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Jury Finds Pill-Mill Doctor Guilty Of 51 Counts

… 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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DEA Announces Community Resources For Kensington Area

… in January 2017, is a multi-prong approach to address the opioid crisis through coordinated law enforcement actions … efforts to reduce the illegal diversion of prescription opioids, and community outreach resources to assist …
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Forensic Sciences Policy

March 27, 2026
… analysis of evidence. Methamphetamine Natural and Synthetic Opioids Cocaine Cannabis Plant Material Cannabis Liquids and …
March 27, 2026
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Hollywood-based Craigslist drug dealer named in federal criminal case alleging fentanyl sale that resulted in a fatal overdose

… today on federal charges of selling the powerful synthetic opioid to a customer who suffered a fatal overdose. Andrew … but also a partnership with the community aimed at reducing opioid and drug related overdose deaths,” said Special Agent … According to court documents filed in this case, Madi is an opioid dealer who used the Craigslist website to sell …
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Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year

… that Perry, a successful actor whose history of drug addiction was well documented, was interested in obtaining … informed at least one week earlier that Perry’s ketamine addiction was spiraling out of control. After Perry’s death …
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Norton doctor pleads guilty to illegally prescribing prescription drugs

… and seek to remove their ability to contribute to the opioid epidemic.” According to evidence, Moore issued prescriptions for opioids and benzodiazepines without a legitimate medical …
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Prolific Fentanyl Distributor in Greater Seattle Area Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

… is committed to protect the United States from synthetic opioids by disrupting the fentanyl supply chain, reducing …
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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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DEA Phoenix & the AZ Attorney General “Huddles Up” with NFL Alumni and Rise Up Glendale to Spread Awareness about Fentanyl

… 70% of those drug poisonings are related to synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl.     DEA is responding to this … for a second year in Glendale, Arizona, targeting the opioid threat. Other components of Operation Engage will …
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Law Enforcement Arrests Three Lubbock Residents On Fentanyl-Related Charges

… intent to distribute fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid. Today’s announcement was made at a news conference … in the Lubbock area of the highly potent synthetic opioid, fentanyl.  Fentanyl is responsible for a sharp increase in opioid deaths across the U.S.  It poses a high risk of death …
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Two Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics in Southwestern Connecticut

… analogues, nitazines, and xylazine. Nitazines are synthetic opioids stronger than fentanyl, and xylazine is a large …
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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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Leader of Prolific Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Sentenced

… driven by the enormous profits he could generate off the addiction and misery of others,” said U.S. Attorney Nick … the pills while seeking treatment for his own drug addictions at spa-like resorts in Costa Rica and Mexico, …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 5 ½ Years for Fentanyl Trafficking

… was in the United States unlawfully.  “Every overdose, addiction, and life lost to fentanyl is a tragedy that …
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Creve Coeur Pharmacy and Owner to Pay $1.4 Million for Ignoring Signs of Illegal Drug Prescriptions

… sought after for recreational purposes; and amounts of opioids that exceeded CDC guidance by as much as 17.5 times … who pleaded guilty to illegally distributing prescription opioids in 2018, including to women with whom he had lived …
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DEA And Partners To Hold Roundtable Discussion

… (509) 454-4407 The group will examine Oregon’s prescription opioid and heroin sea091916_fig1.JPG PORTLAND, Ore. - On … a roundtable discussion examining Oregon’s prescription opioid and heroin epidemic. DEA in conjunction with the U.S. …
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DEA Los Angeles Special Agent in Charge David J. Downing to retire on May 31

… drug trafficking organizations and the spread of opioid narcotics.”   After retirement, Mr. Downing plans to … two major diversion initiatives that significantly reduced opioid overdoses, the naming of Los Angeles as a 360 Pilot …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… laced with fentanyl, into our neighborhoods to exploit the opioid crisis.  We will relentlessly pursue criminals who … percent of those deaths can be attributed to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.   Drug traffickers have expanded …
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Prisma Health Midlands to Pay $1 Million to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substance Act Violations

… deaths and hold accountable those responsible for the opioid crisis.  The government’s rigorous investigation and … government’s ongoing dedication to stem the prescription opioid crisis by ensuring that opioids are not diverted and abused. This matter was …
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Community Event
November 04, 2019 - November 05, 2019
November 04, 2019 - November 05, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC)

3:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
Columbia , MO
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, November 4, and Tuesday, November 5, 2019. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, Columbia, Missouri...
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Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg Meets With Drug Control Officials In China

… efforts as we work to stem the flow of dangerous synthetic opioids and related chemicals.  I appreciate the good work … of recent deaths in the United States from these synthetic opioids.  In Hong Kong, Rosenberg met with counterparts at …
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Federal Judge Sentences “Pill Mill” Co-owner to Prison

… prescriptions for high doses of Oxycodone and other opioids in exchange for cash. According to court filings, … all available tools to stop those involved in fueling the opioid crisis. I commend the hard work and dedication of the …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… huge amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine, which drives addiction and violence and kills Americans. It also shows … communities with fentanyl and methamphetamine, drive addiction, fuel violence, and kill Americans,” said …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… huge amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine, which drives addiction and violence and kills Americans.  It also shows … communities with fentanyl and methamphetamine, drive addiction, fuel violence, and kill Americans,” said …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… huge amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine, which drives addiction and violence and kills Americans.  It also shows … communities with fentanyl and methamphetamine, drive addiction, fuel violence, and kill Americans,” said …
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Two Chicago Area Physicians Indicted on Narcotics and Health Care Fraud

… on federal criminal charges for allegedly prescribing opioids to individuals who lacked a legitimate medical need …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… huge amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine, which drives addiction and violence and kills Americans.  It also shows … communities with fentanyl and methamphetamine, drive addiction, fuel violence, and kill Americans,” said …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… with huge amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine, driving addiction, violence, and killing Americans. It also shows … communities with fentanyl and methamphetamine, drive addiction, fuel violence, and kill Americans,” said …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… huge amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine, which drives addiction and violence and kills Americans.  It also shows … communities with fentanyl and methamphetamine, drive addiction, fuel violence, and kill Americans,” said …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Operation Engage Kansas City

March 28, 2025
… 2021. Around 70% of these deaths were caused by synthetic opioids (non-heroin opioids according to the graph) like illicit fentanyl. … overdose deaths that occurred were related to synthetic opioids like illicit fentanyl (blue). Furthermore, the rate …
March 28, 2025