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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… hiding fentanyl in fake pills that look like prescription medications, such as oxycodone, Xanax, and Percocet. The … to sell pills and powders that are advertised as legitimate medications or other substances, but actually contain … medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. For more information on fentanyl, …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… networks and are made to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), … This alert does not apply to legitimate pharmaceutical medications prescribed by medical professionals and dispensed by licensed pharmacists. …
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DEA Washington Chief Issues Public Safety Alert: Dangerous Increase in Fake Rx Pills Containing Fentanyl

… drug cartels and made to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), … This alert does not apply to legitimate pharmaceutical medications prescribed by medical professionals and dispensed by licensed pharmacists. …
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22 Charged In The Southern District Of Texas As Part Of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown In History

… including 61 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in … with participating in separate schemes to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary home health services that were often …
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DEA Hosts the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 25th

… anonymous way to dispose of expired and unused prescription medications. By getting rid of unnecessary medications in the home, families can help prevent …
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Digital Health Company Cofounder/CEO and Clinical President Convicted in $100M Adderall Distribution and Health Care Fraud Scheme

… and the calculated use of technology to exploit people’s medical needs and fuel addiction. The actions of Ruthia He … profits over public safety by over-prescribing ADHD medication to patients who often did not qualify. …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results in DEA and Partners Collecting Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds

… - (760) 355-0857 San Ysidro - (619) 671-4500 of Unneeded Medications in an Effort to Prevent Addiction and Reduce … Day by dropping off more than 720,000 pounds of unneeded medications at 5,144 collection sites. Since 2010, DEA, …
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Former Doctor Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Illegally Prescribing Controlled Substances

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … supervised release, for illegally distributing prescription medication.  Judge Williams also ordered Ciancimino to pay a …
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign

… Springfield - (417) 888-9800 Calls on Americans to keep medications safe ST. LOUIS – With families encouraged to … 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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DEA Atlanta Divisional Office & Partners to Hold 16th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… April 28, 2018, yielded 9,409 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … medication that might otherwise be abused for non-medical purposes. This event is free and anonymous, no …
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DEA Columbia, South Carolina district office & partners to hold 16th prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday

… April 28, 2018, yielded 8,502 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … medication that might otherwise be abused for non-medical purposes. This event is free and anonymous, no …
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CA Attorney General Bonta Announces Arrest of Santa Clara Doctor for Illegal Opioid Prescription Scheme

…   “This investigation focused on a trusted member of the medical community who allegedly utilized forgery and fraud … put them in harm’s way. I want to thank CA DOJ Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse and DEA Diversion for their … and October 2020 and involved the highly addictive pain medication Norco. He is facing charges on seven felony …
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in close to 500 tons of … D. Christopher Evans. “Bringing unused or expired medications to a local collection site for safe disposal …
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DEA Chicago Division Take Back safely disposed of a record 155,000 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs

… to clean out their medicine cabinets and keep prescription medications safe and out of reach of children and others in … pounds of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications since the inception of the National Prescription …
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Whitinsville woman faces up to 20 years in prison for adderall distribution

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … Adderall, an amphetamine, for uses other than a legitimate medical purpose and not in the usual course of medical …
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DEA San Diego Announces 20th Take Back Day

… a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in close to 500 tons of … during the first months of the pandemic. "Every day, unused medications find a new home – whether they’re lost, stolen … Agent in Charge of the DEA San Diego Field Division. “These medications can become deadly poisons in the wrong hands. …
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… pounds (419.7 tons) of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country.  Denver Field Division … and alleviate addiction by safely disposing of prescription medications that sit idle in the home,” said DEA Acting …
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… pounds (419.7 tons) of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country.  Denver Field Division … and alleviate addiction by safely disposing of prescription medications that sit idle in the home,” said DEA Acting …
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West Bloomfield Doctor sentenced for opioid drug conspiracy

… Michigan to be seen by Dr. Mark Buzzard at MV Buzzard P.C. medical clinic in West Bloomfield, Michigan, over 60 miles away.  These “patients” received medically unnecessary controlled substances which Roe later … and the doctor must act in good faith in prescribing these medications. “More people die in America every year from …
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in close to 500 tons of … Weis. “Sadly, too often, our homes are the source where medications can be accessed. If these medications are no longer needed, I encourage everyone …
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DEA announces “360 Strategy” in Newark to address heroin, prescription opioids and violent crime

… Mayor Ras Baraka, U.S Attorney Craig Carpenito, and the medical and faith based community. “New Jersey is facing a … to bring together the expertise of law enforcement, the medical community, drug prevention and treatment partners … Diversion Control   - Holding those accountable within the medical community who are over prescribing and operating …
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Lasalle County Doctor Sentenced for Dispensing Prescription Drugs to Addicts for Sex

… in federal prison for illegally dispensing prescription medications, including opioids, in exchange for cash or sex. … to have sex with him in order to continue receiving the medications, the plea agreement states. Dr. Perales knew the … to the pills, yet he dispensed them without performing a medical examination or ordering any diagnostic tests to …
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Justice Department, DEA propose significant opioid manufacturing reduction in 2019

… from many sources, including estimates of the legitimate medical need from the Food and Drug Administration; … ensuring that the country has enough opioids for legitimate medical, scientific, research, and industrial needs. “The … recommending a reduction in the prescribing of opioid medications for chronic pain. DEA and its federal partners …
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Denver doctor pleads guilty to illegally prescribing controlled substances

… facts contained in Ho’s plea agreement, Andrew Mark Ho is a medical doctor licensed to practice in the state of … the so-called “Holy Trinity,” outside the scope of accepted medical practice.    The “Holy Trinity” is a colloquial term … the street, is especially dangerous because each of those medications depress the central nervous system and the …
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Two Chicago Area Physicians Indicted on Narcotics and Health Care Fraud

… prescribing opioids to individuals who lacked a legitimate medical need for the drugs. Stanley David Demorest managed Demorest Consultants LLC, a medical practice in Melrose Park, Ill. Nicholas Recchia was … but received no meaningful physical examination or medical tests, and whom Demorest and Recchia knew had no …
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Registered nurse sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for stealing opioids from elderly patient

… 18 months in federal prison for stealing prescription pain medication from his patient between April and August, 2018, … taking advantage of those in need of home healthcare and medication is unbecoming and does significant harm to our … to work with partners to identify individuals diverting medication and will prosecute them to the full extent of the …
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Suburban Detroit Doctor Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Prescription Pills

… 16th, 2017, to writing prescriptions for oxycodone without medical justification. Lemisch was joined in the … April 2015, she conspired with Boris Zigmond, to prescribe medically unnecessary oxycodone.  Franklin acknowledged that …
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

… drawers. On April 27, 742,497 (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at … events, more than 2.8 million (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation.  Within the … the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. According to the 2011 Substance Abuse and …
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Operation Pill Nation II Doctor Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

… and dispense oxycodone and alprazolam not for legitimate medical purposes and not in the usual course of professional … to get prescriptions for these highly addictive opiate pain medications. Over 500,000 oxycodone pills and 230,000 …