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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

… Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe April 22, 2020 Atlanta Contact Info Contact … Administration is asking Americans to keep prescription medications safe and secure until they can properly dispose … need to be even more vigilant and keep prescription medications safe, secure, and out of reach of children and …
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Suburban Chicago Physician Sentenced to Federal Prison for Prescribing Opioids Without a Medical Exam

… to Federal Prison for Prescribing Opioids Without a Medical Exam July 17, 2023 Chicago Contact Info Contact Us … prison term for prescribing opioids to patients without a medical examination and then billing Medicare for the …
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

… Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe April 21, 2020 Chicago Contact Info Contact … Administration is asking Americans to keep prescription medications safe and secure until they can properly dispose … need to be even more vigilant and keep prescription medications safe, secure, and out of reach of children and …
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Medical Doctor Surrenders License, Pays $700,000 Restitution For Prescription Drug/Money Laundering Scam

… Medical Doctor Surrenders License, Pays $700,000 Restitution … General Tom Horne today announced that Albert Yeh, a medical doctor who practiced in Golden Valley, Arizona has … not know whether patients were having adverse reactions to medications or experiencing other medical problems that …
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Former Fresno Police Department Detective And Fresno Marijuana Trafficker Plead Guilty To Bribery Conspiracy

… Former Fresno Police Department Detective And Fresno Marijuana Trafficker Plead Guilty To Bribery Conspiracy … associates, for suspected cultivation and distribution of marijuana.  In October and November of 2013, defendant …
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Drug trafficker sentenced to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine and marijuana across New York City

… in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine and marijuana across New York City May 09, 2019 New York Contact … grams or more of heroin, 500 grams or more of cocaine, and marijuana.   United States Attorney for the Eastern District … drug ring distributed large amounts of heroin, cocaine and marijuana throughout New York City, including to …
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Marijuana And Mushrooms Seized In Search, One Arrest Made

… Marijuana And Mushrooms Seized In Search, One Arrest Made …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 23 Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Crew With Distributing Crack Cocaine, Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Oxycodone

… Trafficking Crew With Distributing Crack Cocaine, Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Oxycodone August 08, 2013 New York … (BMG) for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, cocaine, marijuana, (commonly known as ecstasy), and Oxycodone. The …
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New Orleans Division Collects 37,000 Pounds of Medication for 27th Take Back Day

… New Orleans Division Collects 37,000 Pounds of Medication for 27th Take Back Day November 12, 2024 New … in Charge Steven Hofer. “If unused, unneeded, or expired medications aren’t properly disposed of, they can end up in …
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DEA Omaha Division Collects Nearly 19,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications on Take Back Day

… DEA Omaha Division Collects Nearly 19,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications on Take Back Day May 23, 2022 Omaha Contact Info … Rapid City - (605) 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 Medications_Clear.jpg Prescription medications were …
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Kerrville Doctor Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Prescribing Controlled Substances Without A Legitimate Medical Purpose

… For Prescribing Controlled Substances Without A Legitimate Medical Purpose February 26, 2015 Houston Contact Info … of our community.  From the proliferation of prescription medication induced impairment levels, we in law enforcement …
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Boise Nurse Practitioner and Patient/Medical Assistant Charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Opioids

… Boise Nurse Practitioner and Patient/Medical Assistant Charged with Conspiracy to Distribute … the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. In addition, the indictment alleges that …
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Communities Across Arizona Turn in Over 3.5 tons of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

… Arizona Turn in Over 3.5 tons of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse May 16, 2023 Phoenix …
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Medical Doctor Surrenders License As DEA Executes Search And Seizure Warrants On Pain Clinic

… Medical Doctor Surrenders License As DEA Executes Search And … 42,000 people died of an opioid overdose in 2016. To have a medical professional, who is bound by an oath to adhere to …
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O.C. Psychiatrist arrested on federal charges alleging illegal prescriptions for opioids without medical need

… charges alleging illegal prescriptions for opioids without medical need July 02, 2018 Los Angeles Contact Info Contact … narcotics, such as the opioid oxycodone, without a medical purpose. Dr. Robert Tinoco Perez, 56, of … Perez included oxycodone and hydrocodone (both opioid pain medications), amphetamine salts (sold primarily under the …
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Advisory Of DEA Enforcement In The Western District Of Washington And Statement Of DEA Special Agent In Charge Matthew G. Barnes

