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Four Charged In Large Scale Heroin/Fentanyl Trafficking Ring

… will have a positive impact on the flow of dangerous opioids and opiates on the Cape.” It is alleged that in June …
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Insys Regional Manager Pleads Guilty To Kickback Conspiracy

… and older who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer …
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Perryville Pharmacist Sent To Prison For 10 Years, To Pay $850,000 For Role In Pill Scheme

… role in a conspiracy to unlawfully distribute prescription opioid pills from his drug store, his participation in a …
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Two KC Men Plead Guilty To $1.2 Million Oxycodone Conspiracy

… commitment in battling drug traffickers and the ongoing opioid epidemic.  The arrests of the individuals involved in …
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Breaking Bad Drug Dealer Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl That Caused The Deaths Of Three People

… distributed by Sica was laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is significantly stronger than street heroin. On …
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Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Dismantled in Western New York

… Steven A. Nigrelli . “The sale of these highly addictive drugs perpetuates a cycle of substance abuse which …
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First Arrests in New York of DEA’s Operation Overdrive

… operated a network for the distribution of highly addictive and dangerous drugs.  Despite knowing about the …
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Colombian Drug Kingpin and Paramilitary Leader Pleads Guilty

… of his billion-dollar cocaine empire that spread fear, drug addiction, and death throughout Colombia and the United …
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Eight-week federal trial results in conviction of Chapo associates in Buffalo, NY

… traffickers are reaping millions of dollars off overdoses, addiction and death,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Ray …
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Key Member of Drug Distribution Ring Linked to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… G. Estudillo said about fentanyl pills, “People become addicted to these drugs . . . they end up taking a bad dose …
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DEA & The Arizona Financial Crimes Task Force Seizes Over 1,750 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl in Major Drug Bust

… we are fighting against drug traffickers who profit from addiction and suffering. Our department remains committed to …
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Eight arrested in connection with Jake’s fireworks drug trafficking conspiracy

… drug) with the same effects, causing potential overdoses, addiction, and death. DEA traced the seized parcels to their …
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Forty-Four Michigan And Ohio Residents Indicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert And Distribute Rx Drugs Along “US-23 Pipeline”

… trend that is not only robbing taxpayers, but also fueling addictions to prescription drugs,” McQuade said.  …
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Walgreens Agrees To Pay A Record Settlement Of $80 Million For Civil Penalties Under The Controlled Substances Act

… heroin, and amphetamines, in 2009.  Oxycodone is a powerful addictive narcotic that is one of the most abused …
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12 People Charged With Heroin Trafficking After Statewide Multi-Jurisdictional Investigations

… poison out of Vermont are a key part in our battle against addiction. We're all in this one together - prosecutors, …
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DEA News: Huge Synthetic Drug Takedown

… food. These dangerous drugs have caused significant abuse, addiction, overdoses, and emergency room visits. Those who …
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Drug Kingpin Indicted Following Record-Breaking Meth And Heroin Seizure

… is welcome news for people who want to keep highly addictive illegal drugs like methamphetamine and heroin out …
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Thirty-Six People Indicted For Their Roles In Nassau And Suffolk Heroin Ring That Operated Along Rte. 110

… dealers, because we know they, as well as the disease of addiction, do not recognize county borders. A message to …
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
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DEA El Paso Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
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Manchester Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking More Than a Kilogram of Fentanyl

… is a necessary step in our ongoing efforts to address the opioid epidemic.” “Drug trafficking, along with the violence …
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New Britain Man Sentenced to 43 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotic Pills

… 400 grams of pills containing Protonitazene, a synthetic opioid typically more potent than fentanyl.  The …
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Man Caught Three Times with Dealer Quantities of Fentanyl Indicted Federally

… and Medics Saved the Life of an Infant Suffering From Opioid Overdose During One Encounter SEATTLE – A 37-year-old …
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DEA Los Angeles Field Division Makes Historic Seizure of Approximately 1 Million Fentanyl Pills

… These fake pills typically replicate real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, …
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Leader of Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 30 Years

… has approved for veterinary use. Because xylazine is not an opioid, naloxone (Narcan) does not reverse its effects. As a …
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FL Man Who Allegedly Commandeered E-Prescribing Privileges of Doctors Charged with Criminal Sale

… traffickers will stop at nothing in order to make a profit. Opioids, like fentanyl or diverted prescription medication …
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Rockland County Man Charged with Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in Six Overdoses, Including Multiple Deaths

… other narcotics, fentanyl — a deadly and highly potent opioid — in various forms, including fentanyl that had been …
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Australian National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… and violent crime threats to public safety, as with the opioid epidemic, fentanyl, and the cocaine threat to our …
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Operation Cash Out Launched Across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana

… trade, it is not insignificant.  “Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, and with a limitless supply of precursor chemicals …
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Career Offender Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Pills and Powder Days After Leaving Prison

… “As Rhode Island continues to grapple with the grim toll of opioid overdoses- particularly those wrought by fentanyl, …