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Five Massachusetts and Rhode Island Men Indicted for Operating Cross-State Drug Dispatch Network That Flooded New Hampshire with Meth and Fentanyl, in New Hampshire Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

… Dispatch Network That Flooded New Hampshire with Meth and Fentanyl, in New Hampshire Homeland Security Task Force … pounds of methamphetamine and more than a half kilogram of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Reimon Pena …
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Dubuque Man Gets Over 20 Years In Prison For Fentanyl Trafficking Resulting In Death And Serious Injuries

… Dubuque Man Gets Over 20 Years In Prison For Fentanyl Trafficking Resulting In Death And Serious Injuries … his part in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and furanylfentanyl.  In April of 2017, the US District Court for the … found Lewis responsible for distributing heroin and furanylfentanyl resulting in death and serious bodily injury, which …
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Facing Fentanyl

Facing Fentanyl is a national grassroots organization founded by families impacted by fentanyl poisoning, united to save lives through prevention, awareness, and action. We lead the nation in educating communities, supporting families, and partnering with law enforcement, public health, and...

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TK Fights Fentanyl

TK FIGHTS FENTANYL 501 (c)(3) is a faith-based organization that has been sharing Fentanyl education and awareness with the community since August 2023. We are here to support the community with harm reduction and help those who are battling substance use or mental health crisis to find the help...

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United Against Fentanyl

United Against Fentanyl is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that preserves and protects humanity with a focus on combating the fentanyl/synthetic drug crisis.

 

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Keeping Area Families Safe This Summer

July 16, 2021
… past week, three people in Arlington, Virginia overdosed on fentanyl-laced drugs – resulting in two deaths and one in … prescription pills laced with the deadly synthetic opioid, fentanyl. Throughout the District of Columbia, Maryland, and …
July 16, 2021
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Merrimack Valley operation results in arrest of 38 individuals

… Highway.” Authorities seized more than 14 kilograms of fentanyl, 29 kilograms of cocaine, four firearms and body … operation targeted the distribution of opioids, including fentanyl and heroin, and resulted in charges against a total …
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Spreading the Word:

June 07, 2022
… 2022 DEA Washington Leaders Partner to Educate Public on Fentanyl Issues & Solutions The current fentanyl crisis is a …
June 07, 2022
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Operation Engage Spokane: Several Large-Scale Distributors of Counterfeit Pills Charged in Federal Court

… Part of Ongoing Efforts to Target the Distribution of Fentanyl in Eastern Washington SPOKANE, Wash. – The Drug … approach for addressing the drug epidemic – focusing on fentanyl distribution – through prevention strategies, …
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DEA Issues Carfentanil Warning To Police And Public

… more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl WASHINGTON - DEA has issued a public warning to the … more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl, which itself is 50 times more potent than heroin.  …
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Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border

January 23, 2025
… crisis in our nation’s history. This is because one drug—fentanyl—has transformed the criminal landscape. Fentanyl is exceptionally cheap to make, exceptionally easy …
January 23, 2025
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DEA’s OD Justice Devotes Critical Resources to Fatal Drug Poisoning and Overdose Death Investigations Across the United States

… with the devastating impact of losing a loved one to a fentanyl poisoning. Of the more than 107,440 drug-related deaths in 2023, 69% involved fentanyl.  That is more than 200 American lives lost every …
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High-Ranking Members of Sinaloa Cartel Charged with Material Support of a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Narcoterrorism

… in trafficking hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine into southern Illinois and laundering … partners resulted in the seizure of more than 800 pounds of fentanyl and exposed a money laundering network that pushed …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… County - (760) 355-0857 San Ysidro - (619) 671-4500 Fentanyl Pills.jpg Large Fentanyl Pill Seizure.jpg Counterfeit Pills Containing …
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DEA, Arizona Attorney General & Tempe Police Announce 150+ Subjects Charged & Massive Quantities of Narcotics Seized

… 571-324-7324 Tempe Poice-3.jpg Seizure of over 4.5 million fentanyl laced fake prescription pills, 66 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 138 kilograms of cocaine, 3100 pounds of …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Fentanyl Pill Box.jpg Fentanyl Pills1.jpg Fentanyl Pills2.jpg WASHINGTON – The …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… Tampa - 813-287-5160 West Palm Beach - 561-684-8000 Fentanyl Pills2_0.jpg Fentanyl Pills_0.JPG Fentanyl Pills1_0.jpg MIAMI – The Drug …
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Leader of Lawrence Area Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy and Firearm Charges

… in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, carfentanil and fentanyl analogue in and around the Lawrence area, as well …
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A Year of Impact: DEA Recognizes its Success in Combatting Drug Cartels and Saving Lives

… America in 2025 resulted in the seizure of: 47 million fentanyl pills  9,938 pounds fentanyl powder  567,668 pounds cocaine 172,853 pounds …
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Dozens arrested in and around City of Lawrence as part of Project Safe Neighborhood Sweep

… officers bought or seized approximately 10 kilos of fentanyl. Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the … and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl; Sabrina Aixa Ramos, 27, of Lawrence, charged with …
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Operation Engage Spokane

March 28, 2025
… Operation Engage Spokane Spokane Spokane May 10 -- Fentanyl, What You Need to Know! Date:  May 10, 2023 Time:  … us for a free informational night and learn the facts about fentanyl, America's #1 drug threat. There will be free …
March 28, 2025
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Overdose Death Investigations Challenge DEA Agents to Bring Justice

February 08, 2023
… of a residence. Deaths from illicit drugs, especially fentanyl, are at historic highs. It’s why Drug Enforcement … i] The chief cause is synthetic opioids, primarily illicit fentanyl. “Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our …
February 08, 2023
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Brevard, N.C. Woman Sentenced to 15 Years on Drug Charges

… - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Defendant sold fentanyl that resulted in victim’s overdose death Fentanyl Powder.jpg Aaron Broussard placed a drug order for …
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Drug Kingpin Indicted In New York

… 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Trafficked enough fentanyl into NYC to kill ten million people NEW YORK - … conspiracy to smuggle multi-kilogram quantities of fentanyl and heroin from Mexico for distribution in the New …
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Prolific Whatcom and Skagit County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

… - (509) 454-4407 Was Arrested With More Than 8 kilos of Fentanyl Pills and More Than 2 Kilos of Fentanyl Powder Whatcom Pic 1.jpg Seized fentanyl Whatcom …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… that led to 235 arrests and the seizure of nearly 2 million fentanyl pills, 87 pounds of fentanyl powder, 974 pounds of methamphetamine, 278 …
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San Francisco Woman Who Helped Sell Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Sentenced

… distribute, and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex Tse … guilty on November 8, 2016, to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and conspiracy to launder drug proceeds.  According …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… 863-2992 Jackson - (601) 965-4400 Oxford - (662) 234-8542 Fentanyl Pills_1.JPG Fentanyl Pills1_1.jpg Fentanyl Pills2_1.jpg NEW ORLEANS – …
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Leader of Lawrence Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison

… yesterday in federal court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, carfentanil (a fentanyl analogue) in and around the Lawrence area and for …
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Operation Cash Out Launched Across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana

… Casper - (307) 261-6200 Cheyenne - (307) 778-1500 DENVER – Fentanyl continues to be the leading cause of death for … Administration (DEA) seized nationally more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. …