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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 …
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Kalamazoo Career Offender Sentenced To 324 Months For Distribution Of Fentanyl Causing Death

… by the victim’s family. She went on to characterize opioids generally as the number one cause of overdose … is “a business that must be snuffed out.” “Every opioid overdose, especially overdose deaths, are tragic, and …
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Two Stockton Men Plead Guilty in a Fentanyl and Meth Pill Trafficking Criminal Enterprise

… fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and U-47700 (a synthetic opioid), and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug … fentanyl, furanyl fentanyl, heroin, and other synthetic opioids that Barnes mixed into them. Barnes also made pills …
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Palomar Hospital Pays $250,000 for Diverting Fentanyl

… regarding medical personnel writing suspicious opioid prescriptions and pharmacies dispensing large amounts of opioids, call (571) 324-6499 or visit the DEA’s website ( …
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DEA Releases 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment

… Control and Prevention (CDC). Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are responsible for approximately 70% of lives lost, … The advent of fentanyl mixtures to include other synthetic opioids, such as nitazenes, or the veterinary sedative …
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Norfolk Man Responsible for Fatal Overdose Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl, Heroin, and Firearm Charges

… (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs Drug Trafficking Fentanyl Opioids Synthetic Opioids Heroin On On …
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Manager in Major Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

… (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs Drug Trafficking Fentanyl Opioids Synthetic Opioids Heroin On On …
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High-level Baltimore fentanyl distributor convicted in federal court

… of the Baltimore Police Department. “More people die of opioid overdoses than murder in Maryland, while drug dealers … federal partners, we are determined to reduce the number of opioid overdose deaths in Maryland.” According to the …
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Savannah residents plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin

… grams of heroin, with much of it laced with the synthetic opioid fentanyl.  DEA Special Agent in Charge Murphy said, … and fentanyl distribution as a consequence of the nation’s opioid crisis,” said Bobby L. Christine, U.S. Attorney for …
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Fentanyl Dealer Responsible for Two Drug Overdoses Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… center. According to the DEA , fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 … percent of those deaths involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Some of these deaths were attributed …
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Doctor and Office Manager Indicted in Scheme to Defraud Medicare, Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl

… quantities of fentanyl, prescribing unnecessary oral opioid medications in conjunction with pain-pump medication, … investigation clearly demonstrates that the threat of the opioid crisis extends far beyond street level dealing. The …
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Seventeen individuals charged with drug trafficking crimes as part of joint law enforcement investigation

… drug that contains buprenorphine. It often is used to treat opioid dependency. However, because of its opioid effects, it can be misused. When this drug is not …
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Two suburban Chicago residents charged with illegally selling narcotics over the internet; law enforcement seizes websites

… drugs for sale on its website (1717chem.com), including the opioids ocfentanil, oxycodone and hydrocodone, the complaint … of Mass Destruction Special Response Team North. “Synthetic opioids killed 20,000 Americans in 2016--more than any other …
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Hollywood Hills man arrested on federal charges of selling fentanyl-laced pills to Rapper Mac Miller two days before his overdose death

… pills that contained fentanyl – a powerful synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin.   Two days … contain fentanyl.   “While the death of any victim of the opioid epidemic is tragic, today’s arrest is another success …
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Mexican citizen sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison

… five kilograms of fentanyl.  “The country is battling an opioid epidemic that is taking lives by the minute. Fentanyl … overdoses, is responsible for the sharp increase in opioid deaths across the U.S.  In just three years, the …
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Large-scale poly drug trafficking organization dismantled in Colorado

… 1.64 lbs. of ephedrine, 288 Schedule II synthetic opioid pills, 18.7 grams of cocaine, 6.7 grams of heroin, 10 … doubt.   # # # Oxycodone Methamphetamine Heroin Synthetic Opioids Benzodiazepines Cocaine On …
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Omaha DEA announces successful month in drug enforcement

… faces a mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison. “The opioid epidemic is sweeping the country, and these charges … within our authority to keep our communities safe.” The Opioid Epidemic that has been sweeping the country has …
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DEA Omaha Division marks six month anniversary

… pounds of cocaine, 64 pounds of heroin and more than 6,000 opioid and pharmaceutical pills.  “I’m proud of what our … Affairs Specialist Emily Murray at 402-964-7950. Synthetic Opioids On …
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Birmingham Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl That Caused 20-Year-Old’s Death

… federal court to distributing fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid painkiller, that caused the death of a 20-year-old … a 20-year sentence for the crime of distributing an opioid drug that resulted in a death. The possible statutory …
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Two Kentucky Men Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Fentanyl Resulting In Death

… on September 3, 2015. Fentanyl is an extremely dangerous opioid, with a level of potency 30-50 times greater than … cocaine in Woodford County. Fentanyl is the most potent opioid used in medical treatment and is occasionally …
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22 People Charged Federally On Heroin Trafficking And Related Charges

… to justice the individuals that are contributing to Ohio’s opioid epidemic, and its related violence and societal … David A. Sierleja. “Ohio has been devastated by heroin and opioids over the past few years. This is an example of law …
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DEA-NJ And NYPD Recover 270 Pounds Of Fentanyl, Heroin And Cocaine With A Street Value Of Over $30 Million

… were composed of fentanyl mixed with heroin, the synthetic opioid tramadol and the tranquilizer ketamine. Given that a … - 46% more than in 2015. A dangerously strong synthetic opioid, fentanyl is approximately 50 times stronger than …
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Twenty-Five Individuals Charged In Southeastern Massachusetts Heroin Ring

… on Friday in Waltham on how the misuse of prescription opioids is driving demand for narcotics such as heroin and … and fentanyl.  Fentanyl is an extremely potent synthetic opioid, which, by weight, is 30-40 times deadlier than …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced In Brooklyn Federal Court To 10 A½ Years’ Imprisonment For Distributing Fentanyl

… to identify dealers and traffickers responsible for fueling opioid abuse and the rising number of fentanyl-related … described as 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine.  Opioids have been a particular problem in West Virginia, …