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DEA Meets With Pharmaceutical Industry Leaders Today To Discuss Collaboratively Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse And Abuse

… with important prescription medications and reducing the addictions, overdoses, and crimes that too often result from …
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U.S. and Bulgaria Join Forces to Stop Deadly Fentanyl Flow

September 18, 2025
… – and ultimately dismantle – fentanyl and other synthetic opioid threats.  For two days, DEA Senior Forensic Chemist …
September 18, 2025
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Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF)

March 28, 2025
… operations.  OCDETF has focused resources to combat the opioid and methamphetamine crisis through the National …
March 28, 2025
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Clinch County Ex-Spouses Guilty for Trafficking Methamphetamine

… the federal system. “Trafficking methamphetamine and other addictive illegal drugs in the Middle District of Georgia … for their crimes.” “Methamphetamine trafficking fuels addiction, violence and instability in our communities,” …
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37 Alleged Members And Associates Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate ArrestedDefendants Charged With Trafficking Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Prescription Drugs, And Laundering Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Narcotics Proceeds

… in obtaining large shipments of oxycodone; a highly addictive prescription medicine used to treat severe pain, … criminal syndicate injected illegal drugs, including highly addictive oxycodone painkillers, into thousands of lives and …
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Spice In The City: New York DEA Leads Huge Attack Against Synthetic Drug Traffickers

… food. These dangerous drugs have caused significant abuse, addiction, overdoses, and emergency room visits. Those who … burdening our hospitals and emergency rooms; fueling addiction; exacerbating mental health problems; and …
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Gang Member Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics in Southwestern Connecticut

… with fentanyl, heroin, crack and powder cocaine, and opioid pills.  Some of the drugs seized during the … nitazines, and xylazine.  Nitazines are synthetic opioids stronger than fentanyl, and xylazine is a large …
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Federal and Local Law Enforcement Announce New Public Education Campaign to Highlight Danger of Fentanyl – “Death in Disguise”

… this county and beyond shares a responsibility to fight the opioid crisis – a responsibility in awareness, in … and distributors accountable.” “Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is fueling poisonings and drug-caused deaths at …
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Hanover Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Other Drugs Shipped Through the Mail from California to Maryland

… Synthetic drugs Drug Trafficking Fentanyl Cocaine Opioids Synthetic Opioids Marijuana (Cannabis) On On …
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Washington Man Sentenced for Involvement in Shooting Death of Coeur d’Alene Teen

… in Washington and North Idaho. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50-100 times stronger than morphine. … pills.  The pills are made to look like prescription opioids such as oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet), hydrocodone …
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Spokane Man Sentenced for Involvement in Shooting Death of Idaho Teen

… in Washington and North Idaho. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50-100 times stronger than morphine. … pills. The pills are made to look like prescription opioids such as oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet), hydrocodone …
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DEA Task Force and Waterbury police investigation takes down heroin trafficking ring; 15 charged

… that lives are saved.”  “In recent years, the flow of opioids in Waterbury has had a devastating impact on our … to work side by side with these agencies to combat the opioid trade in Waterbury.” The 13 individuals who were …
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Multi-state international drug trafficking organization targeted in 18-month investigation

… in Charge Keith Weis. “Those profiting from pushing illicit opioids such as fentanyl and heroin into our most vulnerable … tainted with fentanyl, a powerful and potentially deadly opioid.  Following one seizure from a vehicle, Washington …
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Tri-City Metro Drug Task Force receives over $132,800 forfeiture award from U.S. Department of Justice as a result of dismantling fentanyl-laced pill drug trafficking ring in the Tri-City area

… were forfeited. Fentanyl, an extremely dangerous and deadly opioid, is largely responsible for the marked increase in … said United States Attorney William Hyslop. “Prosecuting opioid and fentanyl-related cases is a top priority for the …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… that flood our communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the … as far south as Providence, R.I.    # # # Press Conferences Opioids Fentanyl Methamphetamine On …
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DEA Serves Order to Show Cause on Truepill Pharmacy for its Involvement in the Unlawful Dispensing of Prescription Stimulants

… that seek to profit from unlawfully dispensing powerful and addictive controlled substances at the expense of the safety …
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More than 700,000 Pounds Collected at DEA Drug Take Back Day

… Collected Unneeded Medications in an Effort to Prevent Addiction and Reduce Overdose Deaths WASHINGTON – On April …
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DEA Asheville Post of Duty Engages in First-Ever Major Takedown on Indian Reservation

March 29, 2019
… areas elsewhere, have felt the sting of drug abuse and addiction. DEA, its law enforcement partners and the U.S. …
March 29, 2019
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WANTED: REWARD OF UP TO $5 MILLION

January 22, 2025
… also revealed Chuen Fat Yip selling illicit synthetic opioids, like U-47700, and fentanyl precursor chemicals, …
January 22, 2025
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

… nearly 70 percent of those deaths attributed to synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. Provisional data from the Centers … again to the dangers of this drug.” Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is approximately 50 times more potent than heroin …
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Nearly 40 Pounds of Heroin and Fentanyl Seized in the Bronx: Three Indicted

… of all drug overdoses in 2020 were attributed to synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, nationwide. Here in New York … the callousness of these alleged traffickers, as opioid overdose deaths surged during the pandemic. I thank …
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Operation Engage Spokane: Several Large-Scale Distributors of Counterfeit Pills Charged in Federal Court

… Waldref agreed that communities must unite to address the opioid crisis, emphasizing that her office will continue to … Washington.”  “The fentanyl crisis is the new face of the opioid epidemic. By working together with our law …
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Five defendants, including two medical doctors, charged as part of Northeast Regional Health Care Fraud Takedown

… and others engaging in criminal behavior by peddling opioids for profit continue to fuel our nation’s drug … The charge stem from McMahon’s theft of a synthetic opioid fentanyl while employed at Nassau University Medical …
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Upper Marlboro Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Heroin and Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… Synthetic drugs Drug Trafficking Heroin Cocaine Oxycodone Opioids Synthetic Opioids On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
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Maryland U.S. Attorney Recognizes the Contributions of Law Enforcement Partners to Reduce Violent Crime in 2023

… Press Conferences Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs Opioids Synthetic Opioids Fentanyl On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
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Indictment Charges Eight Men in an Interstate Fentanyl and Cocaine Conspiracy

… Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs Fentanyl Cocaine Opioids Synthetic Opioids On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… percent of those deaths can be attributed to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.   Drug traffickers have expanded … has now been seized in 21 states.   Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin. Just two …
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Two Dutchess County Men Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Distribution Of ‘Breaking Bad’ Heroin Causing The Deaths Of Three Individuals

… the defendants under the label ‘Breaking Bad.’ Heroin and opioid abuse hurts all of our communities.  It affects … by Sica and Rohlman was laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is significantly stronger than street heroin. On …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

… to be misused, and fewer people will be at risk for abuse, addiction, overdose, and even death.” The National …
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DEA and partners collect thousands of pounds of unwanted medications and vaping products during the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… cabinets, but also in raising awareness of their link to addiction and overdose deaths ,” said DEA Acting …