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Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Delivers Successful Prosecution of Armed Drug Trafficker

… as a whole-of-government effort to combat the plague of addiction and criminal violence in our country caused by …
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Former Nurse Loses License After Forging Prescriptions for Percocet and Oxycodone Using Coworker’s Pad

… their careers just to throw it all away, usually because of addiction. Health care professionals facing addiction need to seek help before it’s too late. Otherwise, …
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HSTF Investigations Leads to Avondale Man Being Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution

… seized the 13.3 kilograms of drugs. Fentanyl is a man-made opioid 50 times more potent than heroin. Just two milligrams …
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Alaska Repeat Offender Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering

… and every prosecution disrupt the supply chain that fuels addiction and overdose deaths. Through DEA’s Fentanyl Free …
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Capital District Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 168 Months for Leading Meth Conspiracy

… Service to facilitate his drug trafficking network, fueling addiction and placing profit above human life. The DEA and … narcotics. We will continue pursuing those who profit from addiction and work tirelessly to protect the people of New … fentanyl, destroying the lives of many who fall victim to addiction and despair. Let this be a warning that no matter …
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Three Convicted for Fraudulently Billing Over $8 Million to Medicare and Medicaid Through Opioid Addiction Treatment Clinics in Kentucky

… Billing Over $8 Million to Medicare and Medicaid Through Opioid Addiction Treatment Clinics in Kentucky March 24, 2025 …
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Texas Doctor Charged with Illegally Distributing Millions of Opioid Pills

… Texas Doctor Charged with Illegally Distributing Millions of Opioid Pills April 02, 2026 Houston Contact Info Contact Us … or examine his purported patients before prescribing them opioids and other controlled substances. In just over four …
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California Man Sentenced to Over 26 Years for Using the Dark Web to Distribute Narcotics

… and other controlled substances, and 17,000 orders for opioids, including fentanyl, heroin and oxycodone.  A … reach.  Darren Hughes used the internet to profit from addiction and distribute dangerous drugs.  IRS Criminal …
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HSTF: Mexican National, Long-Time Resident of Renton, Washington Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Distributing Pound Quantities of Meth and Cocaine

… the criminal organizations that peddle poison, drive addiction, and threaten public safety. This work is central … America by reducing the availability of synthetic opioids, saving lives, and protecting our communities.” …
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Ponchatoula, Louisiana Man Indicted for Fentanyl Overdose Death

… and other partner agencies as part of the Northshore Opioid initiative. The investigation led the task force to … Scott, New Orleans Field Division. “Through the Northshore Opioid Initiative, spearheaded by the DEA Fentanyl Overdose … and communities are protected from the scourge of synthetic opioids. Visit  DEA.gov/fentanylfree and get involved. An …
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Glen Head Doctor and His Son Charged with Illegally Selling Prescriptions for Controlled Substances

… charged with allegedly selling dozens of prescriptions for opioids, amphetamines, and benzodiazepines without a … patients’ lives, not destroying them by exploiting them to addiction and harm. This type of behavior will never be …
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Drug Distribution Resulting in Death of a Minor and the Sale of Drugs and Machineguns on Telegram App

… on our children via phones and computers and pushing highly addictive and deadly drugs. We will continue track them down … warranted and a step in the right direction to ending the opioid epidemic.” “Today’s sentence holds Benjamin Hunt …
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Bronx Man Charged with Distributing Fentanyl That Caused the Fatal Overdoses of Three Victims, Including A 12-Year-Old Child

… in its mission to ensure those responsible for fueling addiction, violence, and death are identified and brought to … spray used to reverse the deadly effects of overdoses from opioids like fentanyl.  Approximately eighteen hours later, …
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DEA Announces Step To Increase Opioid Addiction Treatment

… DEA Announces Step To Increase Opioid Addiction Treatment January 23, 2018 Headquarters … practitioners to prescribe and dispense buprenorphine to addicts WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement …
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United States Reaches $4.17 Million Civil Settlement and Three-Year Compliance Agreement with West Virginia University Health System Over Controlled Substance Violations

