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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

… 454-4407 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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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… its fight against the deadly threat of synthetic opioids with the launch of its  Fentanyl Free America   … of fentanyl in our communities: Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is approximately 50 times more potent than …
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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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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 Illinois

December 05, 2024
… Mexican DTOs dominate the wholesale supply of illicit opioids (fentanyl and heroin), cocaine, methamphetamine, and …
December 05, 2024
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Community Event
July 09, 2021
July 09, 2021

The 11th Annual “Breaking the Silence on Youth Violence” Anti-Violence Youth Summit

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
The 11th Annual “Breaking the Silence on Youth Violence” Anti-Violence Youth Summit will be held on Friday, July 9, 2021 from 10 am- 3 pm. The virtual doors will open at 9:00 a.m. This event will be filled with dynamic speakers, entertainment, and invaluable information and resources for our youth...
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The Drug Situation in Delaware

May 01, 2016
… threats to Delaware are heroin and diverted prescription opioids, as measured through information regarding drug …
May 01, 2016
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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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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

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (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...
PRESS RELEASE

Eleven Muskogee defendants indicted in federal drug conspiracy

… off providing drugs to our loved ones by feeding their drug addiction. They are the root of the addiction problems that have plagued our county for far too …
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Pierce County Woman Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs

… substances. You had to know those were going to … lead to addiction and wreak havoc for those individuals and their … County drug court program. Thus, despite her clear drug addiction and need for treatment, it is difficult to trust …
PRESS RELEASE

11 Sentenced in Nationwide Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… of the organization was on profit without a care for the addicted victims of Williams’ illegal business. Multiple law … continue to prosecute those who seek to profit off of the addiction of their fellow community members.” “Dajuan …
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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
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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.”  …
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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 …
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Boston Man Pleads Guilt to Drug Trafficking Following Two-Kilogram Cocaine Deal

… with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. “Opioids continue to take far too many lives and cause … in our Commonwealth. You will be found and prosecuted.” “Opioid abuse is at epidemic levels in New England,” said …
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Manchester Man Sentenced To More Than Seven Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

… selling deadly narcotics to a region hit hard by the opioid epidemic. Today’s sentence holds him accountable for … people’s lives.  DEA’s top priority is combatting the opioid epidemic by working with our local, county, state and …
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Dark web fentanyl trafficker sentenced to 13 years in federal prison

… Melissa Scanlan who recklessly flood our communities with opioids may think they can evade detection in the shadowy … prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.” “Illicit opioid distribution, whether online or through conventional …
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Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 70 Months for Unlawful Drug Distribution

… hundreds of unlawful prescriptions, including for the opioids hydrocodone and oxycodone, benzodiazepines … in the civil matter. Diversion Division Drug Trafficking Opioids Off On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
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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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Former Auburn Physician Pays $135,000 and Forfeits DEA Registration, for Overprescribing Controlled Substances

… States $135,000 in civil penalties for overprescribing opioids and other controlled substances in dangerous … instead of his own medical judgment; he prescribed opioids, benzodiazepines, and carisoprodol in a dangerous …
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Supervising pharmacist sentenced to prison for diverting millions of dollars in oxycodone pills from a Queens pharmacy

… the filling forged prescriptions and the outright sale of opioid pills. In so doing, he knowingly fueled the deadly opioid epidemic.”   An indictment charged Laperla and …