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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to medication safe

April 21, 2020
… DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to medication safe April … until they can properly dispose of them. The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign addresses a vital public safety and …
April 21, 2020
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Facts about Fentanyl

April 02, 2025
… opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.  Fentanyl is a Schedule II … (e.g., morphine), produces effects such as: euphoria pain relief relaxation sedation confusion drowsiness …
April 02, 2025
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Jasper Pain Clinic Physician Sentenced To Nearly Three Years In Prison For Illegally Dispensing Narcotics

April 08, 2016
… Jasper Pain Clinic Physician Sentenced To Nearly Three Years In … to nearly three years in prison for dispensing narcotic painkillers without a legitimate medical reason, announced … nation in the number of per capita prescriptions for opioid painkillers, a troublesome distinction. While responsible …
April 08, 2016
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Seattle Man Admits Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web

June 15, 2023
… Seattle Man Admits Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web June 15, … ST. LOUIS – A man from Seattle, Wash., on Thursday admitted buying 630,000 counterfeit Xanax and other pills on the dark …
June 15, 2023
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

April 22, 2020
… DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe … until they can properly dispose of them. The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign addresses a vital public safety and … during this unprecedented pandemic. The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign is a great opportunity to remind …
April 22, 2020
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

April 21, 2020
… DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe … until they can properly dispose of them. The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign addresses a vital public safety and …
April 21, 2020
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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

October 23, 2013
… Of Millions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers Nine Individuals Allegedly Used New York And New …
October 23, 2013
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Meets A Growing Need For Northern California Residents

May 08, 2014
… more than 54 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a … and pet owners to dispose of such CS medications as painkillers, sedatives, and stimulants like ADHD drugs.  People were flushing their old meds down the toilet or throwing them in the trash.  DEA …
May 08, 2014
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DEA Releases 2015 Drug Threat Assessment: Heroin And Painkiller Abuse Continue To Concern

November 04, 2015
… DEA Releases 2015 Drug Threat Assessment: Heroin And Painkiller Abuse Continue To Concern November 04, 2015 … and more than half of those were caused by prescription painkillers and heroin. "Sadly this report confirms what … the safety and security of our communities. They profit by buying drugs from regional Mexican criminal affiliates and …
November 04, 2015
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

April 21, 2020
… DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe … until they can properly dispose of them. The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign addresses a vital public safety and … Take Back Day. More information on the Secure Your Meds campaign and Take Back Day is available at …
April 21, 2020
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Area Residents Turn In Tons Of Unused Medication During DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

November 06, 2013
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … to dispose of such controlled (CS) medications such as painkillers, sedatives, tranquilizers, and stimulants.  People were flushing their old meds down the toilet or throwing them in the trash, but in …
November 06, 2013
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Former Dona Ana County doctor sentenced to 108 months for conviction on unlawful distribution of prescription painkillers and health care fraud charges

May 09, 2019
… for conviction on unlawful distribution of prescription painkillers and health care fraud charges May 09, 2019 El … with the DEA to prescribe controlled substances, including pain medication.  Jain admitted that for several years he …
May 09, 2019
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Morphine

January 22, 2025
Narcotics (Opioids)
Morphine is a non-synthetic narcotic with a high potential for abuse and is derived from opium. It is used for the treatment of pain.
January 22, 2025
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DEA's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Meet A Growing Need For Americans

May 08, 2014
… more than 54 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a … and pet owners to dispose of such CS medications as painkillers, sedatives, and stimulants like ADHD drugs.  People were flushing their old meds down the toilet or throwing them in the trash.  DEA …
May 08, 2014
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DEA’S National Drug Take-Back Day Collected Nearly 16 Tons In The Pacific Northwest

May 08, 2014
… more than 54 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a … and pet owners to dispose of such CS medications as painkillers, sedatives, and stimulants like ADHD drugs.  People were flushing their old meds down the toilet or throwing them in the trash.  DEA …
May 08, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

April 21, 2020
… DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe … until they can properly dispose of them.  The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign addresses a vital public safety and … Take Back Day. More information on the Secure Your Meds campaign and Take Back Day are available at …
April 21, 2020
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

April 21, 2020
… DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe … until they can properly dispose of them. The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign addresses a vital public safety and … Take Back Day. More information on the Secure Your Meds campaign and Take Back Day are available at …
April 21, 2020
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Doctor To Plead Guilty To Distributing Addictive Painkillers

