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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 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 …
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DEA takes additional steps to allow increased production of controlled substances used in COVID-19 care

… DEA will also increase the APQ for methadone to ensure that opioid treatment programs have sufficient supplies to treat patients suffering from opioid use disorder.  In addition, DEA is increasing the …
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DEA proposes to control three precursor chemicals used to illicitly manufacture deadly fentanyl

… for 2018 suggest that overdose deaths from synthetic opioids like fentanyl and its related compounds will … regions of our country that have been hardest hit by the opioid epidemic. DEA is also working with the United States …