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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

… are making street drugs highly potent and highly addictive by adding fentanyl. This is a warning that local … streets and out of our communities and to help fight opiate addiction. We are grateful for the hard work of the New York … is no doubt that this investigation saved lives, prevented addiction, and made our communities safer. Large-scale …
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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 …
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Former Ellensburg Doctor Indicted on 26 Felony Counts for Falsifying and Issuing Commercial Driver’s Licenses and Prescriptions for Controlled Substances

… and acts of ensconcing herself in her house to further her addiction. Magistrate Judge Ekstrom detained Elperin pending …
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Panama City Physician Pays $225,000 to Settle Allegations that He Overprescribed Controlled Substances

… to resolve allegations that he unlawfully prescribed opioids and other controlled substances to patients. The …
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Federal Prosecutors Dismantle Four Major Drug Trafficking Organizations Flooding South Dakota with Meth and Fentanyl

… is utilizing every tool at its disposal: law enforcement, addiction treatment and counseling, border security, trade, …
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Maryland Science Center And DEA Open Powerful New Exhibit

… Target America explains the science behind illegal drug addiction, and the countless costs and consequences of … evolution of heroin abuse and enforcement in the area, the addiction science research taking place at Maryland … go hand-in-hand in order to solve the drug abuse and addiction issue,” stated DEA Special Agent in Charge Karl …
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DEA Issues Carfentanil Warning To Police And Public

… Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Dangerous opioid 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times … and safety risks of carfentanil. Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and … can reverse an overdose of carfentanil, fentanyl, or other opioids, although multiple doses of naloxone may be …
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Another Pill-Mill Doctor Sentenced To Over A Decade In Federal Prison

… received prescriptions for oxycodone, a powerful and highly addictive pain killer.  Nearly two-thirds of the patients … 2011.  During the trial, patients testified that they were addicted to oxycodone and learned of the clinic through … by draining them of time and assets, fueling their drug addictions, and depriving them of legitimate medical …
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Connecticut man sentenced to over nine years in prison for trafficking more than $200,000 worth of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and cocaine base

… transport drugs and bulk currency, and “runners” (typically addicted individuals) to distribute drugs on his behalf. … to those who profit on the backs of struggling Vermont addicts and their families and communities. Those who line their pockets in the business of addiction are responsible for death and great suffering in …
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Two "Pill Mill" Owners Convicted

… clinic which served as a front for the mass distribution of addictive pain killers.  Votrobek had previously been … Yates.  “The defendants in this case preyed upon those addicted to prescription drugs in order to line their own … those individuals who choose to exploit others who suffer addiction for their financial gain. We are grateful to the …
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The Drug Enforcement Administration selects Cleveland as a DEA 360 city

… a particular emphasis on education about the dangers of opioids. The effort includes a website, a public awareness …
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Two Stockton Men Plead Guilty in a Fentanyl and Meth Pill Trafficking Criminal Enterprise

… fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and U-47700 (a synthetic opioid), and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug … fentanyl, furanyl fentanyl, heroin, and other synthetic opioids that Barnes mixed into them. Barnes also made pills …
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Law Enforcement Warns of Increase in Fentanyl Overdoses

… year, and more than 74 percent of those deaths involved an opioid. Overdose deaths involving a synthetic opioid rose … not consume or even handle these pills. The synthetic opioids contained in them are often lethal if consumed even …
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Methuen Man Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Role In Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

… a danger to our communities. This individual pumped deadly opioids into our neighborhoods and, when he was finally …
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The Drug Situation in Delaware 2020

August 11, 2020
… The primary drug threats identified in Delaware are illicit opioids, cocaine, controlled prescription drugs, and … Situation in Delaware 2020.pdf Methamphetamine Narcotics (Opioids) On …
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Man Pleads Guilty for Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

… of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “Methamphetamine addiction destroys lives and ravages communities throughout …
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Staten Island man arrested for distributing heroin and fentanyl

… Syracuse - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Opioids sold by defendant linked to fatal overdoses …
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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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Montgomery County Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl that Led to an Overdose Death

… Agbi admitted that he was a user and distributor of opioid drugs and that he met with Victim 1 on August 10 at Hotel A and provided Victim 1 with opioid drugs.  He stated that Victim 1 used opioid drugs … drugs Drug Trafficking Fentanyl Heroin Morphine Synthetic Opioids On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
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Broomfield Man Sentenced to 48 Months for Ibogaine Distribution

… was a means to “reset” the body’s “receptors” to break addictive tendencies.  In March of 2021, Alai intentionally …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… Wave Breaker are credited with 85 percent of all synthetic opioids seized by the DEA in 2020.  They include: Phoenix, … recorded in a 12-month period.  Deaths involving synthetic opioids increased nearly 60 percent during the same 12-month …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… Wave Breaker are credited with 85 percent of all synthetic opioids seized by DEA in 2020. They include: Phoenix, New … recorded in a 12-month period. Deaths involving synthetic opioids increased nearly 60 percent during the same 12-month …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… Wave Breaker are credited with 85 percent of all synthetic opioids seized by the DEA in 2020.  They include: Phoenix, … recorded in a 12-month period.  Deaths involving synthetic opioids increased nearly 60 percent during the same 12-month …
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DEA Chicago Field Division Hosts National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 25

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

… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
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DEA Releases 2015 Drug Threat Assessment: Heroin And Painkiller Abuse Continue To Spike

… overdose deaths.  A major cause of this increasing heroin addiction is the rise in Opiate based prescription drugs.  As more and more Americans have become addicted to this category of prescription drug, a significant number of these addicts are transitioning to the use of heroin to meet their …
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Ed Buck Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison

… men – some of whom were homeless or struggling with drug addiction – to consume narcotics that he provided and … males who were vulnerable, isolated and were often fighting addiction,” said Kristi K. Johnson, the Assistant Director … exploited their circumstances, including homelessness and addiction, to indulge his sexual proclivities.  This …
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DEA El Paso 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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Arizona THIS Saturday is DEA's 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
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Fourteen People Charged with Trafficking Heroin, Fentanyl, and Cocaine in Racine, Wisconsin

… organizations fuel our nation’s twin epidemics of drug addiction and firearms violence. These arrests underscore … and violence.” “Drug dealers profit from putting dangerous, addictive, and oftentimes deadly poison into the hands of … of dangerous drug traffickers that contribute to drug addiction, drug overdoses, and violence throughout our …