2022
… my office’s commitment to devote all the resources at our disposal to combat violence and drug trafficking wherever it …
August 31, 2022
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Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division Announces Spring Take Back Day

April 05, 2023
… to addiction. Take Back Day offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local …
April 05, 2023
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 19, 2021
… provided lithium batteries are removed. Helping people dispose of potentially harmful prescription drugs is just …
April 19, 2021
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign in the wake of COVID-19, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

May 05, 2020
… medications safe and secure until they can properly dispose of them.  DEA holds its national Prescription Drug …
May 05, 2020
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Gastonia Pharmacy to Pay $204,000 to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substances Act Violations

February 27, 2025
… of all controlled substances received, sold, or otherwise disposed of. These recordkeeping requirements play a vital …
February 27, 2025
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West Haven Woman Who Diverted Narcotics from Dying VA Medical Center Patients is Sentenced

December 22, 2024
… or, in the case of excess narcotics, had been properly disposed of. On June 18, 2024, Severino pleaded guilty to …
December 22, 2024
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DEA Washington Division Announces 20th Drug Take Back Day To Help Local Families

March 01, 2021
… provided lithium batteries are removed. Helping people dispose of potentially harmful prescription drugs is just …
March 01, 2021
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Myrtle Beach man pleads guilty to selling heroin and cocaine “speedball” that caused overdose death

February 04, 2019
… (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Co-conspirators disposed of victim’s body in the woods FLORENCE, S.C. -  …
February 04, 2019
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DEA Executes Operation Bottleneck to Prevent the Diversion of Controlled Substances and Keep Communities Safe

October 31, 2023
… country, Inmar RX Solutions, Inc., handles the return and disposal of medications. The company failed to comply with …
October 31, 2023
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces Fall Take Back Day

October 18, 2023
… to addiction. Take Back Day offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,500 local …
October 18, 2023
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Portland Area Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 26 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Deadly Kidnapping of Washington State Man

May 09, 2023
… murdered Ricardo Corral-Moreno, of Olympia, Washington, and disposed of his body in a rural area near Molalla, Oregon. …
May 09, 2023
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Tampa Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Double Murder, Robbery, and Conspiracy

February 24, 2023
… messages and phone calls from his phone, had family members dispose of the murder weapon, and burned his bloody …
February 24, 2023
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Two Oakland Residents Indicted Following Seizures of Fentanyl, Heroin and Cocaine

January 13, 2023
… residence in Oakland where officers found him attempting to dispose of drugs.  For that conduct, Erazo-Centeno is …
January 13, 2023
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DEA Rocky Mountain Division Hosts Inaugural Family Summit

December 15, 2022
… our country. We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to prosecute the criminals who are making and …
December 15, 2022
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Federal Jury Convicts Tampa Man of Double Murder

December 01, 2022
… messages and phone calls from his phone, had family members dispose of the murder weapon, and burned his bloody …
December 01, 2022
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DEA Omaha Division Collects Nearly 19,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications on Take Back Day

May 23, 2022
… Take Back Day events provide easy, no-cost opportunities to dispose of medicines stored in the home that are susceptible …
May 23, 2022
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

April 23, 2019
… 27, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the public can dispose of their expired, unused and unwanted prescription …
April 23, 2019
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DEA and partners hold prescription drug take back day Saturday

October 23, 2018
… October 27 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription …
October 23, 2018
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Portland-Area Drug Trafficker Indicted for Kidnapping and Murder

January 07, 2022
… murdered Ricardo Corral-Moreno, of Olympia, Washington, and disposed of his body in a rural area near Molalla, Oregon. …
January 07, 2022
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 25, 2018
… prescription drug take back program to encourage the safe disposal of medications. After collecting nationally a total …
October 25, 2018
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Van Nuys man arrested for selling fentanyl that resulted in death in first case investigated by DEA-led opioid overdose task force

October 04, 2018
… deaths in our community, and we will use every tool at our disposal to send the dealers to federal prison.” A search …
October 04, 2018
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DEA releases 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment

November 02, 2018
… highlights the necessity of using all the tools at our disposal to fight this epidemic, and we must remain …
November 02, 2018
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DEA investigators seeking answers in small Tennessee town

August 28, 2018
… of any unwanted, unused, or expired medications for safe disposal.  DEA investigators in Tennessee and Kentucky are …
August 28, 2018
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DEA Denver and partners in the Rocky Mountain Region hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 26th

October 24, 2019
… Denver Field Division Deanne Reuter.  "Helping people to dispose of potentially harmful prescription drugs is just …
October 24, 2019
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Nurse from Parker Adventist Hospital pleads guilty to stealing fentanyl designated for patients

June 26, 2019
… access as “red” for high fentanyl use and waste (the disposal of excess fentanyl following physician-ordered …
June 26, 2019
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U.S. citizen charged with violating the Kingpin Act

July 07, 2020
… Administration are using every legal measure at our disposal to hold accountable those enablers of Caro Quintero …
July 07, 2020