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DEA warns of methamphetamine and fentanyl drug market built by aftermath of COVID-19 in New York

… mixed with heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and even marijuana; and it is estimated that 60%+ of all drug …
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Eight-week federal trial results in conviction of Chapo associates in Buffalo, NY

… over 5,000 pounds of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and marijuana in the Western New York area. Approximately …
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Seven Members of Violent Gang Charged with Racketeering and Firearms Offenses

… intent to distribute narcotics, including crack cocaine and marijuana; engaged in wire fraud; and obtained, possessed, …
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Alleged Members Of Grant County Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Arrested On Federal Charges

… seven ounces of methamphetamine, several pounds of marijuana, approximately $17,000 in cash, 28 firearms, three …
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Over 30 Arrested In Heroin And Gun Trafficking Sweep

… glassine bags) of heroin, approximately one pound of marijuana, a small quantity of cocaine and approximately …
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Operation Four Horsemen Results In Millions Going Back To Law Enforcement Agencies

… of over 400 kilograms of cocaine, 1,445 kilograms of marijuana and approximately $7 million in bulk U.S. currency …
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Three Current And Former Rikers Island Correction Officers Indicted For Trafficking In Narcotics, Bribery And Smuggling Contraband In Jail

… the Bronx. Agents also seized contraband items, including marijuana that was packaged in foil. The investigation …
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DEA Los Angeles Field Division Makes Historic Seizure of Approximately 1 Million Fentanyl Pills

… fake pills typically replicate real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), … 64% increase over the same period last year. The only safe medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. DEA warns that pills purchased …
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DEA Washington Division Gears up to Celebrate the 24th National Drug Take Back Day

… This event offers anonymous disposal of unneeded/ expired medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations … pills cannot be bought on social media. The only safe medications are those prescribed directly by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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Physician Sentenced after Taking Bribes from Drug Manufacturer

… he agreed to speak for was Insys, which produced a fentanyl medication, Subsys, that Medicare only approved for active … his registration number so they could provide prescription medication in his absence. Despite Halley’s absence at his … disclosures. Numerous patients received dangerous fentanyl medication they did not need, nor did they qualify for under …
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Queens Pharmacist Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Illegally Distributing Oxycodone and Filing False Tax Returns

… to pill pusher, Daniel Russo betrayed his years of medical training to pocket dirty money in return for … to use his business to illegally distribute prescription medication while enabling opioid addiction throughout New … 2011 and June 2014, Russo conspired with others, including medical professionals and employees, to fill fraudulent …
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Queens Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Illegally Distributing Oxycodone and Filing False Tax Returns

… local law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute medical professionals who illegally deal dangerous drugs … the fact that Russo blatantly ignored his role as a medical practitioner in order to line his pockets with … 2011 and June 2014, Russo conspired with others, including medical professionals and employees, to fill fraudulent …
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Distributor Convicted of Conspiring to Distribute Controlled Substances and Defrauding the DEA

… dispensing those drugs to individuals who had no legitimate medical need for them. RDC, at the direction of Doud and … substances in amounts consistently higher than accepted medical standards; accepting a high percentage of cash for … issued by practitioners acting outside the scope of their medical practice, under investigation by law enforcement, or …
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Federal and State Law Enforcement Warn of Increased Threats Related to Fentanyl

… pills designed to look like Oxycodone or other legitimate medications, fentanyl is found in powder form and can be … CSP and HIDTA encourage people to use only prescription medications that were prescribed by a doctor and filled at a … It is also important to note that legitimate pharmaceutical medications cannot be legally purchased on social media …
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Take-Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27

… of 2010, DEA has collected more than 70,(35 tons) of medications throughout Arizona.  The public helps prevent … Americans died in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, … and securely dispose of potentially dangerous prescription medications on a routine basis. At this time, DEA has no …
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Father And Son Charged With Running Prescription Drug Trafficking And Forgery Ring

… prescription paper illegally obtained from a host of medical facilities, ranging from hospitals to small group … years, involved prescription paper stolen from multiple medical facilities and resulted in the Major Trafficker … patients they employed as runners, deceived a host of medical facilities and pharmacies and gamed the system for …
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Long Island Doctor Indicted For Causing Oxycodone Overdose Deaths Of Two Patients

… addicted to drugs and without performing any meaningful medical examination. The charges announced today are merely … assistant for Conway since approximately 1995, possesses no medical or nursing degree. However, between 2011 and 2012, … of a doctor’s office in order to illegally prescribe pain medication for the use of abuse and drug distribution.” …
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D.C. Area Pharmacist Indicted And Arrested On Charges Involving Illegal Pharmaceutical Shipments

… Internet solely on the basis of their answers to an on-line medical questionnaire.  Such prescriptions are invalid and … the nature of the malady, makes no diagnosis, conducts no medical tests, and implements no treatment plan.  For … United States, based solely on their answers to an on-line medical questionnaire.  Both defendants are charged with …
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Methamphetamine Seizures Continue to Climb in the Midwest

July 10, 2019
… Meth cooks across the country began using cold medication pills to make their own one-pot labs, producing … pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine products. Medications such as Sudafed ® were locked behind pharmacy …
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DEA warns of scammers impersonating DEA employees

… arrest, prosecution, imprisonment, and, in the case of medical practitioners, revocation of their DEA numbers; … numbers and/or state license numbers when calling a medical practitioner. They also might claim that patients …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… need to rid their homes of dangerous controlled substance medications that teens and others steal, abuse, and sell,” … Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to …
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

… more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug … has surrendered over 3.4 million pounds of pills. Unused medications in homes create a public health and safety …
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DEA Takes Fentanyl Free America Message to Rapid City

… and differences in the appearance of candy and prescription medications. Adults will find helpful resources on talking … These pills are made to look like legitimate prescription medications, making them dangerous for adults, while also …
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DEA Las Vegas & community stakeholders announce a new comprehensive strategy to address the opioid crisis

… and state law enforcement, health care providers, clergy, medical professionals, educators, rehabilitation centers, … practices, and use of opioid painkillers throughout the medical community; and, (3) community outreach and …
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Back Initiative helps get unused and unwanted prescription medications out of circulation and ensures their safe … 6,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications through its Take Back Day events. DEA is …
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DEA announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the United … to dispose of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription medications.” Given the ongoing COVID-19 public health …
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DEA warns of alarming increase of scam calls

… arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment, and in the case of medical practitioners, revocation of their DEA numbers. … as social security number or date of birth. When calling a medical practitioner, callers often reference National …
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St. Johns County Man Sentenced To More Than 15 Years In Prison In Methamphetamine Case

… methamphetamine users gave Higginbotham boxes of medication containing pseudoephedrine in exchange for … which is an ingredient in many cold and allergy medications, is the primary ingredient needed to manufacture …
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Civil Penalty Settlement Reached With Georgetown Pharmacy

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … regulatory handling and record-keeping requirements, to a medical facility that was not registered with the DEA as a …
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Decatur Physician Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Hydrocodone

… controlled substance, outside the course of professional medical practice and for no legitimate medical purpose. At the time of the alleged offenses, …