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DEA's 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Delivers Positive Numbers Throughout South And Central Texas

… Take Back Day is an effective tool for addressing the opioid crisis in America.” Medicines that languish in home …
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Anesthesiologist Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Unlawfully Distributing Oxycodone

… sold the pills were reselling them to others, feeding drug addiction in the community.  Le’s Everett clinic was the …
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Twelve Indicted In Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy; Two Charged With Distribution Resulting In Death

…  "The arrests made today are part of DEA's response to the addiction, crime, violence, and despair brought on by the …
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Methamphetamine seizures rise in DEA's Omaha Division

… organ problems caused by overheating. “Meth is a highly addictive drug,” Thimmesch said. “It’s coming into the …
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Operation "Double Down Doc" Indictment Exposes Gulf Coast Prescription Drug Ring

… those individuals who would illegally distribute highly addictive painkillers" said United States Attorney Gregory …
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Major Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

… is anything but what its name implies - it offers only addiction, pain, and in some instances, death. Ketamine, …
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Task Force Investigation Into PCP Trafficking Leads To Federal Charges Against Producers And Distributors Of The Dangerous Drug

… of PCP contains approximately 76,800 doses of the highly addictive narcotic. “PCP producers and suppliers deal a …
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DEA Announces Release Of First Statewide Drug Overdose Assessment For Pennsylvania

… than 60 percent of the decedents showed the presence of an opioid. Also of note, 12 rural counties were among the 20 …
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Twenty People Indicted For Heroin Conspiracy In Northeast Ohio

… to law enforcement. "These defendants profited off people's addictions, and in one case directly contributed to an …
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Montgomery Nurse Practitioner convicted of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, health care fraud, and conspiracy

… illnesses.  Instead, she inflicted upon them a new disease—addiction.  I hope that this verdict will send a strong …
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Over 20 kilograms of suspected fentanyl, heroin and cocaine seized in Ozone Park, Queens: Three arrested

… from two schools. Heroin, fentanyl and cocaine are highly addictive, destructive drugs that have no place in our …
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New York Drug Enforcement Task Force Arrests NYPD Officer Charged With Heroin Trafficking

… Soto have been arrested and can no longer contribute to the opioid epidemic plaguing this city.” Superintendent George …
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Fifteen Men Charged With Trafficking Drugs In Bernalillo And Santa Fe Counties

… vehicles. "Heroin is an insidious drug that is highly addictive, destroys lives and exacts a tremendous toll on …
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Huntington Woman Pleads Guilty To Pain Pill Conspiracy

… standing together to combat the continuous threat of this opioid crisis and the devastation it causes,” said Special …
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DEA Announces 10 Arrests & 1,700 Bags Of Heroin Seized In Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

… of heroin laced with fentanyl, which is a highly potent opioid.  In 2013 alone, more than 8,200 people died from …
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DEA Announces Launch of Project Safeguard

… that flood our communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… that flood our communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… that flood our communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… that flood our communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the …
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Plummer Woman Sentenced For Conspiring To Distribute Meth

… charge on July 22, 2013. “Methamphetamine is an insidious, addictive drug that ruins lives and threatens our …
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Bridgeport Heroin Distributor Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

… helping Martinez transition from the sale of cocaine and opioid pills to the sale of heroin. Fontanez was arrested on …
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Drug Traffickers Used Staten Island Barber Shop To Sell Drugs And Oversee Gun Sales

… are educating the public on the signs and consequences of addiction, and will arrest those who perpetuate it and …
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Kalamazzo, Michigan methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to over nineteen years

… for our citizens." "Crystal methamphetamine is a highly addictive drug that causes ruin to its users and users’ …
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Man Charged in Sales of Two Guns and Thousands of Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl in Hell’s Kitchen

… our streets.”  NYPD Commissioner Sewell said, “Abuse of opioids and the deadly additive fentanyl has cut a wide …
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Three Fugitives Arrested on Federal Drug Charges in Westmore, Vermont

… substances in their homes, the hosts contribute to the opioid crisis and the rising violence. We will continue to …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 23 Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Crew With Distributing Crack Cocaine, Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Oxycodone

… Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said: “Drugs kill those it addicts, destroy families, and ruin entire neighborhoods. …
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Fourteen Charged In Bangor Area Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

… also charged with possessing firearms while using or being addicted to a controlled substance and carrying firearms …
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New Orleans Man Sentenced For Role In Heroin And Cocaine Conspiracy

… cut the heroin for distribution to dealers who sold to addicts in the housing development.  Stevenson regularly …
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DEA Announces Largest-Ever Synthetic Drug Takedown

… cleaner, or plant food, and have caused significant abuse, addiction, overdoses, and emergency room visits. Those who …
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Detroit Area Doctors Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Drugs And Health Care Fraud

… controlled substances, including the highly addictive drugs Oxycodone, Roxicodone, and Opana ER, outside …