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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… of fentanyl pills being disguised and sold as prescription medications, despite these pills not containing any of the actual medications advertised. The only safe medications are ones prescribed by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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Two Pharmacists Convicted For Illegally Dispensing To Patients Of A Pill Mill

… dispensing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional … “It is a sad commentary when trusted individuals in the medical community hide behind the veil of legitimacy to … received prescriptions from Askari and Richardson for medically inappropriate and potentially lethal combinations …
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Founder And Owner Of Pharmaceutical Company Insys Arrested And Charged With Racketeering

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … in order to get them to prescribe a fentanyl-based pain medication.  The medication, called “Subsys,” is a powerful … “Pharmaceutical companies whose products include controlled medications that can lead to addiction and overdose have a …
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Feds Crack Down On Illegal Trafficking Of Oxycodone

… program, which will allow law enforcement and the medical board to more effectively identify and prevent the … painkiller that is an ingredient in popular brand medications including Oxycontin, Percocet, and Roxycodone.  … sharp increase in the distribution of pain pills for non-medical reasons continues to be a major concern. As such, …
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New England News 2007

July 15, 2021
… July 12, 2007 Two New Britain Men Indicated On Federal Marijuana Charges July 12, 2007 Former Pharmacy Student … Cocaine Distribution Charge January 11, 2007 Bridgeport Marijuana Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison …
July 15, 2021
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Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year

… to repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine without medical training, including performing multiple injections … obtaining ketamine. Ketamine is a general anesthetic whose medical risks require a health care professional to monitor … course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose on at least seven occasions. He did so by …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

… see fentanyl in fake pills made to look like prescription medications including oxycodone (Percocet®), alprazolam … (Xanax®) and hydrocodone (Vicodin ®). The only safe medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. Social media and encrypted …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… of fentanyl pills being disguised and sold as prescription medications, despite these pills not containing any of the actual medications advertised. The only safe medications are ones prescribed by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… of fentanyl pills being disguised and sold as prescription medications, despite these pills not containing any of the actual medications advertised. The only safe medications are ones prescribed by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day with Extended Museum Hours

… fentanyl into counterfeit pills that look like prescription medications – such as oxycodone, Xanax, and Percocet – as … had no idea they were even taking it. The only safe medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. For more information about fentanyl, …
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Forensic Sciences Careers

December 16, 2025
… driver’s license and successfully complete the following: Medical Clearance: Forensic Chemists must be able to perform … of evidence. Applicants are required to meet specific medical standards and receive a medical clearance. Training: …
December 16, 2025
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DEA and New Jersey law enforcement partners collect more than 18,000 pounds of unwanted prescriptions during 19th National Prescription Take Back Day

… or 9 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications during DEA’s 19th National Prescription Drug … 24, 2020, DEA and 212 police departments collected the medications at 226 collection sites across New Jersey. … Gibson. “We thank the public for their effort to keep these medications out of the wrong hands, especially our youth. I …
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New Jersey/Pennsylvania doctor indicted for accepting bribes and kickbacks in exchange for prescribing powerful fentanyl drug

… the indictment, Sun owned and maintained a pain management medical practice named Progressive Pain Solutions LLC, which … that Sun prescribed Subsys to patients for whom Subsys was medically unnecessary, not eligible for insurance …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 26

… “You can drop off your unused or expired prescription medications and for the first time you can drop off vaping … your neighbors by doubling down and disposing of unwanted medications and vapes! It’s free and anonymous. We are ready … 6,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications through its Take Back Day events. Last April, …
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Nurse Arrested for Stealing over 1,400 Vials of Fentanyl

… unique identification number to gain access to a medication dispensing machine more than 50 times. During the … allegedly noted a patient’s name to correspond with the medication that was removed. In total, Frame allegedly … patient procedure, for which they already received medication. According to the DEA, the amount of stolen …
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Texas doctors are served temporary restraining orders from illegally prescribing highly addictive opioids

… Mendez issued numerous prescriptions without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional … despite performing only minimal or perfunctory medical evaluations, at best, during the visits. According to the complaint, the defendants sold medically unjustified prescriptions to undercover agents in …
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Vermont Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Cocaine in New Hampshire

