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Franklin And Cumberland County Drug Trafficking Conspirators Charged Federally In Connection With Local Man's Death

March 26, 2014
… bringing heroin and other drugs, including highly addictive prescription pain medications, into our …
March 26, 2014
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Repeat Pharmacy Robber Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

January 21, 2011
… Marsha J. Pechman told him, “You’ve got to work on the drug addiction and the mental health issues... When you get out …
January 21, 2011
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 22, 2015
… environmental hazards. “Our goal is to reduce the risk of addiction and the 46,000 overdose deaths a year that come …
September 22, 2015
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DEA Reaches $8 Million Settlement Agreement With CVS For Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances

February 12, 2016
… abuse has directly resulted in the escalation of heroin addiction and related overdoses. Today’s settlement sends a …
February 12, 2016
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 28, 2012
… Day events as long as they are needed to prevent diversion, addiction, and overdose deaths.” Medicines that languish in …
September 28, 2012
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 28, 2012
… Day events as long as they are needed to prevent diversion, addiction, and overdose deaths.” Medicines that languish in …
September 28, 2012
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 28, 2012
… Day events as long as they are needed to prevent diversion, addiction, and overdose deaths.” Medicines that languish in …
September 28, 2012
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 28, 2012
… Day events as long as they are needed to prevent diversion, addiction, and overdose deaths.” Medicines that languish in …
September 28, 2012
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Designer Drug Importer Arraigned Today In Bakersfield

December 17, 2013
… cleaner, or plant food, and have caused significant abuse, addiction, overdoses, and emergency room visits. Those who …
December 17, 2013
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Four Men Indicted For Trafficking Oxycodone And Money Laundering, 37 Guns Seized

June 11, 2015
… pursue and prosecute those who seek to make a profit on the addiction and death that result from illicit oxycodone …
June 11, 2015
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Kern County Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Cocaine Smuggling

July 27, 2015
… its law enforcement partners to prevent these dangerous and addictive drugs from reaching our streets and ensure the …
July 27, 2015
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Anthony Vita Pleads Guilty To Distributing Fatal Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To Pregnant Woman

March 28, 2017
… who was five months pregnant and struggling to overcome her addiction.  We will continue to work tirelessly with our law …
March 28, 2017
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Orangevale Man Sentenced For Hydrocodone Distribution

October 02, 2012
… Reyes. At sentencing today, Savaloja said that his own drug addiction had led him to break the law. The State of …
October 02, 2012
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DEA, SAMHSA Extend COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications for Six Months While Considering Comments from the Public

May 09, 2023
… that promote access to effective and safe treatment for opioid use disorder, including through telemedicine …
May 09, 2023
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DEA Hosts the 27th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday to Remove Unneeded Medications from Homes

October 25, 2024
… Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and …
October 25, 2024
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 18, 2019
… Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where …
October 18, 2019
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DEA acts against dangerous, deadly designer synthetic drug linked to 151 overdose deaths since 2015

August 31, 2018
…   Congressional Affairs Synthetic Opioids On …
August 31, 2018
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Norridgewock Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Oxycodone

February 22, 2017
… part of the Department of Justice’s Strategy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic.  On …
February 22, 2017
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Guilty Plea To Trafficking Large Quantities Of Heroin In Maine

April 24, 2017
… part of the Department of Justice’s Strategy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic. On …
April 24, 2017
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More Than 13 Tons Prescription Drugs Turned In By Northern California And Central Valley Residents

May 06, 2016
… and the misuse and abuse of these medicines, including the opioid painkillers that accounted for 20,808 drug …
May 06, 2016
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Cumberland County joins the Liberty Mid-Atlantic HIDTA

July 14, 2022
… seek to harm our community by trafficking drugs, fueling addiction and causing overdoses. We look forward to working …
July 14, 2022
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Federal Charges Filed Following Record-Breaking Methamphetamine Seizure

July 08, 2022
… represents another win against drug cartels that fuel addiction in the United States,” said DEA Special Agent in …
July 08, 2022
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Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Pills that Caused Death of Thirty-Five-Year-Old

June 01, 2022
… as the cartels and drug dealers, such as Saul Caro, drive addiction,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Shelly S. …
June 01, 2022
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San Diego Resident Sentenced to Nearly 14 Years for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in Eighteen-Year-Old’s Death

November 22, 2021
… anyone who seeks to profit, or even to further their own addiction, by peddling this poison. If someone dies from …
November 22, 2021
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Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr. Admits to Leading Vast Drug-Smuggling, Money Laundering Empire

November 10, 2021
… high-level individuals and organizations who contribute to addiction and death in the United States for their monetary …
November 10, 2021
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Federal Charges Filed Following Record-Breaking Drug Seizure

August 06, 2021
… from entering our country, furthering our fight against addiction and overdose deaths.” “Over the last several …
August 06, 2021
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Doctor Sentenced to 38 months for Unlawful Drug Distribution and Identity Theft

May 14, 2021
… in the Capital Region. He specialized in psychiatry and addiction treatment. In pleading guilty, McMahon admitted …
May 14, 2021
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 30, 2020
… to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts. DEA, along with its law …
October 30, 2020
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California Man Sentenced To Ten Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine In California And New Hampshire

May 31, 2023
… and arrested Perez. “DEA stands committed to keeping highly addictive drugs like methamphetamine off the streets of New …
May 31, 2023
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Lebanon Woman Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison in Connection with Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

February 27, 2023
… on the rise, DEA stands committed to keeping this highly addictive drug out of New Hampshire,” said DEA Special Agent …
February 27, 2023