… targets commercial enterprises that purport to operate as “medical” marijuana establishments but also fail to comply with … for a number of reasons: their failure to abide by state medical marijuana guidelines; indications that they were …
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FDA-approved drug Epidiolex placed in schedule V of Controlled Substance Act

… announced that Epidiolex, the newly approved medication by the Food & Drug Administration, is being … constituent of the cannabis plant (commonly referred to as marijuana).  The CBD in Epidiolex is extracted from the … to support rigorous scientific research on the potential medical uses of marijuana-derived products and stand ready …
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The Caribbean Corridor Strike Force Seized More Than 3,500 Pounds Of Marijuana And Detained Five Suspected Smugglers During A Drug Interdiction In The Caribbean Sea

… Corridor Strike Force Seized More Than 3,500 Pounds Of Marijuana And Detained Five Suspected Smugglers During A … Rico - - The Coast Guard seized more than 3,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated wholesale value of $3.5 million …
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Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated From Florida To Maryland

… Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated … A federal grand jury has indicted the three owners and two medical directors of Healthy Life Medical Group, a purported …
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Medical Doctor Turned Crystal Meth Dealer Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison

… Medical Doctor Turned Crystal Meth Dealer Sentenced to Ten … methamphetamine. Cash holds an active Florida medical license.      Cash was charged and convicted of …
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Former Office Manager of New Jersey Medical Practice Admits Conspiring with Doctor to Divert Controlled Substances

… Former Office Manager of New Jersey Medical Practice Admits Conspiring with Doctor to Divert … patients, no patient files were kept. After prescribing medications to a patient, including high dosage …
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37 Alleged Members And Associates Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate ArrestedDefendants Charged With Trafficking Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Prescription Drugs, And Laundering Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Narcotics Proceeds

… ArrestedDefendants Charged With Trafficking Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Prescription Drugs, And Laundering Tens … of tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of …
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Cheshire Medical Center to Pay $2 Million to Settle Allegations of Controlled Substances Act Violations

… Cheshire Medical Center to Pay $2 Million to Settle Allegations of … Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … intravenous bags of fentanyl solution from an automatic medication dispensing machine. CMC initially disclosed this …
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Attorney General Alan Wilson Announces Indictments in State Grand Jury Operation ‘Ganjapreneur’ Involving Marijuana and Illegal THC Products Being Sold Openly in SC Businesses

… in State Grand Jury Operation ‘Ganjapreneur’ Involving Marijuana and Illegal THC Products Being Sold Openly in SC … LLC, for hundreds of counts, including Trafficking Marijuana, Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, …
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Investigators Seize Over $178,000 And 100 Pounds Of Marijuana

… Investigators Seize Over $178,000 And 100 Pounds Of Marijuana April 02, 2014 Chicago Contact Info Contact Us …
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Two Lawrence Men Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Bedford

… to Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Bedford July 25, 2023 New England Contact … Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Draws Huge Turnout, Amasses Tons Of Medications

… Drug Take-Back Event Draws Huge Turnout, Amasses Tons Of Medications September 28, 2015 Los Angeles Contact Info …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Provides Citizens Opportunity To Dispose Of Tons Of Medication

… Day Provides Citizens Opportunity To Dispose Of Tons Of Medication May 15, 2014 Los Angeles Contact Info Contact Us … and responsible means for disposing unused and unwanted medications.  “The tremendous community response to the Drug …
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Fresno Man Pleads Guilty To Structuring Drug Proceeds

… that he structured $693,905 in cash derived from marijuana grown in Fresno and shipped to Alabama in order to … The Graves brothers recruited people to obtain California medical recommendations from a local physician for the … some of the abuses generated by loopholes in California medical marijuana law,” said U.S. Attorney Wagner. “Those …
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Seventeen Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Narcotics-Related Offenses, Including The Distribution Of Cocaine, Marijuana, And Oxycodone

… Offenses, Including The Distribution Of Cocaine, Marijuana, And Oxycodone February 09, 2016 New York Contact … five kilograms and more of cocaine and a quantity of marijuana.  This charge carries a maximum sentence of life …