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts …
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Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division Announces Spring Take Back Day

… Day has helped Americans easily rid their homes of unneeded medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—that … Back Day offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations …
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Kansas Pharmacy Agrees to Pay $3 Million for Improperly Dispensing Meds

… owned subsidiary of PharmScript Holdco, LLC, and provides medication and pharmaceutical services to patients in … have a duty to ensure they are prescribing controlled medications according to law to protect their patients’ …
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Creve Coeur Pharmacy and Owner to Pay $1.4 Million for Ignoring Signs of Illegal Drug Prescriptions

… to effect compliance with the federal regulations. “Medical professionals have the legal obligation to ensure … responsibility and ignored the clear signs that powerful medications, like oral fentanyl spray, were being prescribed …
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Southeast Missouri Health Organization Pays $1.6 Million Settlement for Invalid Prescriptions

… Springfield - (417) 888-9800 St. Louis, Mo. - Saint Francis Medical Center of Southeast Missouri has agreed to pay more … prescriptions for controlled substances without legitimate medical purposes and outside the usual course of …
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Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Drug Distribution

… the course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose. The announcement was made by United States … County, New York, without treating either of them for a medical condition. The Suffolk County residents usually paid … often without ever examining patients and maintaining medical records justifying her decision to prescribe …
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Grand Jury Indicts Depew Man for Selling Fentanyl that Led to the Deaths of Two Individuals

… fentanyl, and cocaine. On Feb. 11, 2020, the Erie County Medical Examiner's Office issued a death certificate listing … and transported S.L. to St. Joseph's Hospital. Medical personnel ultimately pronounced S.L. dead.  The … date of S.L.'s death.  On March 5, 2020, the Erie County Medical Examiner's Office issued a death certificate listing …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Nearly 24 Years for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… pills, pressing those pills to look like prescription medication, and that “his” pills were causing overdoses.  As … County Michigan Sheriff’s Office, the Cass County Michigan Medical Examiner’s Office, NMS Labs, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine Medical Examiner and Forensic Services.  The case was …
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DEA Warns Healthcare Workers of Impersonation Scam Targeting Doctors and Pharmacists

… extort money.  Please know DEA personnel will never contact medical practitioners or members of the public by telephone … arrest, prosecution, imprisonment, and, in the case of medical practitioners and pharmacists, revocation of their … numbers and/or state license numbers when calling a medical practitioner. They also may claim that patients are …
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Boston Physician Resolves Allegations Of Improper Prescribing Practices Involving Controlled Substances

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … and the DEA work to ensure that doctors prescribe dangerous medications only when they are acting within the scope of …
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Wilmington Doctor to Pay $170,000 to Resolve Allegations of Unlawful Prescribing of Opioids

… course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose.  For example, Dr. Armitage allegedly wrote … followed a 2018 Consent Order entered by the North Carolina Medical Board, in which Dr. Armitage acknowledged that his …
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Virginia dentist running elaborate prescription scheme, reported to DEA tip line, sentenced

… opioids and muscle relaxant pills without a legitimate medical purpose. According to court documents, Gary Hartman, … write prescriptions for oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose, the friends would fill the prescriptions, … This conspiracy involved 766 prescriptions written for non-medical reasons and almost 40,000 oxycodone pills. Jesse R. …
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Mt. Pleasant doctor found guilty in federal court of opioid trafficking after Columbia pharmacy visit

… March 7, 2017, Hargrave had met a different female at the medical clinic in Moncks Corner where he worked. That night, … as two other individuals with whom Hargrave established non-medical reasons for writing opioid prescriptions.   “We … shows, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will vigorously prosecute medical providers who ignore the law—and their ethical …
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Samson, Alabama Pharmacy Liable for $110,000 Penalty for Recordkeeping Violations of the Controlled Substances Act

… to pharmaceutical controlled substances for legitimate medical purposes. To prevent diversion, the CSA regulates … substances are properly handled and used for legitimate, medical purposes.” “Prescription medications, when misused, can pose a grave threat to public …