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Chinese National Arrested, Charged: Distributed Opioids, Including Fentanyl Shipped From China To Ohio

… Chinese National Arrested, Charged: Distributed Opioids, Including Fentanyl Shipped From China To Ohio July …
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Founder And Owner Of Pharmaceutical Company Insys Arrested And Charged With Racketeering

… products include controlled medications that can lead to addiction and overdose have a special obligation to operate … Act are followed.”   “In the midst of a nationwide opioid epidemic that has reached crisis proportions, Mr. … Boston Field Division. “The allegations of selling a highly addictive opioid cancer pain drug to patients who did not …
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Operation Avalanche

… of millions of dollars, to illegally sell prescriptions for opioid painkillers and to commit money laundering. Two … providing  patients with prescriptions for oxycodone, an addictive opioid painkiller, for no legitimate medical …
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Five Members Of Michigan Heroin Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Federal Prison

… overdoses as a “public health epidemic.” In fact, addiction to (heroin and prescription opiate painkillers) is growing, and annual opioid-related deaths now exceed the number of annual … of problems that occur in a newborn that was exposed to addictive illegal or prescription drugs while in the …
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West Barnstable Woman Sentenced for Stealing Opioids from Veterinary Office

… West Barnstable Woman Sentenced for Stealing Opioids from Veterinary Office June 15, 2022 New England … Diversion Division Pharmaceuticals/Pharmacists/Physicians Opioids On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
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Two more opioid dealers sentenced for their role in large drug conspiracy

… Two more opioid dealers sentenced for their role in large drug … stated that both defendants were part of a large-scale opioid manufacturing and trafficking organization that … the pills.   To date, 16 members and associates of the opioid manufacturing and trafficking operation have been …
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Second leader of major opioid trafficking organization sentenced in Rochester

… Second leader of major opioid trafficking organization sentenced in Rochester March … with co-conspirator Robert Ian Thatcher, ran a large-scale opioid manufacturing and trafficking organization in the … the blue pills.   To date, 16 members and associates of the opioid manufacturing and trafficking operation have been …
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Department Of Justice Announces Significant Tool In Prosecuting Opioid Traffickers In Emergency Scheduling Of All Fentanyls

… Of Justice Announces Significant Tool In Prosecuting Opioid Traffickers In Emergency Scheduling Of All Fentanyls … alarming increase in overdose deaths linked to synthetic opioids by scheduling all fentanyl-related substances on an …
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New Jersey Residents Turn In More Than 14,000 Pounds Of Unused And Unwanted Prescription Drugs

… tons of medications.  “More people start down the path of addiction through the misuse of opioid prescription drugs than any other substance,” said … out of five new heroin users start by abusing prescription opioids so the removal of those unused pills from the home …
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Face Addiction Now

Face Addiction Now works to prevent drug use before it starts, reduce overdose fatalities, and connect individuals with treatment options that lead to long-term recovery. Through a range of no-cost programs, education, and services, FAN offers consistent guidance from early intervention through...

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Partnership to End Addiction

We’re on a mission to transform how our nation addresses addiction by empowering families, advancing effective care, shaping public policy and changing culture. We are the nation’s leading organization dedicated to addiction prevention, treatment and recovery. We are a diverse community of...

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ARPO Strike Force charges involve more than 350,000 prescriptions for controlled substances and more than 32 million pills

… in the illegal prescribing and distributing of opioids and other dangerous narcotics and for health care …
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California man sentenced to 87 months for conspiring to distribute opioids

… man sentenced to 87 months for conspiring to distribute opioids June 19, 2018 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) … term of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute opioid pills.  The announcement was made by United States …
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Doctor Arrested On Charges He Conspired To Illegally Distribute Thousands Of Highly Addictive Oxycodone Pills By Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions For People He Never Treated Or Examined