June 13, 2014
… Doctor To Plead Guilty To Distributing Addictive Painkillers June 13, 2014 Los Angeles Contact Info Contact … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark …
June 13, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

April 21, 2020
… DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe … until they can properly dispose of them.   The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign addresses a vital public safety and … Take Back Day. More information on the Secure Your Meds campaign and Take Back Day are available at …
April 21, 2020
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Seattle Man Sentenced for Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web

April 12, 2024
… Seattle Man Sentenced for Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web April 12, … August 30, 2021, Verbowski used cryptocurrency and cash to buy bulk quantities of counterfeit generic alprazolam, an …
April 12, 2024
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign in the wake of COVID-19, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

May 05, 2020
… DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign in the wake of COVID-19, calls on Americans to … DEA Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan. “The Secure Your Meds campaign is a way our communities can remember the … home and promote drug education.”  The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign addresses a vital public safety and …
May 05, 2020
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DEA’s Eighth Statewide Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results In Another Big Haul More Than 12,000 Pounds Of Prescription And Over-the-counter Medicine Collected

May 08, 2014
… more than 54 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a … and pet owners to dispose of such CS medications as painkillers, sedatives, and stimulants like ADHD drugs.  People were flushing their old meds down the toilet or throwing them in the trash.  DEA …
May 08, 2014
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Astoria Doctor Indicted In Illegal Sales Of 130 Painkiller Prescriptions: Three Patients Received 30,000 Pills In 6 Months

May 21, 2015
… Astoria Doctor Indicted In Illegal Sales Of 130 Painkiller Prescriptions: Three Patients Received 30,000 …
May 21, 2015
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DEA Reminds Americans to Keep Medications Secure

April 30, 2020
… DEA Announces Secure Your Meds Campaign OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha Division Drug … to prescription or illicit opioids. The Secure Your Meds campaign, as announced by DEA, is raising awareness to … Use and Health, 9.9 million people aged 12 or older misused pain relievers in the past year. Of this group, more than …
April 30, 2020
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O.C. Doctor Who Illegally Prescribed Addictive Pain Medications, Often Meeting With Patients At Starbucks, Gets 11¼-Year Sentence

October 17, 2013
… O.C. Doctor Who Illegally Prescribed Addictive Pain Medications, Often Meeting With Patients At Starbucks, … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … admitted that he illegally prescribed dangerous, addictive painkillers to “patients” he barely examined during meetings …
October 17, 2013
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RX Trafficking Ring Controlled Brooklyn Medical Practices: Nearly $3.4 Million In Pills Diverted

July 17, 2013
… 170,000 pills of oxycodone, a potent type of narcotic painkiller, and nearly 12,000 pills of (Xanax), a highly … “Every day, we read about the dramatic increase in Rx pain med abuse and its effect throughout our country.  Just …
July 17, 2013
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Thirty-Two Indicted In Broward And Palm Beach Counties In Second Coordinated Pill Mill Takedown

August 23, 2011
… in, among other things, the illegal distribution of pain killers and steroids through pill mills operating in … Control and Prevention report that Schedule II prescription painkillers, like oxycodone, today cause more drug overdose …
August 23, 2011
DRUG FACT SHEET

Synthetic Opioids

January 25, 2025
Synthetic Opioids
Synthetic opioids are substances that are synthesized in a laboratory and that act on the same targets in the brain as natural opioids (e.g., morphine and codeine) to produce analgesic (pain relief) effects. In contrast, natural opioids are naturally occurring substances extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of...
January 25, 2025
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Pawan Kumar Jain Arrested On Charges Of Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Drugs And Health Care Fraud

April 17, 2014
… indictment alleges that Jain’s over-prescribing of opioid pain medication resulted in the deaths of two patients LAS … charges alleges that Jain unlawfully dispensed prescription painkillers, primarily Oxycodone and methadone, to patients …
April 17, 2014
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Americans Turn Out In Droves For DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

November 06, 2013
… to dispose of such controlled (CS) medications such as painkillers, sedatives, tranquilizers, and stimulants like ADHD drugs. People were flushing their old meds down the toilet or throwing them in the trash, but in … responsible and secure way to dispose of their meds, DEA launched its first Take-Back event in September …
November 06, 2013