… “When a healthcare system controls large quantities of addictive medications, strict compliance with the Controlled …
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Waterbury Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Firearms

… containing methamphetamine and metonitazene, a synthetic opioid with a potency similar to or greater than fentanyl.  …
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Cape May County Psychiatrist Admits to 17 Felonies in Illegal Prescription Case Linked to Sexual Conduct, Death, and Serious Bodily Injury

… other drugs, often to his sexual partners and known drug addicts.  Louis Morelli, 73, of Cape May County, New … to patients whom he knew had histories of drug addiction and overdoses.  Morelli also prescribed drugs to …
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St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office Joins DEA Fentanyl Overdose Response Team

… (DEA) New Orleans Field Division's Northshore Opioid Initiative, commonly referred to as the DEA Fentanyl …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Meth Trafficking

… ecstasy; however, his drugs were methamphetamine, a highly addictive and deadly substance. Methamphetamine is often mixed with illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, which are driving the overdose and poisoning deaths …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Leads to Forty-One Count Indictment of Pensacola Beach Man

… state continue to deal with the devastating impacts of the opioid epidemic, it remains vitally important for my office … for their alleged participation in health care fraud and opioid abuse schemes involving over $6.5 billion in false … 25,500 controlled substance pills, including over 22,000 opioid pills and over 3,000 stimulant pills. As alleged in …
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DEA teams with Washington Redskins to tackle opioid addiction

… DEA teams with Washington Redskins to tackle opioid addiction October 09, 2019 Washington, DC Contact … help end the opioid epidemic in our area.   ### Synthetic Opioids On …
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Alleged Leader of a Violent Wing of the Sinaloa Cartel Charged with Narcoterrorism, Material Support of Terrorism and Drug Trafficking

… remain relentless in our pursuit of those who profit from addiction and violence. Together, we are strengthening a …
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Community Event
August 02, 2019
August 02, 2019

10th Annual Community Drug Awareness Day Conference focuses on opioid addiction

5:00 AM - 11:30 AM (EDT)
Houston , TX
Today, our country’s most pervasive drug threat is the opioid overdose epidemic, which has been spurred on by the nonmedical abuse of prescription pain medications and heroin. This widespread outbreak is devastating and destroying communities throughout our country. It cuts across all demographics and socio-economic classes, including adults and adolescents...
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Mexican National Unlawfully Residing in the United States Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy

… Perez Lopez profiteer from the misery of their customers’ addictions,” said Scott E. Bradford, U.S. Attorney for the …
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Former Afghan General and First Deputy House Speaker Extradited to U.S. to Face Charges of Conspiring to Traffic Hundreds of Kilograms of Heroin and Methamphetamine and Provide Arsenal of Military-Grade Weaponry

… leading a criminal enterprise dealing in dangerous and addictive narcotics and heavy weapons,” said Acting Attorney …
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Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge, a new program announced by the Attorney General to combat opioid addiction

… Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge, a new program announced by the Attorney General to combat opioid addiction July 12, 2018 Detroit Contact Info Contact … program that seeks to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas and to identify wholesale …
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Texas doctors are served temporary restraining orders from illegally prescribing highly addictive opioids

… restraining orders from illegally prescribing highly addictive opioids May 10, 2019 Dallas Contact Info Contact Us (214) …
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Man Sentenced to 200 Months’ Imprisonment for Role in Large-Scale Meth and Fentanyl Trafficking

… Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans. “Traffickers fuel addiction, which victimizes families and threatens the …
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Illegal Alien, Unlawfully Present in U.S., Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine in Homeless Encampments and Seattle’s Chinatown-International District

… in the form of fentanyl and cocaine to those gripped with addiction. And he did so armed with firearms and body armor. … with increased violence and the loss of loved ones to addiction. “Garduno Garcia actively participated in flooding … who are distributing to the community to support their own addiction, Garduno Garcia distributed solely for financial …
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St. Louis Area Man Sentenced to 200 Months in Prison for Conspiracy that Led to Overdose of Two Teens

… protect the St. Louis area from the devastating impact of opioid abuse.” Salman, of Hazelwood, was sentenced June 9 to …