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Owner Of Non-Profit “Club” Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Narcotics

… before and after the NCRC hosted sanctioned AA meetings for addicts and alcoholics.  Further investigation revealed that …
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Plummer Woman Sentenced For Conspiring To Distribute Meth

… charge on July 22, 2013. “Methamphetamine is an insidious, addictive drug that ruins lives and threatens our …
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Vallejo Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison

… Parker’s vehicle. “Crack” is the street name for a highly addictive form of cocaine base, usually prepared by …
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Two Sentenced For Heroin Offenses

… Leandro, who in turn supplied hundreds of heroin users and addicts. The conspiracy came full-circle when the bulk cash …
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National Child Abuse Prevention Month

April 06, 2021
… one parent had a drug abuse issue.  Parental/caregiver opioid and other substance misuse can have a devastating …
April 06, 2021
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DEA Releases 2017 Drugs Of Abuse Resource Guide

… trends in drug misuse and abuse, including fentanyl, other opioids, and synthetic drugs.       Because education plays …
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DEA and Discovery Education launch expansion of Operation Prevention

… school students with lessons centered on the dangers of opioid prescription drug abuse.  The DEA-funded program was …
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China Announces Scheduling Controls Of Carfentanil And Other Fentanyl Compounds

… represent a significant and deadly component of the current opioid crisis.  These actions will undoubtedly save American …
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Robert Patterson Named DEA Acting Administrator

… part of a special program established to combat the growing opioid epidemic and associated violence in the greater New …
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DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort-- A Big Success

… More than half of those are from heroin and prescription opioids,” said Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg.  …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years for Distributing Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills Resulting in a Fatal Overdose

… devastatingly harmful and lethal effects of fentanyl and opioids,” said Columbia Police Chief William H. "Skip" … of law enforcement working together to arrest and prosecute opioid traffickers and distributors who have zero regard for …
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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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Central Illinois Man Convicted of Multiple Drug Charges, Including Drug-Induced Homicide

… over the weekend of April 15, 2023, McKinney distributed an opioid to a woman who overdosed and would have died if not treated with Narcan, an opioid reversal agent, by the Danville Fire Department and …
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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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Fifty Pounds of Cocaine and Packages of Fentanyl Seized from Interstate Trafficker in Queens

… of xylazine in the fentanyl mixture. Xylazine is the non-opioid sedative known as “tranq,” which is not responsive to the most common opioid overdose reversal drugs.  DEA estimated the drugs …
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DEA Washington Division Holds Second Annual Family Summit on Fentanyl

… students, parents, and the community about the dangers of opioids and prescription drugs. On September 25 and 26, the … Can Kill Outreach/Drug Prevention Overdose Synthetic drugs Opioids Fentanyl On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
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Eight East Bay residents charged with crimes related to drug distribution scheme

… Control and Prevention, two out of three of the 46,802 opioid overdose deaths in 2018 involved synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.  In addition, the San Francisco …
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DEA Aims For Record Removal Of Unused Pills Through Its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative

… Take Back Day is an effective tool for addressing the opioid crisis in America.” This initiative addresses a vital …
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Americans Flock To National Drug Take Back Day

… Domestic Safe disposal of unused medications addresses opioid epidemic OCT 28 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Six years after …
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DEA and NJ law enforcement partners collect more than 16,000 pounds of unwanted medications and vaping products

… cabinets, but also in raising awareness of their link to addiction and overdose deaths,” said DEA Acting …
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San Diego Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Overdose Death

… an end to these tragic losses.” For those who suffer from addiction, please know there is help. Call the Crisis line …
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Third Defendant Sentenced to Almost 19 Years in Fentanyl Overdose Death of Longtime Rugby Player

… before his overdose death. For those who suffer from addiction, please know there is help. Call the Crisis line …
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San Diego Man Pleads Guilty in Fentanyl Overdose Death

… drugs in fatal overdose cases. For those who suffer from addiction, please know there is help. Call the Crisis line …
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Lakeside Gang Member Sentenced to 14½ Years in Prison in Fentanyl Overdose Death

… drugs in fatal overdose cases. For those who suffer from addiction, please know there is help. Call the Crisis line …
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Drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death

… drugs in fatal overdose cases. For those who suffer from addiction, please know there is help. Call the Crisis line …
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Local trafficker distributing methamphetamine in North San Diego County sentenced to 10 years

… we’re seeing is highly pure, highly potent, and highly addictive. As a result, San Diego County had 438 …
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Drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death

… drugs in fatal overdose cases.   For those who suffer from addiction, please know there is help. Call the crisis line …
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Westside Crips gang member pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy involving drug trafficking

… in San Diego County.  “Drugs corrupt. Corruption leads to addiction, greed and violence. Utilizing one of the United …
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Former MLB All-Star Pitcher Esteban Loaiza sentenced to three years for cocaine trafficking

… the law for profit.  He chose to make a buck off someone’s addiction.  Today, society chose to hold him accountable and …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

… or loved one, or even ourselves, who has been devastated by addiction, said DEA Special Agent in Charge Karen Flowers. …