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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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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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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 …
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New Jersey Residents Add To Record Number Of Unused Pills Collected During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 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.” “The residents of New Jersey continue to …
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners To Collect Unwanted Prescription Drugs On April 28

… everyone to help in combating the current prescription opioid epidemic by disposing of unused, unwanted, or expired … about 41,000 were directly related to either prescription opioids or heroin.  Studies show that a majority of abused …
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Physician Practicing In Grass Valley, Yuba City Sentenced To More Than Four Years In Prison For Illegal Prescription Practice

… is committed to doing its part to combat the nation’s opioid crisis by devoting resources to cases like this and … type of reckless behavior provides fuel to the fire of the opioid epidemic plaguing our nation,” stated DEA Special …
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DEA New England Field Division Collects 44 Tons Of Prescription Drugs During The 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… drugs. It is estimated that 10% 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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New Jersey Residents Turn In Nearly 15,000 Pounds Of Expired And Unwanted Prescriptions

… die from a drug overdose, about half from prescription opioids and heroin.  Prescription opioid abuse in many instances will transition to heroin use …
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Pennsylvania Couple Charged With Distributing Fake Oxycodone Pills Containing Heroin

… into the illegal manufacturing and distribution of opioids and other narcotics in New Jersey, an undercover law … to contain a mixture of Tramadol, a Schedule IV synthetic opioid, and heroin. On Feb. 7, 2018, the undercover agent …
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Heroin Dealer Sentenced To 144 Months

… sold them was laced with fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid used by drug dealers to increase the potency of their … emergency responders through the deployment of NARCAN, an opioid antidote. As part of his plea agreement with the …
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McKesson Agrees To Pay Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs

… frequently misused products that are part of the current opioid epidemic. The government’s investigation developed … Chuck Rosenberg.  "DEA is committed to fighting the opioid epidemic with all of the tools at our disposal." In …
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Three Defendants Indicted In One Of The Nation’s Largest-Ever Fentanyl Seizures

… federal indictment against three alleged traffickers. “The opioid crisis the country is facing right now makes this … the potency of heroin or to manufacture counterfeit opioid painkillers that resemble oxycodone.  Due to …
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Public Safety Alert From Drug Enforcement Administration Counterfeit Hydrocodone Tablets Containing Fentanyl

… SAN FRANCISCO - Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, has been linked to multiple overdoses and deaths … Department of Health and Human Services there have been 36 opioid-related overdoses and nine deaths that have been …