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Two Indicted In Investigation Involving Smuggling Heroin Into Attica Correctional Facility; Two Others Facing Heroin Charges

… or prison inmate, no one is immune from the effects of this addiction.  As for the traffickers, because delivery of …  Troop A Commander, Major Michael J. Cerretto said, "Heroin addiction destroys lives. The number of overdose deaths that …
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Worldwide Drug Trafficker Sentenced

… this country from overseas predators who profit off the addiction of others. Here, the defendant supplied addictive drugs, including oxycontin and heroin, to other …
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DEA Emergency Schedules Bromazolam

… “designer benzodiazepines.” The increase in the co-abuse of opioids with designer benzodiazepines has become of particular concern as opioid misuse continues in the United States.    More …
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… 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 …
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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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Physician Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Operating a Pill Mill from His Northwest D.C. Medical Practice

… for walk-in appointments. Each individual was prescribed opioids by Okafor after minimal examination. Further … drug distribution scheme, whereby he would prescribe opioids to numerous individuals using false identities, whom … nationwide. Okafor was convicted of distribution of opioids to undercover sources, numerous uncharged …
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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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Nineteen charged in heroin conspiracy

… “Consistent with this administration’s prioritization of opioid enforcement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will work … and tribal law enforcement to focus on attacking illegal opioids, such as heroin.  The case is being prosecuted by …
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Operation Engage Broward County

March 28, 2025
… top local drug threat. Find out more about this synthetic opioid that is America's #1 drug threat by accessing the … Fact Sheet through the link below: Fentanyl What Are Opioids? Though some people still refer to all drugs as …
March 28, 2025
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Canadian Dark Web Vendor Sentenced for Importing Millions of Counterfeit Xanax Pills into the United States

… overdose epidemic where the threat from synthetic opioids disguised as fake prescription medication is … the mail system.”   “The issue of fentanyl and illicit opioids remains a top concern for the Royal Canadian Mounted …
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DEA Announces 39,419 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Collected During Take-Back Event

… Drug and Alcohol Programs. “In the midst of this worst-ever opioid epidemic, it’s absolutely critical that we all get … more than 39,000 pounds of prescription drugs means these opioids and other drugs cannot be diverted, misused, and …
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Paul E. Knierim - Tackling Fentanyl: The China Connection

September 06, 2018
… DEA Testimony - China and Fentanyl HFAC.pdf Narcotics (Opioids) On …
September 06, 2018
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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 …
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CY 2021 Fentanyl Profiling Program (FPP)

August 22, 2022
… laboratories. FPP Report CY 2021_DEA.gov_.pdf Narcotics (Opioids) On …
August 22, 2022
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Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon, Museum of Natural History and Science

February 21, 2019
… for Delivery [in Spanish].pdf Methamphetamine Narcotics (Opioids) On …
February 21, 2019
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Chinese national sentenced to 28 months in prison for importing fentanyl analogues and money laundering

… furanyl fentanyl and 4-FIBF, two potent analogues of the opioid drug fentanyl. Qin also laundered the proceeds of his … ### Fentanyl Opioids On …
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Fresno Man Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl That Caused Overdose Death

… the case. This case is part of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.) a program designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas as well as identifying …
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Madera County Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Death

… the case. This case is part of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.) a program designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas as well as identifying …
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Atlanta drug dealer charged with possessing 170 kilograms of heroin and 36 guns in two metro residences

… as a part of Operation SCOPE (Strategically Combatting Opioids through Prosecution and Enforcement), which is an … illegally-prescribed painkillers, heroin, and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl have on our neighborhoods. The DEA …
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Bakersfield Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Overdose Death

… the case. This case is part of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.) a program designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas as well as identifying …
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Kern County Man Trafficking Fentanyl Sentenced to Over 17 Years

… the case. This case is part of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.) a program designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas as well as identifying …
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Southern California Resident Indicted for Trafficking 150,000 Fentanyl Pills

… reasonable doubt. This case is part of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.) a program designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas as well as identifying …
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Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment Against Selma Man After Seizure of 17 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills

… reasonable doubt. This case is part of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.) a program designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas as well as identifying …
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DEA New England Field Division collects 40 tons of prescription drugs during the 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… is estimated that 10 percent of the drugs collected are opioid pain killers, which would represent approximately 8,818 pounds of opioids that are out of medicine cabinets and potentially …
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Fresno man sentenced to 3 years in prison for selling fentanyl to a minor

… the case. This case is part of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.) a program designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas as well as identifying …
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Orlando resident arrested for distributing drugs containing fentanyl

… case is a part of the Middle District of Florida’s anti-opioid strategy to combat opioid trafficking and abuse. It was investigated by the …
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Pharmaceutical distributor and executives, pharmacists charged with unlawfully distributing painkillers

… call to distributors and pharmacists who are allowing opioid prescription pills to be illegally sold and dispensed … to doctors and pharmacies in rural Appalachia, where the opioid epidemic was at its peak. The distributor and its …
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Nurse Practitioner and Business Partner Found Guilty of Distribution

… as a “pill mill” through which they distributed millions of opioids and other controlled substances throughout 2015 and … 2016. The evidence showed that Lisa Hofschulz prescribed opioids and other dangerous controlled substances to 99% of …
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DEA Houston Serves ISO on Woodfield Pharmaceuticals & Distribution

… due to Woodfield illegally importing more than 200 million opioid pills and failure to accurately account for over 5 … to using all available tools to combat our nation’s opioid crisis and to ensure registrants remain compliant in …
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Fresno Man Charged with Fentanyl Trafficking and Illegal Firearm Possession

… . This case is part of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.) a program designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas as well as identifying …