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San Diego Pharmacy Owners Pay $750,000 To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

… that they mishandled significant amounts of highly addictive and frequently abused prescription narcotics, as … The unaccounted-for pills were the powerful and highly addictive drugs oxycodone and hydrocodone, commonly known by …
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Arizona To Host Second Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

… DEA’s commitment to halting the disturbing rise in addiction caused by their misuse and abuse. Working together … enforcement have long been aware of the tie-in between drug addiction and violent crime. I'm very proud of the role the …
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Doctor Who Supplied Oxycodone Ring Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 36 Months In Prison

… stated: "Like heroin, oxycodone is a powerful, highly addictive, and potentially lethal drug. In the proper hands, … and fraud, she also endangered users at risk of becoming addicts and harming themselves through drug abuse. She …
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$200,000 In Civil Penalties Recovered From Upper East Side Pharmacy

… strict compliance procedures, especially the oversight of addictive pain medications. In New York City, the number of … records and report any loss immediately to prevent highly addictive medications from falling into the wrong hands." …
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Visalia Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… state of California, prescribed large quantities of highly addictive prescription drugs, including oxycodone and … inject them to get an immediate high. The abuse can lead to addiction, overdose, and sometimes death. This case is the …
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Utica/Rome Area Heroin Ring Dismantled

… to capitalize on this deadly epidemic by turning heroin addicts into heroin dealers, doubling their customer base in … this organization responsible for fueling heroin addiction,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt. …
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DEA releases 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment

… over 13 percent – in overdoses from controlled prescription opioids. Many challenges remain, however, including the … As the National Drug Threat Assessment describes, the opioid threat continues at epidemic levels, affecting large …
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Downey Man Arrested on Federal Charges Alleging He Sold Fake Prescription Pills that Caused Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

… female who suffered a fatal overdose from the synthetic opioid, the Justice Department announced today.            … Overdose Justice Task Force, which was created to address opioid-related deaths in the greater Los Angeles area, most of which are caused by the synthetic opioid fentanyl. Under the Overdose Justice program for …
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Fentanyl, Guns Result in 35 Years in Prison

… for 2022 show that 1,577 Missourians fatally overdosed on opioids. This means that one in every 45 deaths in Missouri … be attributed to an opioid overdose, and potent non-heroin opioids such as fentanyl have increasingly taken over as the …
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Fatal overdose in Manhattan leads to arrest of alleged drug dealer in Miami

… us into the underbelly of emo rap and its glorification of opioid use.  Today, a team of DEA agents and NYPD Detectives … becomes a catalyst for raising awareness of the dangers of opioid misuse.  The DEA extends condolences to the victim’s … target and charge drug dealers that profit from the lethal opioid epidemic that is killing so many people.” According …
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DEA Launches First Year of Operation Engage in Richmond, VA

… apply additional resources on our top local drug threats -- opioids and methamphetamine -- in and among Richmond, … GSAD, JTT etc Outreach/Drug Prevention Drug Trafficking Opioids Synthetic Opioids Fentanyl Methamphetamine On On …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is … driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths. “Opioids were responsible for nearly three quarters of the …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is … driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths. “Opioids were responsible for nearly three quarters of the …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is … driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths. “Opioids were responsible for nearly three quarters of the …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is … driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths. “Opioids were responsible for nearly three quarters of the …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is … driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths. “Opioids were responsible for nearly three quarters of the …
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Natick Man Found Guilty Of Possession With Intent To Distribute Fentanyl

… “The overwhelming overdose numbers associated with the opioid epidemic can blur the human devastation that is … streets.” “Massachusetts is in the midst of a devastating opioid crisis, as deaths from fentanyl soar. The DEA will … Field Division. “DEA’s top priority is combatting the opioid epidemic by working with our local, county, state and …
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Montgomery County Drug Dealer Sentenced to Over Nine Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl That Led to an Overdose Death

… arrested he admitted that he was a user and distributor of opioid drugs and that he provided Victim 1 with opioid drugs on August 10, 2020.  United States Attorney … Task Forces/Task Force Officers Heroin Fentanyl Synthetic Opioids On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
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Two Day Stretch in Omaha Nets 32,000 Fake Fentanyl Pills

