PRESS RELEASE

Former Doctor Sentenced For Illegally Prescribing Pain Medication

… the consequences that face those rogue doctors who fuel the opioid epidemic we currently face by their illegal diversion … into virtual zombies, and contributed to the massive opioid crisis our entire community continues to experience …
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National Drug Take Back Day Residents In Pacific Northwest Turn In More Than 16 Tons

… Safe disposal of unused medications addresses opioid epidemic sea102816_fig1.jpeg SEATTLE - Six years … region in the battle against deterring prescription opioid abuse,” said DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Keith Weis. …
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Rochester Doctor Sentenced For Illegal Drug Trafficking

… And while all of us must continue to attack the perplexing opioid/heroin problem with demand-side programs, this case … of DEA’s top priorities is to identify those who facilitate opioid abuse throughout our towns, counties, states and …
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Operator Of Urgent Care Clinics On Long Island Sentenced

… to drug abusers, sustaining the destructive abuse of opioid analgesics in our communities,” stated United States … Prevention has called an epidemic increase in the abuse of opioid analgesics. To date, the Initiative has brought over …
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Worcester Psychiatrist Sentenced For Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… 571-362-9171 Defendant prescribed combinations of highly addictive benzodiazepines and stimulants BOSTON – A … with a stimulant like Adderall.  Och prescribed such highly-addictive medications without doing proper psychiatric …
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14 Arrested After Federal, State And Local Investigation Into Waterbury Drug Trafficking

… residents continue to lose their battle with drug addiction, and too many families and communities are impacted by the resulting trauma that addiction causes, we in the U.S. Attorney’s Office and our …
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Members of “Mike’s Candyshop” drug delivery service charged with distributing heroin and cocaine

… on-demand delivery service for the distribution of highly addictive and dangerous drugs.  Allegedly, even after they … and arrest drug suppliers whose business leads to drug addiction, overdoses, and death,” said  “This case gives new …
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Twenty-Five Charged In Connection With Multi-State Fentanyl And Cocaine Conspiracy

… in plain sight. We allege that these defendants exploited addiction for personal profit and with full knowledge of … of the lives and safety of people suffering from drug addiction,” said United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy. …
PRESS RELEASE

One Of The Largest Methamphetamine Distributors In New England Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison

… in New England, whose massive drug operation fueled addiction and devastation across our communities. He is now … communities safer.” “DEA stands committed to keeping highly addictive drugs like methamphetamine off the streets of …
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Final Defendant in Nationwide Meth Trafficking Ring Pleads Guilty

… organization that brought over 160 pounds of highly addictive meth to New England,” said Jodi Cohen, Special … on the rise, DEA stands committed to keeping this highly addictive drug out of Massachusetts,” said Stephen Belleau, …
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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 …
PRESS RELEASE

Two Former Western Colorado Doctors Indicted For Illegally Prescribing Controlled Substances

… that would cause patients to abuse, misuse, and become addicted to the controlled substances. They also allegedly … substances to patients knowing that their patients were addicted to the controlled substances, misusing the …
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Twenty-Four Indicted In Oxycodone Trafficking And Health Care Fraud Scheme

… injected to get an immediate high. This abuse can lead to addiction, overdose, and sometimes death. The nine-count … Miami. “Schemes to steal from taxpayers to pay for highly addictive, highly profitable street drugs , as the …
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Federal Investigation Takes Down New Breed Of Pill Mills In Florida

… narcotics to doctor shoppers. Many of their “patients” were addicts and abused the prescriptions while others sold the … Management, being “high on drugs” and being “a prescription addict like our patients.” The calls revealed they had no …
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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 …
PRESS RELEASE

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 …
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
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The Illegal Drug Threat in Wisconsin

March 25, 2025
… Mexican DTOs dominate the wholesale supply of illicit opioids (both fentanyl and heroin), cocaine, …
March 25, 2025
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Family Summit
June 20, 2024
June 20, 2024

New Jersey Field Division to Host Family Summit

5:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
New Brunswick, NJ
The DEA New Jersey Field Division will host its Family Summit on Thursday, June 20th, 2024, at Rutgers University - Center for Prevention Science, Cook Student Center, from 9am - 3pm. This free event is open to families who have been impacted by the opioid crisis and those who may...
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Depressants

GHB - Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid

August 21, 2025
Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is another name for the generic drug sodium oxybate. Xyrem® (which is sodium oxybate) is the trade name of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription medication. Xyrem® is approved as a treatment to improve daytime sleepiness and muscle weakness with narcolepsy (a disorder marked by sudden...
August 21, 2025
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Drugs of Abuse 2024

December 12, 2024
… for higher education www.OperationPrevention.com, for opioid curricula Drugs of Abuse 2024 Drugs of Concern Off …
December 12, 2024
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Drug Slang Code Words

May 01, 2017
… Designer Drugs Drugs of Concern Hallucinogen Narcotics (Opioids) Steroids On …
May 01, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Jury Convicts Cocoa Man of Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

… agreed to sell heroin that turned out to be the more potent opioid, fentanyl. A confidential informant working for the …
LANDING PAGE

International Overdose Awareness Day

August 29, 2025
… Unresponsiveness, Unconsciousness. Death. Depressants and Opioids A depressant is a drug that slows the vital … Barbiturates Drug Factsheet Benzodiazepines Drug Factsheet Opioids, slow the central nervous system to produce a …
August 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Revokes Registration for Seattle Nurse Who Wrote Prescriptions for Controlled Substances After His State License Was Suspended

… prescriptions for oxycodone/acetaminophen (Schedule II opioid) and buprenorphine (Schedule III opioid). Hansen worked alone at Emerald City Practice, which …
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DEA Recognizes 2025 National Fentanyl Awareness Day with Debut of Faces of Fentanyl Online Exhibit

… nearly 70% of those deaths were attributed to synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. Recent provisional data  from … of fentanyl in our communities: Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is approximately 50 times more potent than …
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New Orleans-area defendants plead guilty to fraudulent possession and black market distribution of oxycodone

… involved in this scheme heartlessly contributed to the opioid epidemic plaguing our society today,” said DEA … pursue those who seek to perpetuate and profit from the opioid crisis in this country and bring them to justice.”  …
PRESS RELEASE

High Desert Doctor Arrested on Federal Narcotics Charges

… for often-abused controlled substances – including opioid-based medications – during telemedicine sessions with … Seven of the counts allege the illegal distribution of opioids, such as oxycodone, and those charges carry a …
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Leader of Lawrence Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison

… and Massachusetts in particular have been plagued by an opioid epidemic that has taken an alarming number of lives … families and communities. In 2021, 80,816 people died from opioid-related overdoses in the United States — the …