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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
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Indictment Charges Man for Trafficking Dangerous, Unusual Drug Mixtures of Heroin, Fentanyl, Tramadol and Methamphetamine

… accused of trafficking in multi-kilogram quantities of opioids and methamphetamine mixed together in highly unusual … contained a mixture of heroin, fentanyl and tramadol (all opioids) and methamphetamine (a stimulant). A third brick … tramadol. The dangerous and highly unusual combination of opioids with a stimulant could easily cause an unsuspecting …
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Judge sentences ‘Doctors on the Go’ owner to 9 years in prison for fraud and receiving kickbacks

… felony counts of conspiracy, obtaining oxycodone and other opioid drugs by fraud and deceit, receiving illegal … others to issue and distribute illegal prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances to patients. Mikhlin …
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DEA honors federal prosecutors for exemplary work in drug-related cases

… and doctors and pharmacies accountable for overprescribing opioids. Collectively their efforts resulted in seizures of … our strong and successful relationship.” Methamphetamine Opioids Fentanyl On …
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Fort Salonga Urologist and Wife Charged with Criminal Sale of a Prescription for a Controlled Substance and Falsifying Business Records

… of Bravo Reality Series “Below Deck” Cast Members to Obtain Opioids SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – Suffolk County District … for allegedly prescribing and filling prescriptions for opioids throughout Suffolk County using the names of cast …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results in DEA and Partners Collecting Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds

… 671-4500 of Unneeded Medications in an Effort to Prevent Addiction and Reduce Overdose Deaths SAN DIEGO – On April … you for doing your part on April 30th to help prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths,” said DEA Special …
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In St. Louis To Address Heroin, Prescription Drugs And Violent Crime

… to find new and innovative ways to address the growing addiction of heroin and prescription drugs, and the violent … in ways we’ve never done before in order to stop abuse, addiction and death.” The 360 Strategy brings together many … for sustainable, impactful efforts to address drug abuse, addiction, trafficking and the violence that accompanies it. …
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DEA Releases 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment

… of fentanyl with animal tranquilizers and other synthetic opioids is on the rise, which results in people not knowing …
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Alleged Drug Cartel Leader Charged

… Indicted as Part of Coordinated Nationwide Efforts Against Opioid Crisis SAN DIEGO –A federal grand jury indictment was … to target organizations that are fueling the American opioid epidemic,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge John W. …
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Community Event
April 24, 2021
April 24, 2021

DEA Washington Division National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

6:00 AM - 10:00 AM (EDT)
Join the DEA Washington Division and our local law enforcement partners as we host the 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The DEA Washington Division and our partners will host collection sites to collect tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs across Maryland, Washington, D.C., and...
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Costco Wholesale To Pay $11.75 Million To Settle Allegations Of Lax Pharmacy Controls

… McQuade stated, “In light of the prescription pill and opioid overdose epidemic we are seeing across the country, … to ensure it complies with regulations that help prevent opioids and other dangerous drugs from being misused or …
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Perry Physician Indicted For Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

… dosages that caused patients to abuse, misuse, and become addicted to the drugs.  The indictment further alleges that … substances to patients knowing that the patients were addicted to and misusing these drugs, and that he continued to prescribe addictive controlled substances to patients even after …
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Omnicare Inc. agrees to pay over $15M to resolve allegations it improperly dispensed narcotics at long-term care facilities

… allegations that it violated federal law by allowing opioids and other controlled substances to be dispensed … emergency basis. These emergency kits, which often include opioids and other controlled substances that are commonly … improperly permitting long-term care facilities to remove opioids and other controlled substances from emergency kits …
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Defendants Convicted and Sentenced in Long-Term Methamphetamine and Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Investigation in Bay County

… partners work tirelessly to keep us safe by removing addictive and deadly controlled substances from our … and federal law enforcement partners to keep these highly addictive and destructive drugs out of our North Florida …
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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 … an alarming rise in drug overdose deaths, with synthetic opioids driving record-high fatalities. The vast majority of …
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Medical Director of Baltimore County Pain Management Clinic Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone

… were often prescribed high doses of oxycodone and other opioid medications.  Some patients were issued prescriptions for opioids after routinely providing aberrant urine toxicology …
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… Florida, our efforts to investigate and interdict illicit opioids continues to be a very high priority because of the … deaths in the United States, while heroin and prescription opioids remain significant challenges to public health and …
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… “In Arizona, we have lost too many lives due to opioid overdoses from fentanyl, prescription pain pills and … enactment of fentanyl-class controls in May 2019, the opioid threat remains at epidemic levels, affecting large … deaths in the United States, while heroin and prescription opioids remain significant challenges to public health and …
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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 … an alarming rise in drug overdose deaths, with synthetic opioids driving record-high fatalities. The vast majority of …
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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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Sacramento Area Group Charged for Shipping Fentanyl Pills Across the United States

… 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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Jefferson County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… of distributing it to others.  Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid commonly used as an analgesic or anesthetic that is …
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SoCal Doctor Sentenced To Over 5 Years In Federal Prison

… - (775) 327-8900 Guam Hagatna - (671) 472-7384 Distributed addictive painkillers and laundered millions in illegal … to endanger his patients’ lives and to profit from their addiction,” prosecutors said in court papers. “Consistent … on prescribing certain medications, including the highly addictive drug best known under the brand name OxyContin. …
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Federal Court Sentenced Clayton Woman for Laundering Millions for Cartels and Moving Kilo Quantities of Narcotics

… choose to traffic dangerous drugs and profit off of other’s addiction.” According to court documents and other …
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Brooklyn New York Man Sentenced To Ten Years Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And Crack Cocaine In Rutland Area

… Vermont area by bus and other means. Joyce then used drug addicts in the Rutland area to distribute the drugs and … from New York would often stay at the homes of addicts in Rutland and West Rutland, and used these homes as …
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Jarod A. Forget named Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Division

… to combat and protect our families against the national opioid crisis and violent crime across the region, expanding … drug trafficking organizations, shut down illicit opioid dealers from China and Mexico, and established … to combat local community issues like violent crime and opioids. Forget has a passion for the value of …
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DEA Launches First Year of Operation Engage in Richmond, VA

… apply additional resources on our top local drug threats -- opioids and methamphetamine -- in and among Richmond, … GSAD, JTT etc Outreach/Drug Prevention Drug Trafficking Opioids Synthetic Opioids Fentanyl Methamphetamine On On …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is … driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths. “Opioids were responsible for nearly three quarters of the …
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DEA New Orleans Division Delivers Major Blow to CJNG; Arkansas Leads Division with 25 Arrests in Four-State Sweep

… fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin to fuel addiction, overdoses, and violence in communities across the …
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Doctor Found Guilty Of Illegal Distribution Of Drugs

… prosecutors demonstrated Sun profited by prescribing addictive pain medicines and other controlled substances to persons whom he believed were drug addicts.  The evidence at trial showed he operated clinics … even when he believed he was writing prescriptions for drug addicts. The jury heard recordings in which Sun told his …