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DEA Announces 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… for the proper disposal of unused, unneeded, and expired medications,” said Tuggle.  “Participating in the DEA’s …
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DEA, DDAP Supply, Train Hermitage Police With Naloxone

… were reported in 81 percent of these deaths.  Naloxone is a medication used to reverse the effects of a known or …
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Tucson Woman Sentenced To Prison For Her Role In Dangerous Plastic Surgeries

… in assisting with cosmetic surgeries without having any medical education, training or licensing.  Garcia, who was …
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DEA Shuts Down Two Valley Pharmacies And Arrests Pharmacist

… substances.   “The diversion of legitimate prescription medication is partially to blame for the deadly epidemic of …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… do not know how to properly dispose of their unused medications, often flushing them down the toilet or throwing …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… do not know how to properly dispose of their unused medications, often flushing them down the toilet or throwing …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… do not know how to properly dispose of their unused medications, often flushing them down the toilet or throwing …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… do not know how to properly dispose of their unused medications, often flushing them down the toilet or throwing …
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Three Arrested In Connection With Pharmacy Forgery Ring

… the defendants obtained thousands of pills of narcotic pain medication, such as oxycodone, using the forged …
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Safeway Pharmacies Pay $3 Million To Resolve Allegations Chain Failed To Timely Report Drug Diversion

… accepting responsibility for failing to report the missing medications in a timely fashion. “As our community struggles …
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Indictments Charging Twenty-Three People With Drug Trafficking

… and provide for the defendant’s educational, vocational and medical needs. For these reasons, the statutory maximum …
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DEA Announces Release Of First Statewide Drug Overdose Assessment For Pennsylvania

… High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, and coroners and medical examiners throughout Pennsylvania on this …
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MEDIA ADVISORY: DEA To Conduct Pharmacy Diversion Awareness Conference In Pittsburgh As Part Of The 360 Strategy To Address The Diversion Of Prescription Opioids

… with pharmacy personnel about the link between the non-medical use of prescription opioids and heroin abuse at the …
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If You’ve ‘Got Drugs’, Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet This Saturday!

… provides a safe way to dispose of unused and expired medication that can lead to accidental poisoning, overdose …
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If You’ve ‘Got Drugs’, Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet This Saturday!

… provides a safe way to dispose of unused and expired medication that can lead to accidental poisoning, overdose …
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DEA Urges Idaho Residents To Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet!

… provides a safe way to dispose of unused and expired medication that can lead to accidental poisoning, overdose …
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Thurmont Heroin Dealer Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

… Powell to pay more than $7,000 in restitution, to cover the medical costs and funeral expenses of the person who died …
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Leonardtown Man Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Distribution Of Heroin That Resulted In The Death Of A Friend

… the individual slumped over and non-responsive.  Emergency medical personnel were called and attempted to revive the …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… do not know how to properly dispose of their unused medications, often flushing them down the toilet or throwing …
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Pearl River Man Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For The Illegal Distribution Of Oxymorphone Causing The Overdose Death Of Two Young Men

… prescriptions of oxymorphone, codeine, methadone, and other medications. Between at least February 2011 and October …
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Alert - Extortion Scam - Alert

… be registered with DEA.  By ordering any pharmaceutical medications online or by telephone from unknown entities, …
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CVS Pharmacy Inc. Pays $5m To Settle Alleged Violations Of The Controlled Substance Act

… or schedules depending upon the drug’s acceptable medical use and the drug’s abuse or dependency potential. In …
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Woman Arrested In Prague On Charges Of Conspiring To Bribe U.S. Air Force Contract Administrator

… Striker Logistics, shipped contract goods, including medical clothing and linens, to Travis Air Force Base in the …
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Four Men Indicted For Trafficking Oxycodone And Money Laundering, 37 Guns Seized

… of Health and Human Services, the California Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse, the United States Marshals …
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DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort-- A Big Success

… out of five new heroin users starting with prescription medications, I know our take-back program makes a real …
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Buffalo Man Sentenced For Selling Deadly Heroin Cocktail That Resulted In The Death Of A Local Man

… working together. As was also shown by our prosecution of a medical doctor this week, our Office intends to do its …
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Amherst Doctor Sentenced For Obtaining Controlled Substances By Fraud And Health Care Fraud

… “Issuing prescriptions for controlled substances for non-medical purposes is a federal crime that furthers opioid …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to …
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Leader Of Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts …