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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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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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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 …
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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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DEA Teams Up with Viking Motorsports To Drive Home the Importance of A Fentanyl Free America

… and poisonings, and supporting those impacted by synthetic opioids.    Fans will see the No. 99 Fentanyl Free America … to protect the United States from dangerous synthetic opioids, while mobilizing a national call to action to …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day with Extended Museum Hours

… and all backgrounds, who have been lost to the synthetic opioid crisis. The Faces of Fentanyl memorial exhibit, which … its fight against the deadly threat of synthetic opioids with the launch of its  Fentanyl Free America   …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… its fight against the deadly threat of synthetic opioids with the launch of Fentanyl Free America,  a … the nation’s deadliest drug crisis. Since 2021, synthetic opioids have claimed nearly 325,000 American lives. The …
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DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

… 360 Strategy, which aimed its resources specifically at opioids, and allows field divisions to customize plans and … an alarming rise in drug overdose deaths, with synthetic opioids driving record-high fatalities. The vast majority of …
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Pill mill doctor sentenced to 13 years for conspiracy to distribute narcotics

… too many.” “These pill mills help to perpetuate the tragic opioid crisis gripping our country,” U.S. Attorney Nealy Cox … “Last year, America lost, on average, 116 people per day to opioid overdoses. We cannot allow unscrupulous conduct by … indictment) - 97 months.   For more information on the opioid epidemic, see the DEA's National Drug Threat …
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Cheshire Medical Center to Pay $2 Million to Settle Allegations of Controlled Substances Act Violations

… keep accurate records of controlled substances, including opioids. “Cheshire Medical Center’s failure to fulfill its … the theft of prescription narcotics – including powerful opioids such as fentanyl, which led to a shockingly high …
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Creve Coeur Pharmacy and Owner to Pay $1.4 Million for Ignoring Signs of Illegal Drug Prescriptions

… sought after for recreational purposes; and amounts of opioids that exceeded CDC guidance by as much as 17.5 times … who pleaded guilty to illegally distributing prescription opioids in 2018, including to women with whom he had lived …
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Boston Physician Resolves Allegations Of Improper Prescribing Practices Involving Controlled Substances

… he violated the Controlled Substances Act by prescribing opioid controlled substances outside the usual course of … he prescribed a mix of controlled substances, including opioids, without always appropriately documenting the risks. …
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Jarod A. Forget named Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Division

… to combat and protect our families against the national opioid crisis and violent crime across the region, expanding … drug trafficking organizations, shut down illicit opioid dealers from China and Mexico, and established … to combat local community issues like violent crime and opioids. Forget has a passion for the value of …
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Virginia dentist running elaborate prescription scheme, reported to DEA tip line, sentenced

… years in prison for conspiracy to distribute prescription opioids and muscle relaxant pills without a legitimate … 48, was involved in an elaborate scheme to prescribe opioids such as hydrocodone and oxycodone pills for his …
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Clinic Office Manager Sentenced for Operating $1.2M Pill Mill Scheme

… a pill mill clinic that unlawfully distributed over 600,000 opioid pills, announced Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. … into Jomori to pose as patients to obtain prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances. Jomori received …
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Physician Sentenced for $1.2M Pill Mill Scheme

… a pill mill clinic that unlawfully prescribed over 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash. A federal jury convicted … into Jomori to pose as patients to obtain prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances. Jomori received …
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South Florida Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Dispensing Narcotics

… years. They learned that Lubetsky prescribed large doses of opioid pain medication that were not supported by any … on behalf of the doctor conceded that some of the doses of opioids Lubetsky prescribed could have sent his patient to …
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New Mexico Pharmacy Agrees to Settlement Relating to Violations of the Controlled Substances Act

… doses of controlled substances, a majority of which were opioid analgesics. The inspections also revealed 112 … are on the front lines of preventing the abuse of opioids and other controlled substances in our communities,” …
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… “In Arizona, we have lost too many lives due to opioid overdoses from fentanyl, prescription pain pills and … enactment of fentanyl-class controls in May 2019, the opioid threat remains at epidemic levels, affecting large … deaths in the United States, while heroin and prescription opioids remain significant challenges to public health and …