… He Conspired To Illegally Distribute Thousands Of Highly Addictive Oxycodone Pills By Writing Fraudulent … from the deadly epidemic of prescription opiate and heroin addiction in New Jersey,” said Acting Attorney General …
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El Cajon “Pill Mill” Doctor Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Causing the Illegal Distribution of Opioids

… 18 Months in Prison for Causing the Illegal Distribution of Opioids October 26, 2020 San Diego Contact Info Contact Us …
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Federal Charges and Civil Action Announced in Efforts to Combat Opioid Epidemic

… Charges and Civil Action Announced in Efforts to Combat Opioid Epidemic October 01, 2019 Atlanta Contact Info … efforts by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to combat the opioid epidemic. The actions in Georgia and Florida were …
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SoCal Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Addictive Painkiller And Laundering His Drug Trafficking Proceeds

… SoCal Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Addictive Painkiller And Laundering His Drug Trafficking …
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Rome-Area Drug Traffickers Sentenced for Distributing Deadly Opioids that Killed Victims

… Rome-Area Drug Traffickers Sentenced for Distributing Deadly Opioids that Killed Victims October 20, 2021 Atlanta Contact …
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DEA to Hold 21st Take Back Event on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021

… of unneeded medications that too often become a gateway to addiction. PHILADELPHIA  – The Drug Enforcement … number of drug-related deaths ever recorded in a year. Opioid-related deaths accounted for 75 percent of all …
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DEA And Discovery Education Name Operation Prevention Video Challenge PSA Winners

… about how not to let your life get “swallowed up by an opioid addiction.” The DEA, DEA Educational Foundation, and … most - family and friends - instead of being pulled away by opioids. The PSA warns that opioids “dictate your actions,” …
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Facts about Fentanyl

April 02, 2025
… Fentanyl Forms of Fentanyl Citrate  Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe … into pills made to look like legitimate prescription opioids.  Because there is no official oversight or quality …
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Pharmacist Convicted for Conspiring to Unlawfully Dispense Over 100,000 Opioid Pills

… for Conspiring to Unlawfully Dispense Over 100,000 Opioid Pills September 14, 2023 Houston Contact Info Contact … filled large volumes of cookie-cutter prescriptions for the opioids hydrocodone 10-325mg and oxycodone 30mg and for …
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Mesa Nurse Practitioner Indicted Over Alleged Illegal Opioid Prescribing Practices

… Mesa Nurse Practitioner Indicted Over Alleged Illegal Opioid Prescribing Practices February 10, 2022 Phoenix … on 14 criminal charges related to her alleged illegal opioid prescribing practices at a clinic she operates in …
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Nurse-Practitioner Indicted On Federal Charges, Accused Of Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… plans, and simply sells patients prescriptions for opioids, like oxycodone, in exchange for cash, then such … streets, it creates and feeds a new generation of users and addicts. These addicts will continue to abuse the illegal …
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Alarming spike in fentanyl-related overdose deaths leads officials to issue public warning

… they get access to harm reduction and care services for addiction,” Dr. Bergmann said. “With physical-distancing … Diego County Medical Examiner sees. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, and up … a medication that temporarily blocks the toxic effects of opioids, or “reverses” an opioid overdose. More doses of …
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Standard Operating Procedure for the Analysis of Suspected Natural and Synthetic Opioids

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Chicago Medical Clinic Owner Gets Six Years Prison for Selling Opioids to Patients Illegally

… Medical Clinic Owner Gets Six Years Prison for Selling Opioids to Patients Illegally May 30, 2019 Chicago Contact …
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Northeast Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Dismantled

… James J. Hunt said: “This organization monopolized on opioid addiction by pushing tens of thousands of oxycodone pills …
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Orange County Doctor And Two Employees Indicted On Federal Drug Charges For Writing Prescriptions Without Medical Need

… that allege they issued prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics without a medical purpose.  The … Beach, is accused of seeing “patients” - some of whom were addicted to drugs, and some of whom were undercover law … (best known under the brand name OxyContin), (a synthetic opioid often used as a treatment for addiction to opioids …