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Former Amherst Pain Doctor Going to Prison for Illegal Prescribing and Defrauding Medicare

… doctor at the Hens Pain Center in Amherst, NY,  prescribed opioids to multiple patients outside the usual course of … practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. These opioids included hydrocodone, oxycodone, …
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Indian National Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances

… and distributing controlled substances, including the opioids Tapentadol and Tramadol, in connection with his … send multiple shipments of controlled substances, including opioids and misbranded drugs, into the United States. Mishra …
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Two Suburban Chicago Physicians Sentenced to Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud

… have been sentenced to federal prison for prescribing opioids to individuals who lacked a legitimate medical need … and intentionally issue unauthorized prescriptions for opioids,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Hayes argued in the …
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Federal Court Shuts Down San Joaquin County Pharmacy and Orders $1 Million in Civil Penalties

… doubt. “As a pharmacy that fills prescriptions for opioids and other dangerous drugs, the defendants had an … and thereby failed in their responsibility to prevent the opioids from being diverted into illicit channels. This case …
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Lawrence man sentenced to 120 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

… 2, 2018.   “New Hampshire is in the midst of a devastating opioid crisis, as deaths from fentanyl climb,” said Special … to this crisis. DEA’s top priority is combatting the opioid epidemic by working with our local, county, state and … and incarcerate those who distribute fentanyl and other opioids in New Hampshire.”   The case was investigated by …
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Administrator Anne Milgram Remarks on the Overdose Epidemic

… deaths we are talking about today involve synthetic opioids, like fentanyl. Methamphetamine, and other … Prevention Drug Trafficking Fentanyl Methamphetamine Opioids Synthetic Opioids Off On …
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Michigan pharmacists pleads guilty to federal drug trafficking and fraud charges

… they defrauded. Shedd and Tooley admitted that they filled opioid prescriptions written by former Albion doctor Horace … Timothy Plancon.   "We are committed to fighting the opioid epidemic, and will prosecute the doctors, nurses, … providers who feed the epidemic by writing and filling opioid prescriptions for no legitimate medical purpose," …
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Two Chicago Area Physicians Indicted on Narcotics and Health Care Fraud

… on federal criminal charges for allegedly prescribing opioids to individuals who lacked a legitimate medical need …
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Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg Meets With Drug Control Officials In China

… efforts as we work to stem the flow of dangerous synthetic opioids and related chemicals.  I appreciate the good work … of recent deaths in the United States from these synthetic opioids.  In Hong Kong, Rosenberg met with counterparts at …
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Doctor Indicted For Illegally Prescribing Fentanyl And Hydrocodone Based Drugs To Patients

… District of Missouri. “Doctors who provide these powerful opioid based drugs without a legitimate medical purpose only compound the Opioid Epidemic in this county,” Mr. Collier said. “It is …
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DEA Agents Seize Six Kilos Of Heroin: Two From Toledo Charged

… Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 Putting the brakes on the opioid epidemic is DEA’s top priority TOLEDO, Ohio - Two … of heroin trafficking and putting the brakes on the current opioid epidemic is DEA’s top priority,” said DEA Special … to aggressively prosecute those who traffic the heroin and opioids that have killed so many of our neighbors and …
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DEA Establishes Two New Heroin Enforcement Groups In Ohio

… levels, the DEA's top priority is addressing the opioid epidemic and pursuing the criminal organizations that … teams, DEA considered multiple factors, including rates of opioid mortality, level of heroin and fentanyl seizures, and … than 34,500, or 54 percent, of these deaths were caused by opioids. The DEA continues to aggressively pursue …
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DEA Establishes Six New Heroin Enforcement Teams

… levels, the DEA's top priority is addressing the opioid epidemic and pursuing the criminal organizations that … teams, DEA considered multiple factors, including rates of opioid mortality, level of heroin and fentanyl seizures, and … than 34,500, or 54 percent, of these deaths were caused by opioids.  The DEA continues to aggressively pursue …
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DEA, DDAP Supply, Train Hermitage Police With Naloxone

… with heroin and the presence of at least one synthetic opioid were reported in 81 percent of these deaths.  … effects of a known or suspected overdose from prescription opioids and illegal opioids.   As part of the DEA’s ongoing …
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Kanawha County Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Crime

