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Stimulants

Khat

January 22, 2025
Khat is a flowering evergreen shrub that is abused for its stimulant-like effect. Khat has two active ingredients, cathine and cathinone.
January 22, 2025
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Jacksonville Beach Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine

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Winter Haven Meth Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

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Federal health care fraud takedown in Northeastern U.S. results in 54 defendants charged and convicted

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice To report a tip in NJ contact: … fraud related to unnecessary genetic testing, fraud and abuse in the compounded medicines business, and other crimes …
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Orlando Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison on Cocaine and Ecstasy Charges

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Art Contest To Raise Awareness About Heroin Addiction

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Mexican Cartel Leader Edgar Valdez-Villareal, A/k/a "La Barbie," Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… Edgar Valdez-Villareal, A/k/a "La Barbie," Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering January 06, 2016 … Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice National Institute on Drug Abuse Jae W. Chung Special Agent In Charge View Jae W. …
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Chicago Man Convicted of Laundering Money for Mexico-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

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San Diego Doctor Pays $200,000 to Resolve Allegations that He Wrote Illegitimate Opioid Prescriptions

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Drug Enforcement Administration Encourages Open Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Social Media as Students Return to School

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Waterbury Drug Distributor Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison

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Saint Margret Middle School Presentation

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Jacksonville Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl

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Dominican Drug Supplier Operating from Abroad Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

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DEA’s National Take Back Day is THIS Saturday!

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Drug Kingpin And Eight Others Indicted For Smuggling Millions Of Dollars In Heroin From Colombia To New York City

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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

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Doctor admits soliciting sexual favors from patients in exchange for opioids

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51 Arrested In Major Heroin Takedown

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Former Baggage Handler At LAX Arrested For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy After Allegedly Using Credentials To Pass Cocaine Through Security

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Two Individuals Charged with Cocaine Offenses

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Brevard County Man Indicted for Possessing Cocaine With Intent to Distribute

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DEA New Jersey to take part in Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice To report a tip in NJ contact: … in American taxpayer money are lost to fraud, waste, abuse and improper payments. According to the CDC, in 2016, …
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Dante Major Received 55 Years To Life Sentence

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Frank A. Tarentino III Special Agent … Office initiated an investigation into the rampant use and abuse of opiates in the Otsego County area.  Law enforcement …
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Nine Alleged Members Of The Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Charged By Indictment And Implicated In A 2012 Murder

… Nine Alleged Members Of The Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Charged By Indictment And … Tool   Do you have a tip? Click here to file a report . RX Abuse Line: Report Illicit Pharmaceutical Activities | …
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Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Settlement

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STORY

DEA’s 2019 National Red Ribbon Rally

October 09, 2019
… who was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in Mexico by drug traffickers.  The rally proved to be a historic event … so many of our agencies, is doing in the fight against drug abuse. Agent Camarena’s story is, unfortunately, all …
October 09, 2019
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Hallucinogen

Peyote And Mescaline

January 25, 2025
Peyote is a small, spineless cactus. The active ingredient in peyote is the hallucinogen mescaline.
January 25, 2025
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Lexington Doctor Guilty Of Fentanyl Distribution

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DEA Revokes Two CVS Retailers’ Ability To Sell Controlled Substances

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