… substances of unknown origin.” Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 time … Oxy, these pills are designed to look like prescription opioids including oxycodone (Oxycontin ®, Percocet ®), …
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Former Union General Hospital CEO, ER Director, And Blairsville Physician Indicted For Illegally Prescribing And Obtaining Prescription Pain Pills

… by unlawfully obtaining and dispensing prescription opioids,” said Robert J. Murphy, the Special Agent in Charge … are committed to stemming the tide against the current opioid epidemic.” “These defendants allegedly abused their …
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McKesson Settlement: Pays $150 Million, Largest Fine In DEA History

… frequently misused products that are part of the current opioid epidemic. The government’s investigation developed … “McKesson’s failure to report suspicious orders fueled the opioid epidemic in eastern Kentucky,” said Acting U.S. …
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Justice Department Announces First Ever Indictments Against Designated Chinese Manufacturers Of Deadly Fentanyl And Other Opiate Substances

… agents identified more than 100 distributors of synthetic opioids involved with Yan’s manufacturing and distribution … massive quantities of deadly fentanyl and other synthetic opioids to communities throughout the United States, mostly …
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Physician Admits To Illegally Distributing 39,000 Pills

… nothing more than a common drug dealer,” Thyer said.  “With opioid abuse continuing to kill at alarming rates, and an opioid epidemic sweeping across the country, the fact that … when Lonoke County Sheriff’s detectives responded to an opioid overdose death of an individual outside Cabot.  The …
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Major Illegal Narcotics Ring Dismantled In Elmira, Four Defendants Arrested

… and any overdose deaths in the region.” “These synthetic opioids have potentially deadly consequences for both users … C. Spero. “Given the highly-toxic nature of these synthetic opioids, even a small seizure could potentially save a life. … enforcement partnerships in addressing the trafficking of opioids and other dangerous drugs into our communities,” …
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Over 100 Pounds of Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Fentanyl, Oxycodone and Heroin Seized in Bronx Pizzeria

… with almost 70 percent of those deaths involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl.  Meanwhile, 3,026 people fatally … CDC highlights a continued increase in co-involvement of opioids in drug overdose deaths involving cocaine over …
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Indictment Charges Man for Trafficking Dangerous, Unusual Drug Mixtures of Heroin, Fentanyl, Tramadol and Methamphetamine

… accused of trafficking in multi-kilogram quantities of opioids and methamphetamine mixed together in highly unusual … contained a mixture of heroin, fentanyl and tramadol (all opioids) and methamphetamine (a stimulant). A third brick … tramadol. The dangerous and highly unusual combination of opioids with a stimulant could easily cause an unsuspecting …
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Dangerous fentanyl masked as counterfeit oxycodone, 20,000 pills seized in the Bronx and Manhattan

… pills containing fentanyl, a potentially lethal synthetic opioid, are increasingly appearing on the black market in … to have originated in Mexico. A highly potent synthetic opioid, fentanyl is cheaper to obtain than … to work tirelessly to hold those responsible who traffic opioids and fentanyl into our communities and contribute to …
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Rhode Island Businesswoman Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison for Money Laundering

… business expands, so too do the rates of drug use, addiction and overdose. Ms. Correa thought she could … serve as a warning to others that our efforts to curb drug addiction doesn’t just involve prosecuting drug dealers, it … directly supporting a trafficking operation that fuels addiction and death in our communities. The DEA will hold …
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Tacoma Man Who Persisted in Drug Trafficking Despite Being Stopped With More Than 25 Pounds of Meth Sentenced to 66 Months in Prison

… were responsible for flooding these highly dangerous and addictive substances into the community for profit and contributed to the addiction of an unknown number of individuals. The drugs … in general as well as to the families whose members are addicted to controlled substances. During 2023, when Pena …
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Digital Health Company Cofounder/CEO and Clinical President Convicted in $100M Adderall Distribution and Health Care Fraud Scheme

… of technology to exploit people’s medical needs and fuel addiction. The actions of Ruthia He and David Brody are no … acts of He and Brody led to clients’ substance abuse, addiction and, in some cases, overdose. Instead of putting … employees that successful technology companies profit from addiction and offered an expensive luxury electric vehicle …