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DEA Chicago Division Seizes Over 18.3 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl Throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin in 2022

… These pills are made to look identical to real prescription medications—including OxyContin®, Percocet®, and Xanax®—but … pill bought on social media is safe. The only safe medications are ones prescribed directly to you by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… These pills are made to look identical to real prescription medications—including OxyContin®, Percocet®, and Xanax®—but … pill bought on social media is safe. The only safe medications are ones prescribed directly to you by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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DEA announces “360 Strategy” in Knoxville to address heroin, prescription drugs and violent crime

… and push for responsible prescribing and use of these medications throughout the medical community.   Change attitudes through community …
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DEA announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.     Rates of prescription drug abuse in the … to dispose of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription medications.”     “Our take-back events highlight the …
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Three Indicted for Conspiracy to Illegally Distribute Almost $8 Million in Prescription Diet Drugs

… the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. According to the indictment Mendez and … in the defendants’ individual names and in the names of medical entities such as Waterview Pharmacy, Drugs Discount …
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents Are Stealing Identities, Money

… 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 …   DEA personnel will never contact members of the public or medical practitioners by telephone to demand money or any …
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents Are Stealing Identities, Money

… “DEA personnel will never contact members of the public or medical practitioners by telephone to demand money or any … 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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33 Defendants Charged In Oxycodone Conspiracy

… to the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, non-medical use of prescription drugs is higher than abuse of … stated Thyer. “Just because oxycodone is prescribed medically, doesn’t make it a safe drug to abuse. Arkansas …
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US Attorney’s Office Announces “The Right Prescription For New Jersey”Federal, State Agencies And Non-Profits Come Together To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

… the dangers of abusing prescription and over-the-counter medications and to safeguard the medications they keep at home.” Brian R. Crowell, Special … medicine cabinets in our households, and even some medical professionals who choose to traffic pills for …
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Indictment Charges 9 Individuals With Obtaining Oxycodone In Fraudulent Prescription Scheme

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … obtained the personal identifying information of medical practitioners and used the information to create …
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CVS To Pay $11 Million To Settle Civil Penalty Claims Involving Violations Of Controlled Substances Act

… and abuse of controlled substances, including prescription medications.  The CSA is enforced by the DEA’s Office of … an adequate and uninterrupted supply for legitimate medical, commercial, and scientific needs. Under the CSA, … generic prescription drugs, including controlled substance medications, to retail consumers.  CVS operates 46 pharmacy …
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DEA Atlanta Hosts Second Pill Take Back Event Over 4,000 Sites Join DEA In Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs

… Substances Act to allow users of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to … Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to … of America; D.A.R.E. America; the Federation of State Medical Boards; the U. S. Health Resources and Services …
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Former Ford Dealership Manager Pleads Guilty To Prescription Drug Distribution Charges

… oxycodone prescriptions from Rand not for a legitimate medical purpose and ultimately distributed at least 500 … which were prescribed and obtained for neither a legitimate medical purpose nor in the usual course of medical practice.  At the time of West’s arrest, he …
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Houston Doctor And Pharmacist Guilty In Pill Distribution Network Dispensed Approximately 1.6 Million Dosage Units Of Oxycodone In A Two-year-period

… Judge Hoyt noted that Evans had previously surrendered his medical license and he had no previous criminal record. He … oxycodone, a highly addictive and highly abused pain medication. Oxycodone is a semi-synthetic opiate which can … course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. He saw patients from Louisiana and other …
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DEA Official Appointed Vice-Chair To Newly Created National Commission On Forensic Science

… West Virginia University; Frederick Bieber, Ph.D. - , Medical Geneticist, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Thomas Cech, Ph.D. - , Distinguished … John Fudenberg - , Assistant Coroner, Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner, Clark County, Nevada; S. James Gates, Jr., …
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Lexington Doctor Guilty Of Fentanyl Distribution

