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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… out and secure home medicine cabinets SAN FRANCISCO – With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the … prescription drugs is just one way DEA is working to reduce addiction and stem overdose deaths. Learn more about the …
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DEA Houston Announces 20th Take Back Day

… and local partners prepare for April event  HOUSTON - With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the … prescription drugs is just one way DEA is working to reduce addiction and stem overdose deaths. Learn more about the …
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United States reaches $27,500 settlement with Fresno Pharmacy for Controlled Substance Act violations

… and tracked to prevent drug diversion and abuse of powerful opioids and other potentially dangerous drugs. This … broken, it opens the door to the diversion of potentially addictive pharmaceuticals,” said Special Agent in Charge …
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DEA’s 15th Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort -- A Big Success In North Texas And Oklahoma

… as a society, we cannot enforce our way out of the raging opioid crisis.  I want to thank all of you in the … Doing this may have saved someone from becoming an addict,” SAC Shelley stated.  “We collected 39,217 pounds at …
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DEA Releases 2015 National Heroin Threat Assessment

… (CPD) abuse over the past decade. Many CPD users became addicted to opioid medications originally prescribed for a legitimate …
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” To Address Heroin, Prescription Drugs And Violent Crime

… underway in Western Pennsylvania to reduce heroin and opioid overdoses,” said Hickton.  “Pittsburgh has the … for sustainable, impactful efforts to address drug abuse, addiction, trafficking and the violence that accompanies it. …
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13th DEA Take Back Collects Over 9,500 Lbs. Of RX Drugs

… Arizona continue to show their concern for curtailing the opioid epidemic in this state by participating in DEA’s Take Back Events and disposing of these potentially addictive substances,” said Doug Coleman, Special Agent in …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… asked. America is presently experiencing an epidemic of addiction, overdose and death due to abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.4 million Americans age 12 and over …
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JoCo Angels ~ Opioid Awareness and Support

JoCo Angels Opioid Awareness and Support is a non-profit grassroots, community organization founded in Johnston County in 2019 and made up of parents who have lost children to the opioid crisis as well as families who are still struggling with addiction. We work with all surrounding counties to...

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Coordinated Law Enforcement Operations Lead to Takedown of Portland-Area Transnational Drug Trafficking Cells

… the country continue to suffer the terrible effects of the opioid addiction crisis, there are some individuals seeking to … deaths in the U.S. If you or someone you know suffers from addiction, please call the Lines for Life substance abuse …
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Twenty-One Individuals Charged With Using Fraudulent Prescriptions To Obtain Oxycodone

… to the epidemic increase in prescription drug abuse and addiction and overdose deaths in New Mexico, particularly … quantities of Oxycodone in Bernalillo County.  Oxycodone is opioid narcotic pain reliever similar to morphine that is … fraudulent prescriptions, which leads all too often to addiction, shattered lives, and even death,” said DEA …
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Authorities Arrest 5 Linked To LA "Pill Mill"

… “Los Angeles is a major source of the deadly and addictive prescription drugs that are diverted to street … legitimate necessity, allowing a countless number of highly addictive prescription opioids to hit the streets of Los Angeles and Texas. The DEA …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… organizations that use deception and treachery to drive addiction with complete disregard for human life. To save … of those deaths can be directly attributed to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. DEA Rocky Mountain agents are …
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Massachusetts Fugitive Charged with Possessing Fentanyl and Cocaine

… 14 kilograms of this deadly drug that is fueling the opioid epidemic in our city will never flood the streets.” … five percent of all overdoses and poisoning involve an opioid like heroin and fentanyl. This seizure and arrest … displaying complete disregard for human life, the plague of addiction continues to tear apart families and communities …
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Final Defendant Sentenced In Nayarit, Mexico Based Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

… “Lives are being lost at an alarming rate everyday due to opioid affliction,” said Keith Weis, Special Agent in Charge … a time when communities are reeling from the effects of the opioid crisis, there are criminal organizations whose sole purpose is to profit off addiction. At its peak, this network was bringing up to 10 …
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Federal Prosecutors File 20 Cases This Year Against Alleged Drug Dealers Who Sold Fentanyl that Caused Fatal Drug Overdoses

