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Dallas Man Sentenced to 14 years in Federal Prison for Supplying Fentanyl in Rowlett Overdose

… accountable dealers who distribute this poison, exploit addictions, and cause senseless deaths in the Eastern …
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Five Indicted for Drug Trafficking in “The Jungle” and Seattle’s International District

… “This organization took advantage of many people’s addictions, homelessness, and other vulnerabilities, often …
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Washington Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role as “Right Hand Man” in Deadly Drug Distribution Ring

… Judge Richard A. Jones said, “Despite the fact that you had addiction you were involved in distributing very dangerous …
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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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China Announces Scheduling Controls On Two Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals

… “Fentanyl compounds significantly contribute to the current opioid crisis in the United States. By stemming the …
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The Pacific Northwest Collects 16 Tons At The Latest DEA National Drug Take-Back Day

… proper disposal at the 168 take-back sites. “In a time when opioid abuse has increased so dramatically nationwide, our … and the misuse and abuse of these medicines, including the opioid painkillers that accounted for 20,808 drug …
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Nephews Of Venezuela First Lady Each Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into The United States

… of people in the United States, contributing to their addictions and overdoses on illegal substances.” According …
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Thirty-Two Indicted In Broward And Palm Beach Counties In Second Coordinated Pill Mill Takedown

… injected, to get an immediate high. This abuse can lead to addiction, overdose, and sometimes death. The five-count … medical practice. Consequently, individuals, including addicts and traffickers, seeking to buy large quantities of …
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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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Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises at Motel in Albuquerque

… enough challenges without predatory business owners using addiction to drive corporate profits. When this greedy …
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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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Drug Diversion Claims Against CVS Health Corp. Resolved With $450,000 Civil Settlement

… regulations, substances such as painkillers and opioids can only be prescribed for legitimate medical … written by psychiatric nurse practitioners for the opioid painkiller hydrocodone, despite the fact that these …
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Guatemalan Leader of Multi-Ton Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Almost 22 Years in Prison

… sophisticated and involved it was.” “Drug traffickers drive addiction and destroy communities,” said DEA Acting Special …
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$5 Million Reward Offered For Information Leading To Arrest And/or Conviction Of Rafael Caro-Quintero

… fight against the violence of drug crime and the misery of addiction. By gathering together in special events and …
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Indictment Charges 19 Individuals With Heroin And Cocaine Trafficking Offenses

… those that distribute heroin, fentanyl and other dangerous opioids - and prosecute those responsible.”  “All illicit … communities are a problem, but the illegal distribution of opioids has proven to be the greater issue here and across …
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Co-Worker Who Sold His Friend Fentanyl Pills Causing His Death Sentenced to 84 Months in Federal Prison

… our partners will relentlessly pursue those who profit from addictions and contribute to the harm in our communities.” …
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Key Member of Drug Distribution Ring Linked to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… G. Estudillo said about fentanyl pills, “People become addicted to these drugs . . . they end up taking a bad dose …
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Midland Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Meth Distribution and Firearm Charge

… drugs like methamphetamine and fentanyl continue to drive addiction and fatal poisonings in our country,” said Greg …
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Halifax County Man Sentenced to More than Eight Years on Federal Drug Charges

… drugs in vulnerable communities, driving up rates of addiction and overdose,” said U.S. Attorney Michael Easley.  …
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Former Doctor and Her Wife Sentenced for Fraud and Other Crimes

… Francene Aretha Gayle , 50, to 87 months in prison on four opioid prescribing charges, one count of health care fraud, …
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Three North Shore Men Indicted For Heroin And Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

… Police Department in response to the sharp increase in opioid overdose deaths, particularly overdose deaths … and its results will have a much-needed impact on the opioid overdose problem in and around Salem.” The charged …
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Fentanyl Distributer Tied to 13-Year-Old’s Overdose Death Pleads Guilty

… a mere child to snort a terrifyingly potent, highly addictive drug – and then urged her to cover for him with …
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Overdose Deaths Decline, Fentanyl Threat Looms

… 2023, with nearly 70 percent of those deaths attributed to opioids such as fentanyl.  “While we are grateful to see a …
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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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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 to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where …
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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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Defendant Charged in Connection with Narcotics Manufacturing and Distribution Center

… saved the lives of countless New Yorkers suffering from addiction.  Thanks to the work of our law enforcement …
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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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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 …