… to dispense controlled substances and misused his medical license to prescribe a potentially lethal drug to a … scope of his professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose.  Dr. Long also admitted he knew the woman … the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. He was released on bond following today’s …
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Pharmacist And A Pharmacy Technician Indicted For Conspiracy To Illegally Distribute Prescription Drugs

… capita prescriptions for opioid painkillers,” Vance said. “Medically necessary use of painkillers is appropriate, but when a pharmacist violates his medical oath and becomes a drug dealer, preying on …
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Staten Island Woman Sentenced To 12 Years’ Imprisonment For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… particularly opioids such as oxycodone, without a medical license. Richardson had previously pled guilty to … “This sentencing highlights how drug dealers infiltrate medical practices in order to divert controlled substances … tracking down white collar criminals diverting prescription medication.” This case is the latest in a series of federal …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… multiple angles.  Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States … and overdose deaths plaguing this country due to opioid medications.  Complete results for DEA’s fall Take Back Day …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Doctor And Associates As Members Of A Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Cocaine

… proximity of the illegal diversion of prescription medication and the trafficking of other illegal drugs. We … Bronx, New York. The abuse of diverted prescription pain medication is the fastest growing drug problem in our … it on the black market rather than for a legitimate medical purpose. Fernando DeJesus, Efrain DeJesus, Juan …
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Former Doctor Sentenced In White Plains Federal Court To 18 Months In Prison For Selling Oxycodone Prescriptions

… II stated:  “Oxycodone is a highly addictive, often abused medication.  By illegally selling prescriptions for these … sentencing proceedings: Weintraub was a podiatrist whose medical license was permanently suspended in 2014.  … of a Rockland County hotel, and had no connection to any medical examination.  During these sales, Weintraub …
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Doctor Convicted Of Running Pill Mill And Contributing To A Death

… staff, those “patients” were transported to Werther’s medical office, at 301 Davisville Road in Willow Grove, PA, … oxycodone-based drugs without there being a legitimate medical purpose for the prescription and outside the usual … each of oxycodone, to Nathaniel Backes for no legitimate medical purpose and Nathaniel Backes’ death resulted from …
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DEA Dialogues With Registrants On Preventing Pharmaceutical Diversion At Conference This Week

… and current issues. The abuse of controlled-substance medications is an epidemic in America today.  6.5 million … more than half of those overdoses were attributed to these medications.  On …
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DEA hosts industry association conference as part of continued collaboration on prescription drug abuse

… the right balance between providing patients with important medication, while lowering drug diversion, addiction, crime, … fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, and potent prescription medications such as Oxycodone.   ### On …
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DEA Speeds Up Application Process For Research On Schedule I Drugs

… to study Schedule I substances not currently approved for medical use. Schedule I drugs are defined as drugs, substances, or chemicals with no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse, such as ecstasy …
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DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg Statement On Walgreens’ Prescription Drug Take Back Initiative

… to anonymously dispose of their unwanted, unused or expired medications, and today's announcement is a step in the right … alternative when they can no longer legally obtain their medications or afford to purchase them on the street.  Four …
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Man Sentenced to Nine Years for Fentanyl Overdose Death

… in his apartment in Gilbert, Arizona. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death to be fentanyl … pills cannot be bought on social media. The only safe medications are ones prescribed directly to you by a trusted …
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Pain Management Doctor Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

… large portions of his substantial income earned from his medical practices. He fraudulently claimed more than $1 … IRS-CI Special Agent in Charge Thomas Fattorusso said: “Medical professionals should be in the business of caring …
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DEA New Orleans Division Announces the Seizure of Over 20 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… These pills are made to look identical to real prescription medications—including OxyContin®, Percocet®, and Xanax®—but … pill bought on social media is safe. The only safe medications are ones prescribed directly to you by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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Montgomery “pill mill” doctor receives over 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering offenses

… Louis V. Franklin, Sr. For years, Dr. Sanchez operated a medical practice located at 4143 Atlanta Highway in … destroyed for his own gain.  Just because you have a medical degree, you can still be nothing more than a common …