… 2021, McDevitt allegedly distributed the powerful synthetic opioid in Ventura County to the victim, who later died. … to a different victim who ingested the powerful synthetic opioid and died. Abdallah also allegedly possessed a total … fentanyl to a victim – who was struggling with drug addiction – in Fullerton on March 18, 2022. The victim later …
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DEA Washington Division Hosts 1st Family Summit to Engage with Families Affected by Fentanyl Poisoning

… and decided to become curious about the flip side of what Opioids are doing to so many and how it is destroying so … a loved one to drug overdoses or poisonings, to include the Addiction Policy Forum, Christina Rabadán-Diehl, Brooke’s … Prevention Prescription Drugs Synthetic drugs Fentanyl Opioids Synthetic Opioids On On Press Release Image Layout …
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New Jersey Man Indicted After Joint Investigation Uncovers Interstate Fentanyl Mailing Operation

… to offer help and treatment to those struggling with addiction illness, major drug traffickers who profit off the … in Charge Ricky J. Patel . “In an effort to combat the opioid crisis and protect our communities, HSI proudly … and to hold accountable those who seek to profit from addiction and death.”   The case is being prosecuted by ADA …
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46 Convicted in $18 Million Pill Mill Scheme in Fort Worth

… Agent in Charge Chávez. “Profiting off the lives of those addicted to controlled prescription drugs stops now. DEA … onto our streets, wreaking havoc in communities beset by addiction,” said Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern … them to justice, and we remain committed to fighting the opioid epidemic where it matters most – at the point of …
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Five Santa Fe Residents Arrested On Federal Oxycodone Trafficking Charges

… to the epidemic increase in prescription drug abuse, addiction and overdose deaths in New Mexico, particularly … of Oxycodone in Santa Fe County.  Oxycodone is an opioid narcotic pain reliever similar to morphine that is … problem in Santa Fe County and it leads all too often to addiction, shattered lives, and even death,” said First …
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Record-Breaking Seizure: Over 70 Kilograms Of Heroin, $2 Million Cash And Firearm Recovered In The Fieldston Section Of The Bronx

… law enforcement partners to stop this dangerous and highly addictive drug from being sold in our neighborhoods and …
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… out and secure home medicine cabinets PHILADELPHIA – With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the … prescription drugs is just one way DEA is working to reduce addiction and stem overdose deaths.  Learn more about the …
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New Jersey residents surrender more than 12,000 pounds of prescription pills during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… this initiative as a tool in the fight against America’s opioid crisis,” said Acting DEA Administrator Uttam … is a direct reflection of DEA’s commitment to prevent drug addiction and overdose deaths in the U.S. Together, we are …
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Chula Vista man sentenced to 10 years for being source of fentanyl that resulted in non-fatal overdoses in Alpine

… “very very serious” and drugs, like fentanyl, are “highly addictive and destructive to the population.”   According to … the central nervous system and respiratory system caused by opioids.    During the search of Rodriguez’s residence, …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where … environment. It is free and anonymous. Make a stand against addiction. Stand up for San Diego Strong!”    Rates of …
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East Windsor Man Sentenced to Prison for Oxycodone Prescription Fraud Scheme

… then sold the pills to individuals suffering from opioid addictions. Kemp and his co-conspirators were …
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East Windsor Man Admits Role In Oxycodone Prescription Fraud Scheme

… then sold the pills to individuals suffering from opioid addictions. Kemp, Welborn and their co-conspirator …
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Beaumont Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… “Fentanyl, even in small amounts, is a potent synthetic opioid, approximately 100 times more potent than morphine … drug dealers who distribute this poison and exploit addictions in the Eastern District of Texas.” This case was …
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Repeat Offender Pleads Guilty in Heroin Investigation

… for repeat drug traffickers who push the most deadly and addictive illegal opioids into our communities,” said Acting U.S. Attorney …
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DEA Atlanta Announces 20th Rx Drug Take Back Day

… local partners prepare for April event ATLANTA, GA. – With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the … prescription drugs is just one way DEA is working to reduce addiction and stem overdose deaths. Learn more about the …