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Fake Rx in Indiana: Carfentanil and Fentanyl found in Purported Oxycodone Pills

August 01, 2017
… blue pills contained fentanyl. Fentanyl is a Schedule II opioid analgesic approximately 50 to 100 times more potent …
August 01, 2017
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2015 National Heroin Threat Assessment Summary

April 01, 2015
… reformulation of OxyContin®, a commonly abused prescription opioid. …
April 01, 2015
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2014 National Drug Threat Assessment

November 01, 2014
… The economic cost of nonmedical use of prescription opioids alone in the United States totals more than $53 …
November 01, 2014
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Arizona To Host Second Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

… DEA’s commitment to halting the disturbing rise in addiction caused by their misuse and abuse. Working together … enforcement have long been aware of the tie-in between drug addiction and violent crime. I'm very proud of the role the …
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Prescription For Disaster

October 18, 2018
… more. DEA_PrescriptionForDisaster-2018ed_508.pdf Narcotics (Opioids) On …
October 18, 2018
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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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New Jersey Residents Add To Record Number Of Unused Pills Collected During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… to come together and do his or her part to fight the opioid crisis - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription … abuse of prescription drugs that is fueling the nation’s opioid epidemic.” “The residents of New Jersey continue to …
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Orlando resident arrested for distributing drugs containing fentanyl

… case is a part of the Middle District of Florida’s anti-opioid strategy to combat opioid trafficking and abuse. It was investigated by the …
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners To Collect Unwanted Prescription Drugs On April 28

… everyone to help in combating the current prescription opioid epidemic by disposing of unused, unwanted, or expired … about 41,000 were directly related to either prescription opioids or heroin.  Studies show that a majority of abused …
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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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Worldwide Drug Trafficker Sentenced

… this country from overseas predators who profit off the addiction of others. Here, the defendant supplied addictive drugs, including oxycontin and heroin, to other …
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Two Indicted In Investigation Involving Smuggling Heroin Into Attica Correctional Facility; Two Others Facing Heroin Charges

… or prison inmate, no one is immune from the effects of this addiction.  As for the traffickers, because delivery of …  Troop A Commander, Major Michael J. Cerretto said, "Heroin addiction destroys lives. The number of overdose deaths that …
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DEA destroys more than 16,000 pounds of surrendered prescriptions

… since the program’s inception in 2010.   “The current opioid crisis continues to take too many lives, and many … our law enforcement partners are committed to ending the opioid epidemic, our communities recognize that this is a …
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Santa Barbara Doctor Known As ‘Candy Man’ Pleads Guilty To Illegally Writing Prescriptions For Huge Quantities Of Dangerous Narcotics

… for powerful painkillers for “patients” who were drug addicts. Julio Gabriel Diaz, 65, who operated the Family … hands of drug abusers is a dangerous practice that fuels addiction and causes overdoses. Far too many of the illegal …
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Las Vegas Physician Charged With Unlawfully Prescribing Large Quantities Of Oxycodone

… prescribed large quantities of Oxycodone and other highly addictive prescription drugs, announced Daniel G. Bogden, … prescribed large quantities of oxycodone and other highly addictive prescription drugs without medical necessity and …
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Norteno gang leader and drug trafficker sentenced to 20 years in federal prison

… engage in the serious drug trafficking – feeding countless addictions as well as facilitating the creation of new addicts. The Court noted Stine knew he should not engage in …
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DEA agents serve warrants at pain management clinic and arrest naturopathic medical doctor

… the communities they are supposed to protect, feed the opioid epidemic currently devastating the country and … dosage units, of which 1.4 million (85 percent) were opioids. The business name was later changed to Ava Pain …
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DEA and law enforcement members from the state of Alabama briefed in Mexico

… lengths Mexican drug cartels will go to fuel the disease of addiction. We are resolved to do everything in our power to … the cartels. It is not just the dealers. That enemy is also addiction and abuse. The entire delegation owes its thanks …
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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 … substances in the Chicago Field Division. Press Conferences Opioids Fentanyl Heroin On …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers Nine Individuals Allegedly Used New York And New Jersey

… through which they ordered bulk quantities of highly addictive painkillers such as oxycodone, hydromorphone, and … filled prescriptions for hundreds of thousands of highly addictive painkillers, knowing that the prescriptions were …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers

… through which they ordered bulk quantities of highly addictive painkillers such as oxycodone, hydromorphone, and … filled prescriptions for hundreds of thousands of highly addictive painkillers, knowing that the prescriptions were …
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Physician Practicing In Grass Valley, Yuba City Sentenced To More Than Four Years In Prison For Illegal Prescription Practice

… is committed to doing its part to combat the nation’s opioid crisis by devoting resources to cases like this and … type of reckless behavior provides fuel to the fire of the opioid epidemic plaguing our nation,” stated DEA Special …
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Pennsylvania Couple Charged With Distributing Fake Oxycodone Pills Containing Heroin

… into the illegal manufacturing and distribution of opioids and other narcotics in New Jersey, an undercover law … to contain a mixture of Tramadol, a Schedule IV synthetic opioid, and heroin. On Feb. 7, 2018, the undercover agent …
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Indianapolis Doctor Charged In Illegal Painkiller Distribution

… such as this defendant who are accused of overprescribing addictive painkillers to patients.  Having taken action to … , a multiagency effort to curb prescription drug addiction. Nineteen charges announced today relate to eleven …
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Federal Jury Convicts Tempe Designer Drug Manufacturer/Distributor Of Federal Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act Violations

… the fact that controlled substance analogues are highly addictive stimulants and no different than cocaine or … chemicals from individuals in China and Minnesota, was addicted to his own products, and made nearly $8000 a day …
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… New York to conspiring to illegally distribute the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone to patients, who the defendant knew were addicts and without performing any meaningful medical …
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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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15-Year Prison Sentence for Deadly Drug Deal that Killed Two People

… drugs Task Forces/Task Force Officers Fentanyl Synthetic Opioids Ketamine Xylazine On On Press Release Image Layout …
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Death by Fentanyl Overdose Leads to Indictment of Two Men on Federal Drug Charges

… death in this case strikes at the core of this country’s opioid epidemic,” said the Special Agent in Charge of the … engage and eliminate drug traffickers who fuel the opioid crisis.” “Since the start of the pandemic, overdoses …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is … driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths. “Opioids were responsible for nearly three quarters of the …