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“Trash Can” Drug Threat in Mid-Atlantic

August 13, 2021
… them with cutting agents, such as bath salts or baby powder sprayed with other chemicals. Other times, the vials contain …
August 13, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Five indicted for running a pill mill in Hamilton

… speaking engagements about a product called Fentanyl Spray, a medication intended for breakthrough cancer pain. … not medical professionals permitted to prescribe Fentanyl Spray.   Usually, Jobalia, some of his staff and the …
PRESS RELEASE

Derry Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy Charges Related To Sales Of Synthetic Cannabinoids

… cannabinoids are green leafy materials that have been sprayed with chemicals. These (commonly referred to as … smoked in order to obtain a high. The chemicals that are sprayed on the products to produce the high are often …
PRESS RELEASE

Operator Of Store In Epsom Pleads Guilty To Misbranding Charge

… cannabinoids are green leafy materials that have been sprayed with chemicals.  These (commonly referred to as … smoked in order to obtain a high.  The chemicals that are sprayed on the products to produce the high are often …
PRESS RELEASE

Derry Man Indicted On Charges Related To Sales Of Synthetic Cannabinoids

… cannabinoids are green leafy materials that have been sprayed with chemicals. These (commonly referred to as … smoked in order to obtain a high. The chemicals that are sprayed on the products to produce the high are often …
PRESS RELEASE

Epping Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy Charge Related To Distribution Of Synthetic Cannabinoids

… cannabinoids are green leafy materials that have been sprayed with chemicals. These (commonly referred to as … smoked in order to obtain a high. The chemicals that are sprayed on the products to produce the high are often …
PRESS RELEASE

Boston Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

… the U.S. postal system. Sheets of paper are saturated or sprayed with liquid narcotics, dried, printed with fake …
PRESS RELEASE

China Announces Scheduling Controls Of Carfentanil And Other Fentanyl Compounds

… forms, including powder, blotter paper, tablets, and spray. Overdoses in the U.S. due to these drugs have …
PRESS RELEASE

Three Individuals Sentenced For Distributing Synthetic Cannabinoids

… cannabinoids are green leafy materials that have been sprayed with chemicals. These (commonly referred to as … smoked in order to obtain a high. The chemicals that are sprayed on the products to produce the high are often …
PRESS RELEASE

Founder And Owner Of Pharmaceutical Company Insys Arrested And Charged With Racketeering

… bribed doctors and pharmacists to prescribe fentanyl spray meant for breakthrough cancer pain BOSTON - The … and fraud to cause the illegal distribution of a Fentanyl spray intended for cancer patients experiencing breakthrough …
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. And Chinese Drug Enforcement Agencies Meet On Synthetic Opioid Efforts

… forms, including powder, blotter paper, tablets, and spray. Overdoses in the U.S. due to these drugs have …
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Texas Man Sentenced to Over Six Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Spice to Alaska

… are formed by dissolving psychotropic drugs in acetone and spraying them on dried plant material. According to court …
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DEA Summit Brings Together Families Suffering Tragic Losses from Fentanyl

… and the effectiveness of the opioid overdose reversal spray, Naloxone. Six mothers, whose children ranged in age …
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Doctor Charged With Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Fentanyl

… to rapidly enter a patient’s bloodstream upon being sprayed under the tongue. The U.S. Food and Drug …
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Doctor Sentenced to 38 months for Unlawful Drug Distribution and Identity Theft

… admitted that he improperly prescribed ketamine intranasal spray to an individual who had no legitimate medical need …
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Nixa Physician Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement Related to Healthcare and Conspiracy

… Halley admitted that he prescribed Subsys, a fentanyl spray manufactured by Insys Therapeutics, to a patient. …
PRESS RELEASE

Nineteen Gang Members And Associates Charged In Federal Sweeps Targeting Boston Gangs

… the U.S. postal system. Sheets of paper are saturated or sprayed with liquid narcotics, dried, printed with fake …
PRESS RELEASE

Justice Department files lawsuit against Creve Coeur pharmacist for Controlled Substances Act violations

… filling prescriptions for Subsys, an oral fentanyl spray, which is subject to heightened FDA restrictions and …
PRESS RELEASE

New York Man Admits Distribution Conspiracy Involving More Than 10 Kilograms Of Synthetic Designer Drugs

… when damiana leaves - an inert, plant-like substance - are sprayed with controlled substance analogues and treated with …
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Lockport man convicted by a federal jury of narcotics conspiracy tied to the Sinaloa Cartel going to prison for 25 years

… narcotics were secreted in containers sealed with foam or spray insulation to avoid detection by law enforcement. …
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Spice/K2, Synthetic Marijuana

Spice/ K2, Synthetic Marijuana

January 22, 2025
K2 and Spice are just two of the many trade names or brands for synthetic designer drugs that are intended to mimic THC, the main psychoactive ingredient of marijuana. These designer synthetic drugs are from the synthetic cannabinoid class of drugs that are often marketed and sold under the guise...
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Second Largest Border Meth Bust in History on Southern Border

… that primarily contained clear plastic pipette tips, spray bottles of surface decontaminate and calibrated …
PRESS RELEASE

New Jersey/Pennsylvania doctor indicted for accepting bribes and kickbacks in exchange for prescribing powerful fentanyl drug

… to rapidly enter a patient’s bloodstream upon being sprayed under the tongue. Subsys, which is sold by Insys …
PRESS RELEASE

Providence Man Sentenced, Faces Deportation for Possessing Nearly 2 Kilos of Cocaine

… package whose contents had been wrapped in duct tape, spray foamed, and wrapped again with birthday gift wrap. …
PRESS RELEASE

Final Defendants Sentenced In Synthetic Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… people is reckless. No one has any idea what exactly was sprayed onto the “K-2” substance, yet these synthetic drugs …
PRESS RELEASE

Providence Man Admits to Possessing Nearly 2 Kilos of Cocaine

… package whose contents had been wrapped in duct tape, spray foamed, and wrapped again with birthday gift wrap. …
PRESS RELEASE

Two charged in connection with drug lab explosion

… into a glass, plastic, or metal tube. Butane is then sprayed into the top of the tube. The butane strips the …
PRESS RELEASE

63 Federal Convictions Stemming From Multi-Agency Operation Trident

… marijuana grow site on unimproved private land in Ahwahnee, spraying fertilizer on marijuana plants. Pacheco Panuco said …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Makes Undercover Purchases Of Synthetic Drugs

… to mimic the effects of marijuana and are typically sprayed on plant material and then smoked or ingested. …
PRESS RELEASE

Two Austinites Sentenced To Ten Years In Federal Prison For Role In Synthetic Marijuana Distribution Scheme

… products consist of organic plant matter that is sprayed with a mixture of acetone and synthetic cannabinoid …

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