DRUG FACT SHEET

Benzodiazepines

January 21, 2025
Depressants
Benzodiazepines are depressants that produce sedation and hypnosis, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and reduce seizures. The most common benzodiazepines are the prescription drugs Valium®, Xanax®, Halcion®, Ativan®, and Klonopin®. Shorter-acting benzodiazepines used to manage insomnia include estazolam (ProSom®), flurazepam (Dalmane®), temazepam (Restoril®), and triazolam (Halcion®). Midazolam (Versed®), a short-acting...
January 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Two Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics in Southwestern Connecticut

November 14, 2025
… analogues, nitazines, and xylazine. Nitazines are synthetic opioids stronger than fentanyl, and xylazine is a large …
November 14, 2025
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DEA New Orleans Division Hosts 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 22, 2025
… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
October 22, 2025
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 22, 2025
… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
October 22, 2025
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 21, 2025
… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
October 21, 2025
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Three Charged with Trafficking Narcotics in the Naugatuck Valley

June 01, 2025
… Smith were distributing fentanyl, cocaine, and prescription opioids in Connecticut’s Lower Naugatuck Valley.  Zimmerman …
June 01, 2025
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DEA St. Louis Division Announces National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 25, 2025
… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
April 25, 2025
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Treasury Sanctions Regional Commander of Mexico’s CJNG in Coordination with Justice and State Actions

April 14, 2021
… Gacki.  “Flores Silva, who traffics massive amounts of opioids and cocaine, represents a major threat to the United …
April 14, 2021
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DEA St. Louis Division Hosts Families with Loved Ones who Died from Illegal Drugs

June 27, 2024
… has decreased, while the number of deaths from synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, has remained steady. DEA uses …
June 27, 2024
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Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

October 04, 2023
… that they were receiving cocaine mixed with that deadly opioid.  In the course of a single day – March 17, 2021 – …
October 04, 2023
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Chinese National Indicted for Importation of Enough Chemicals to Make Millions of Fatal Doses of Fentanyl

July 22, 2024
… plays a pivotal role in disrupting the supply of illicit opioids at every point in the drug supply chain: …
July 22, 2024
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DEA Brings Its “One Pill Can Kill Game Over” Tournament to New England for a First-of-Its-Kind Event

May 29, 2024
… Street, Worcester, Mass., 02604. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, which is now involved in a majority of drug …
May 29, 2024
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Six Members of Evansville Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking Ring Indicted

February 13, 2024
… adults in the United States. Fentanyl is a highly potent opioid that drug dealers dilute with cutting agents to make …
February 13, 2024
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Member of Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Pleads Guilty to a Federal Racketeering, Distributing Large Quantities of Drugs, Two Murders and an Attempted Murder

December 03, 2021
… Force Officers Heroin Fentanyl Cocaine Synthetic Opioids On On …
December 03, 2021
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Akron, Ohio Doctor Is Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription Painkillers

March 16, 2015
… of controlled substances. “Our region is awash in opioids that have brought heartbreak and suffering to …
March 16, 2015
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Georgia Man Sentenced To 135 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Methamphetamine

January 12, 2018
… heroin and marijuana are also of concern.  In addition, the opioid threat, and diversion of prescription drug are a …
January 12, 2018
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AlphaBay, The Largest Online ‘dark Market,’ Shut Down

July 20, 2017
… 16, in Portland, Oregon, involving U-47700, a synthetic opioid, revealed that the drugs were purchased on AlphaBay …
July 20, 2017
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Ross Ulbricht, The Creator And Owner Of The “Silk Road” Website, Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court On All Counts

February 05, 2015
… as “Cannabis,” “Dissociatives,” “Ecstasy,” “Intoxicants,” “Opioids,” “Precursors,” “Prescription,” “Psychedelics,” and …
February 05, 2015
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DEA Hosts 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday

October 22, 2025
… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
October 22, 2025
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Iraqi National Dealing Fentanyl from Glen Allen Hotel Room Sentenced to Prison

August 15, 2025
… the results. Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Fentanyl Synthetic Opioids On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
August 15, 2025
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Virginia Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges

August 21, 2025
… Task Forces/Task Force Officers Cocaine Fentanyl Synthetic Opioids On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
August 21, 2025
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration To Participate in National Night Out Events Across the Country

August 05, 2025
… Yakama Nation. Keeping our communities safe from synthetic opioids takes everyone and I am proud that DEA can be a part …
August 05, 2025
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Mexican National Unlawfully Residing in Oregon Faces Federal Charges For Trafficking Large Quantities of Fentanyl and Heroin

July 30, 2025
… for the District of Oregon. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 100 times more powerful than morphine and 50 times …
July 30, 2025
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15-Year Prison Sentence for Deadly Drug Deal that Killed Two People

June 27, 2025
… drugs Task Forces/Task Force Officers Fentanyl Synthetic Opioids Ketamine Xylazine On On Press Release Image Layout …
June 27, 2025
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Overdose Deaths Decline, Fentanyl Threat Looms

December 16, 2024
… 2023, with nearly 70 percent of those deaths attributed to opioids such as fentanyl.  “While we are grateful to see a …
December 16, 2024
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Set for Saturday

April 25, 2025
… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
April 25, 2025
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 18, 2024
… January through March 2023 in New York City were caused by opioids.  DEA Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino stated …
January 18, 2024
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DEA warns of methamphetamine and fentanyl drug market built by aftermath of COVID-19 in New York

January 26, 2021
… involving psychostimulants (methamphetamine) and synthetic opioids (fentanyl),” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Ray …
January 26, 2021
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Pharmacist Sentenced to More Than 14 Years in Federal Prison for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy and for Murder for Hire

March 04, 2021
… the case. # # #   Drug Trafficking Prescription Drugs Opioids Oxycodone On …
March 04, 2021
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

March 11, 2020
… the arrest of El Mencho.     In 2018, there were over 5,500 opioid-related deaths in Florida, according to the Florida …
March 11, 2020