PRESS RELEASE

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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Douglas, Georgia Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Sex For Drugs Scam

… received information that Smith had been trading very addictive prescription drugs for sex acts with multiple women since 2010.  Some of women were addicts or became addicted to the drugs Smith provided.  In one instance, …
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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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DEA Houston Shuts Down Wholesale Rx Inc. Distribution Operations

… 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 Wholesale RX Pic 1.png  Opioids seized at Wholesale Rx have a total street value of …
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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 … of funding and will focus its Operation Engage efforts on opioids and methamphetamine. DEA Special Agent in Charge …
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Arthur Ranney sentenced to 97 months in prison following conviction for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine

… over 300 grams of high-purity methamphetamine, a highly-addictive and dangerous stimulant. According to Court … are on the rise DEA stands committed to keeping this highly addictive drug out of Vermont,” said DEA Special Agent in … “We will do all we can to keep this deadly and highly addictive substance out of Vermont, including aggressively …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
PRESS RELEASE

Northern Ohio Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Opiate Painkillers And Other Pills

… and families.” All four defendants conspired to distribute addictive controlled substances, including prescription … Adolph Harper’s customers, many of whom were drug addicts exhibiting clear signs of drug addiction during their visits to his office, came to his …
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Three Defendants in Significant Gun and Drug Involved Cases in Western Washington Sentenced to Prison

… lost and all of the ripple effects from people who are addicted.” In asking for a seven-year sentence, prosecutors …
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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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Federal Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Case

… from Boston to San Diego in 2018 in an attempt to break his addiction, he began taking counterfeit OxyContin pills in … deadly fentanyl. And if someone you know suffers from addiction, we implore you to help them seek treatment. … and their sources of supply.  For those who suffer from addiction, help is available by calling the Crisis line at …
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Chicago Field Division Contributes To The Record Number Of Prescription Drugs Collected At 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event

… to come together and do his or her part to fight the opioid crisis - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription … abuse of prescription drugs that is fueling the nation’s opioid epidemic.” Now in its 9th year, National Prescription … Day events continue to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where …
PRESS RELEASE

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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Drug Dealer From Brooklyn, New York Sentenced In Federal Court To Over Nine Years Imprisonment For Distributing Heroin And Crack Cocaine In Rutland County, Vermont

… scheme of this conspiracy was to use young women drug addicts, often from Rutland County, to body pack heroin and … New York to Rutland County.  These woman, along with other addicts from the Rutland area, distributed many of these …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution … potentially lethal doses of fentanyl. “Capitalizing on the opioid epidemic and prescription drug abuse in the United … each year.” Fentanyl and other highly potent synthetic opioids remain the primary driver behind the ongoing opioid …
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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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Long Island Nurse Practitioner And Brooklyn Podiatrist Plead Guilty To Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… more than 422,000 oxycodone pills to drug dealers and addicts BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Rools Deslouches, a Brentwood, New … District of New York to illegally distributing the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone to customers, whom the … are significantly responsible for the pain pill and heroin addiction we see in NY. These traffickers are one of our top …
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Newnan Dentist Sentenced To Prison For Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances

… pain medications. This individual distributed highly addicting opiates with total ill-will and disregard for the … spiraled out of control as the number of prescriptions and addicted patients grew. This dentist, whether he was … pills from Maddux for the purpose of supporting their drug addictions. Most of these patients routinely received …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Returns April 26 to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse

… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
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DEA Washington Chief Issues Public Safety Alert: Dangerous Increase in Fake Rx Pills Containing Fentanyl

… drug cartels and made to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, … Drug traffickers are using fake pills to exploit the opioid crisis and prescription drug misuse in the United … Drugs Synthetic drugs Benzodiazepines Fentanyl Amphetamines Opioids Synthetic Opioids Methamphetamine On On …
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Reno Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Involuntary Manslaughter Of Patient And Unlawful Distribution Of Large Quantities Of Prescription Drugs

… million Americans abused or were dependent on prescription opioids in 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and (CDC). Overdoses involving opioids killed more than 28,000 people in 2014, and over …
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Brothers Who Led a Massive Meth Distribution Ring Sentenced to Significant Prison Time

… are dangerous…it affects individuals who are addicted as well as their families. Many have children that … that person is left to pick up the mess that person’s addiction created”. “Methamphetamine goes hand in hand with …
DRUG FACT SHEET
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Drugs of Concern

Counterfeit Prescription Pills

October 22, 2026
Many counterfeit pills are made to look like prescription opioids – such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®) – but contain fentanyl or methamphetamine. Criminal drug networks are mass-producing counterfeit pills and falsely marketing them as legitimate prescription pills to deceive the...
October 22, 2026
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Los Angeles issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution … lethal doses of fentanyl.   “Capitalizing on the opioid epidemic and prescription drug abuse in the United … each year.”   Fentanyl and other highly potent synthetic opioids remain the primary driver behind the ongoing opioid …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution … lethal doses of fentanyl.   “Capitalizing on the opioid epidemic and prescription drug abuse in the United … each year.”   Fentanyl and other highly potent synthetic opioids remain the primary driver behind the ongoing opioid …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution … lethal doses of fentanyl.   “Capitalizing on the opioid epidemic and prescription drug abuse in the United … days a year.    Fentanyl and other highly potent synthetic opioids remain the primary driver behind the ongoing opioid …
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Colorado Attorney General, DEA Task Force Dismantle Major Drug Trafficking Ring

… pills containing fentanyl. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … reports are the primary drivers of the recent increase in opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. before and during the … than 900 of those deaths were due to synthetic opioids that included fentanyl. That number has risen …
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Family Summit
June 20, 2024
June 20, 2024

New Jersey Field Division to Host Family Summit

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
New Brunswick, NJ
The DEA New Jersey Field Division will host its Family Summit on Thursday, June 20th, 2024, at Rutgers University - Center for Prevention Science, Cook Student Center, from 9am - 3pm. This free event is open to families who have been impacted by the opioid crisis and those who may...
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Reno Doctor Robert Rand Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter Of Patient And Unlawful Distribution Of Nearly 24,000 Oxycodone Pills

… a legitimate medical purpose. He prescribed a number of opioids to this patient at the same time, including … million Americans abused or were dependent on prescription opioids in 2014.  Overdose deaths from opioids, including prescription opioids and heroin, have …