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“Pill Mill” Distributor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… Tool   Do you have a tip? Click here to file a report . RX Abuse Line: Report Illicit Pharmaceutical Activities | … Fugitives Events Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug …
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Pill mill clinic manager sentenced to nine years in federal prison for illegal opioid distribution

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice James Nunnallee Special Agent In …
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Twenty Charged in ‘Operation Shut Down Corner’

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Prescription Drug Abuse PSA Joseph B. Tucker Special Agent In Charge View …
DRUG FACT SHEET
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Depressants

Benzodiazepines

January 21, 2025
Benzodiazepines are depressants that produce sedation and hypnosis, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and reduce seizures. The most common benzodiazepines are the prescription drugs Valium®, Xanax®, Halcion®, Ativan®, and Klonopin®. Shorter-acting benzodiazepines used to manage insomnia include estazolam (ProSom®), flurazepam (Dalmane®), temazepam (Restoril®), and triazolam (Halcion®). Midazolam (Versed®), a short-acting...
January 21, 2025
Ricardo Sapien-Macias
FUGITIVE

Ricardo Sapien-Macias

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Title 21 USC 846
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Community Event
September 16, 2019 - November 08, 2019
September 16, 2019 - November 08, 2019

2019 Red Ribbon Week Campus Video PSA Contest

4:00 AM - 6:59 PM (EDT)
Campus Video PSA Contest Save the Date Eligible entrants are colleges and universities. Winner receives: $3,000 to support the campus’s drug abuse prevention efforts; Trip for two to NASPA Strategies Conference (January 16-18, 2020, New Orleans) Plaque On September 16 full contest rules available at www.campusdrugprevention.gov/psacontest . REMEMBERING SPECIAL AGENT...
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Two Texas Prison Gang Members Sentenced to a Combined 50 Years are Back in Prison

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Prescription Drug Abuse PSA Joseph B. Tucker Special Agent In Charge View …
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Community Event
April 27, 2019
April 27, 2019

DEA Take Back Day (April 2019)

6:00 AM - 10:00 AM (EDT)
Find a collection site near you! The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6 million Americans misused controlled prescription drugs. The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs...
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Community Event
July 09, 2021
July 09, 2021

The 11th Annual “Breaking the Silence on Youth Violence” Anti-Violence Youth Summit

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
The 11th Annual “Breaking the Silence on Youth Violence” Anti-Violence Youth Summit will be held on Friday, July 9, 2021 from 10 am- 3 pm. The virtual doors will open at 9:00 a.m. This event will be filled with dynamic speakers, entertainment, and invaluable information and resources for our youth...
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DEA offers another opportunity to clean out your medicine cabinet

… DEA offers another opportunity to clean out your medicine … 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: …
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Harris County man sentenced for distributing anabolic steroids

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Prescription Drug Abuse PSA Joseph B. Tucker Special Agent In Charge View …
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Georgetown Pharmacy to Pay $24,500 to Resolve Claims of Recordkeeping Requirement Failure

… Events Featured Resource Links 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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Heroin Baltimore Source Pleads Guilty To Six Heroin Overdoses, Three Fatal

… Tool   Do you have a tip? Click here to file a report . RX Abuse Line: Report Illicit Pharmaceutical Activities | … Fugitives Events Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug …
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Sampson County Illegal Alien Caught with 30 Kilograms and 9 Firearms Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison

… Events Featured Resource Links 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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Baton Rouge Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Convictions

… Rouge Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Convictions November 18, 2025 New Orleans … Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage New Orleans …
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Claremont Woman And Son Among Four Charged In Conspiracy Related To ‘Purple Drank’ Distribution

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Orange County …
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Madera Pharmacist Sentenced to over 7 Years in Prison for Illegally Trafficking Hundreds of Thousands of Opiate Pills

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Bob P. Beris Special Agent In Charge …
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Lexington Man Sentenced for Trafficking in Fentanyl and Carfentanil

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice National Institute on Drug Abuse Jim Scott Special Agent In Charge View Jim Scott …
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Two Pharmacists Convicted For Illegally Dispensing To Patients Of A Pill Mill

… Events Featured Resource Links 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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Eleven Meth, Cocaine Traffickers Charged in Amarillo

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Prescription Drug Abuse PSA Joseph B. Tucker Special Agent In Charge View …
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DEA-Led Operation Pill Nation Targets Rogue Pain Clinics In South Florida

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Ft. Lauderdale …
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Five Muskogee defendants guilty, sentenced for intimidating police informant

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Prescription Drug Abuse PSA Joseph B. Tucker Special Agent In Charge View …
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DEA Recognizes 2025 National Fentanyl Awareness Day with Debut of Faces of Fentanyl Online Exhibit

… Events Featured Resource Links 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. …
STORY

DEA’s Washington Division Holds Operation Engage Business Roundtable Event

July 23, 2021
… joined to discuss the impact of addiction and illicit drug health crises through the lens of public health and … Coordinator, La’Risa McLennon) briefed local employers on drug threats in the Washington D.C. area, the resources DEA … organization became public facing advocates for substance abuse prevention.  “Over 75% of employers have been affected …
July 23, 2021
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Former Baltimore City Police Officer Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

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Norwalk Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

… Norwalk Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison July … Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Middlesex County …
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Henry County Marijuana Grow House Operators Indicted; 10 Charged With Related Drug Trafficking And Firearms Crimes Four Marijuana Grow Houses Closed, Guns And Currency Seized

… Grow House Operators Indicted; 10 Charged With Related Drug Trafficking And Firearms Crimes Four Marijuana Grow … 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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Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated From Florida To Maryland

… Tool   Do you have a tip? Click here to file a report . RX Abuse Line: Report Illicit Pharmaceutical Activities | … Fugitives Events Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug … “Pharmaceutical pills can be just as harmful as illegal drugs” BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury has indicted the …
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Sovah Health to Pay United States $4.36 Million to Settle Claims of Controlled Substance Act Violations

… Tool   Do you have a tip? Click here to file a report . RX Abuse Line: Report Illicit Pharmaceutical Activities | … Fugitives Events Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug … the illegal distribution of Fentanyl and other prescription drugs.” The agreement resolves Sovah Health’s potential …