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Norteno gang leader and drug trafficker sentenced to 20 years in federal prison

… engage in the serious drug trafficking – feeding countless addictions as well as facilitating the creation of new addicts. The Court noted Stine knew he should not engage in …
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Thirteen Facing Federal Charges For Trafficking Heroin

… schools in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights, are becoming addicted to expensive prescription painkillers like … and we need to learn to recognize the warning signs of drug addiction. And we need to do this before yet another child …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 10 Individuals In Multi-Million Dollar Internet Pharmacy Fraud Scheme Two Pharmacists Were Allegedly Paid At Least $13 Million By Bogus Online Pharmacy Operators For Filling Invalid Prescriptions Issued By

… corrupt website operators to peddle massive quantities of addictive pain pills without valid prescriptions. We will … Soma, Ultram, and (“Prescription Drugs”), which are highly addictive, would visit one of the Prescription Websites …
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65 Arrested In Raids By Federal, State And Local Officials

… to justice. Our goal is to tackle the problem of heroin addiction before heroin traffickers become embedded in our … drug abuse and the consequent increase in heroin addiction in Minnesota is a significant problem.  In …
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DEA Kicks Off Red Ribbon Campaign

… fight against the violence of drug crime and the misery of addiction. By gathering together in special events and … the demand for controlled substances would curtail lethal addictions and overdoses; Whereas reducing the demand for …
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Second Of Cape Cod Brothers Sentenced To 25 Years For Oxycodone Trafficking Scheme

… distribution conspiracy that flooded Cape Cod with highly addictive opiates.  Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in … with federal, state, and local officials to combat opiate addiction in Massachusetts.  Chief Judge Saris found the …
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Federal Jury Convicts Tempe Designer Drug Manufacturer/Distributor Of Federal Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act Violations

… the fact that controlled substance analogues are highly addictive stimulants and no different than cocaine or … chemicals from individuals in China and Minnesota, was addicted to his own products, and made nearly $8000 a day …
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Nine Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Trafficking Kilograms Of Cocaine Through The U.S. Mail System

… area for many years, destroying the lives of many through addiction and despair. Today’s arrests should send a strong … dealers’ desperation for product is just as desperate as an addict’s; however the dealer’s ‘fix’ is the profit made off …
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Gang Alliance That Ravaged West Bronx With Gunfire And New England Towns With Drugs Is Dismantled

… ‘Miami Ave’, ‘UGZ’ and ‘RGZ’ gangs allegedly fed drug addiction throughout the Northeast via sales of crack … narcotics poison outside of New York, preying on countless addicted users in my home state of Massachusetts and as far …
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Pearl River Man Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxymorphone Causing The Overdose Death Of 21-Year Old Man

… and other diverted pain medicine can cause people to become addicts leading to tragic overdoses. Diverted pain pills, … is a powerful painkiller with a high potential for addiction and abuse, and its improper use may be fatal. In …
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… New York to conspiring to illegally distribute the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone to patients, who the defendant knew were addicts and without performing any meaningful medical …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers

… through which they ordered bulk quantities of highly addictive painkillers such as oxycodone, hydromorphone, and … filled prescriptions for hundreds of thousands of highly addictive painkillers, knowing that the prescriptions were …
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19 Charged In Prescription Drug Trafficking Conspiracies

… narcotics. Many of the users of these drugs are becoming addicted and moving on to more powerful drugs like heroin, which poses a significant risk to the addict and the community in which they live,” stated Gary M. …
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Maryland Science Center To Host DEA Exhibit

… Target America explains the science behind illegal drug addiction, and the countless costs and consequences of … 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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Baltimore Prescription Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison

… drugs like oxycodone, a wider epidemic of opiate addiction has developed in Maryland.  We now have a new sub culture of opiate addicted individuals; individuals who now turn to heroin to …
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Defendants Convicted In Manhattan Federal Court For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone From Pharmacy In Yonkers

… thousands of oxycodone pills were sold for cash to drug addicts and other drug dealers.  This Office will continue … of oxycodone to various individuals - including individuals addicted to oxycodone and individuals who intended to resell …
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Thirteen Arrested In Connection With Meth And Heroin Distribution Ring

… Washington where liquid meth was processed into highly addictive crystal methamphetamine.  Twelve of the people … but was also converting the methamphetamine into a highly addictive form of crystal methamphetamine.  I commend the …
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10 People Arrested In Two Separate Cases For Heroin And Cocaine Trafficking Affecting Multiple Western New York Communities

… the Chautauqua County and adjacent towns fueled drug addiction,” stated DEA Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt. “Drug addiction has become public health’s archenemy and as heroin …
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Federal Indictment Of Five Defendants In One Of The Nation’s Largest Fentanyl Seizures

… these drug entities which are trafficking multiple addictive drugs, dismantle them on all levels and continue our fight against addiction to powerful drugs." “In this time of heightened …
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Drug Enforcement Task Force Uncovers Heroin Stash In The Bronx, NY: $30 Million Worth Of Heroin Seized

… supply of heroin is critical to reining in the scourge of addiction. Today's seizure will keep millions of packages of … of heroin from flooding our neighborhoods with this highly addictive narcotic. I commend our NYPD investigators and law …
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Administrator Anne Milgram Remarks on ONDCP Press Call Addressing the Overdose Epidemic

November 17, 2021
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Chasing The Dragon Discussion Guide

February 01, 2016
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Responding to Nationwide Increases in Fentanyl-Related Mass-Overdose Events

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How to Properly Dispose of Your Unused Medicines

October 04, 2018
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Spokane Physician Pays $120,000 to Resolve Allegations He Prescribed Controlled Substances Without Legitimate Medical Purpose

… patients, many of which were issued in some combination of opioids, benzodiazepines, sedatives, and carisoprodol.  …
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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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Wasilla, Alaska Man Indicted for Distributing Carfentanil Resulting in Two Overdoses, One Fatal and One Non-Fatal

… fentanyl, but Carfentanil. Carfentanil is a highly potent opioid not approved for human use. It is used by … Department of Law. Learn more:  Carfentanil: A Synthetic Opioid Unlike Any Other This case is part of Operation Take …
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Approximately 70 pounds of heroin and fentanyl seized from wholesale distribution network in the Bronx and Yonkers

… nearly 18 kilograms of heroin, the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl and a fentanyl analogue (chemically similar … in multi-million dollar quantities of potentially lethal opioids. Through a direct connection to Mexico-based …
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Three Charged in Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Operation in the Bronx: Over 13 Pounds of Illicit Drug Mixtures Seized

… thousands of dosages of dangerous drug mixtures, including opioids, sedatives, and stimulants. Those who lived in the … more than a quarter of fatal overdoses in the city in 2023; opioid overdose reversal drugs are not effective on it, …
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Veterans Affairs Employees Charged With Stealing And Selling Prescription Drugs

… conspiring to steal prescription medications, including opioids, from the VA John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans … R. Thyer said. “Curbing the illegal distribution of opioids continues to be a primary focus for my office, and … remains committed to stemming the diversion and abuse of opioids in VA facilities,” Special Agent in Charge of the …