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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

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

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

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

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

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

… Reyes. At sentencing today, Savaloja said that his own drug addiction had led him to break the law. The State of …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the People’s Republic of China Hold Bilateral Drug Intelligence Working Group Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado

… life‑saving priority to stem fentanyl and other synthetic opioids has been emphasized by both President Trump and …
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Cumberland County joins the Liberty Mid-Atlantic HIDTA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

… on the rise, DEA stands committed to keeping this highly addictive drug out of New Hampshire,” said DEA Special Agent …
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Laconia Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy and Firearm Charges

… on the rise, DEA stands committed to keeping this highly addictive drug out of New Hampshire,” said DEA Special Agent …
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Connecticut Man Sentenced to 84 Months of Imprisonment for Drug Distribution from Rutland Apartment

… including his participation of an assault of a female drug addict by Mariani to coerce her into dealing drugs for them …
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Connecticut Man Sentenced to 70 Months’ Imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Cocaine Base from Rutland Apartment

… threats of violence, including his assault of a female drug addict to coerce her into dealing drugs for him in the …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces Spring Take Back Day

… unwanted or expired – that too often become a gateway to addiction. “We’re encouraging families to look through their …
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Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division Announces Spring Take Back Day

… unwanted, or expired—that too often become a gateway to addiction. Take Back Day offers free and anonymous disposal …
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Woman Indicted for Providing Fatal Fentanyl

… in southern Illinois. “Drug traffickers are driving addiction and increasing their profits by mixing fentanyl …
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Dealing Fatal Dose of Fentanyl and Heroin

… and fentanyl to the victim, who had been battling heroin addiction and had just been in the hospital for treatment, …
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… prescription drugs is just one way DEA is working to reduce addiction and stem overdose deaths. Find a location or learn …
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Judge sentences cartel-connected drug dealer to 25 years for trying to establish cocaine pipeline from Mexico to St. Louis

… noting the countless families who have lost a loved one to addiction and illegal drugs. At the time Burris participated …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts. DEA, along with its law …
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Mississippi Man Sentenced to More than 10 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… determination to hold those who contribute to the cycle of addiction accountable,” said Assistant Special Agent in …
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Cannabis

Marijuana

January 22, 2025
Mind-altering psychoactive drug. Dry, shredded, green/brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds and leaves from the cannabis sativa plant. THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main ingredient that produces the psychoactive effect. Addictive.
January 22, 2025
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Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for 42 Months for Distributing 25 Pounds of Meth via a Rideshare

… of the law.”  “DEA stands committed to keeping highly addictive drugs like methamphetamine off the streets of New …