… oxycodone pills that actually contained fentanyl or other opioids. According to court documents and statements made in … the pills contained protonitazene, an emergent synthetic opioid that is equally if not more potent than fentanyl. On …
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Federal Indictment Charges Eight With Participating In Taos County Heroin Trafficking And Money Laundering Ring

… part of HOPE initiative which seeks to reduce the number of opioid-related deaths in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Last … prosecuting the case as part of the New Mexico Heroin and Opioid Prevention and (HOPE) Initiative.  The HOPE …
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Illegal Online Pharmacies

August 19, 2025
… Colombia. The defendants did this to make money by driving addiction with deadly, highly addictive fentanyl. The DEA is relentlessly focused on …
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… once again showed their dedication toward helping prevent addiction and potential overdose by removing prescription … critical to helping reduce overdose deaths and alleviate addiction by safely disposing of prescription medications …
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… once again showed their dedication toward helping prevent addiction and potential overdose by removing prescription … critical to helping reduce overdose deaths and alleviate addiction by safely disposing of prescription medications …
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking

… crimes contributed to the bigger issue of methamphetamine addiction in the community, and that his possession of … offer rehabilitation to Willox, who has a history of drug addiction. The charges against Willox were the result of an …
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DEA Kicks Off Annual Red Ribbon Campaign

… with family and friends, reduces drug use, drug misuse, and addiction—especially for young people,” said DEA … fight against the violence of drug crime and the misery of addiction.  By gathering together in special events and …
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Iranian National Arrested

… resolve to pursue criminals who traffic in these dangerous, addictive substances,” said Administrator Milgram.  “For … seemingly little regard for the devastation that highly addictive opiates cause after landing at our shores,” said …
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Federal conviction and sentence imposed for repeat drug trafficking offender Lisa Marie Brown

… United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen. “We understand the addiction that drives this problem, but as law enforcement … the fire by engaging in distribution of these dangerously addictive and destructive substances. I appreciate the joint …
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Doctor Receives 30 Years To Life In Prescription Drug Overdose Case

… to life in state prison for prescribing large amounts of addictive and dangerous drugs to patients with no legitimate … million from her clinic and continued dispensing potent and addictive drugs unabated.  Tseng sometimes kept no medical …
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Narcotic Treatment Program Faces Civil Penalties

… to prevent them from falling into the hands of dealers and addicts,” said Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn. “The … narcotics and painkillers feeds the market for abuse and addiction, and Georgia is experiencing an epidemic of …
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Leaders Of Meth And Heroin Distribution Ring Sentenced To Long Prison Terms

… group contributed to the methamphetamine and heroin addiction in the Pacific NW,” said DEA Special Agent in … where liquid methamphetamine was processed into highly addictive crystal methamphetamine.  The conversion of liquid …
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San Diego Neighborhood Pharmacist Pays $150,000 Penalty For Mishandling Drugs

… for allegedly mishandling significant amounts of highly-addictive and frequently-abused prescription narcotics. The … The unaccounted-for pills were the powerful and highly addictive drug oxycodone, commonly known by its brand names …
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Former City Pharmacist Sentenced To 10 Years For Dealing Illegal Drugs

… operated the pharmacy as a haven for drug dealers and drug addicts who went there to fill sham medical prescriptions … and Phenergan with Codeine. The drug dealers and drug addicts fraudulently obtained the sham prescriptions in …
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19 Defendants Charged for Conspiring to Distribute Millions of Doses of Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine in Washington Square Park

… for their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute opioids, including fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, and heroin, … area.   The defendants maintained an open-air market for opioids and crack cocaine that operated all day, every day …
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Drug Enforcement Task Force Uncovers Heroin Mill In The Bronx, NY: $8 Million Worth Of Heroin Seized

… J. Hunt stated, "Heroin is pummeling the northeast, leaving addiction, overdoses and fear in its wake. The New York Drug … from public officials throughout the Northeast of soaring addiction within their own localities. Last night we seized … is responsible for preventing a large amount of a highly addictive and dangerous drug from making into our …