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New York Doctor Sentenced To More Than 13 Years In Prison For Unlawfully Dispensing Nearly 1 Million Oxycodone Pills

September 28, 2016
… narcotic used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions.  Every year, more than 13 million Americans abuse oxycodone, with the misuse of prescription painkillers such as oxycodone, leading to as many as 500,000 …
September 28, 2016
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Local Doctor For Unlawfully Dispensing More Than 1.2 Million Oxycodone Pills

March 17, 2016
… narcotic used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions.  Every year more than 13 million Americans abuse oxycodone, with the misuse of prescriptions painkillers such as oxycodone, leading to as many as 500,000 …
March 17, 2016
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Dante Major Received 55 Years To Life Sentence

January 18, 2013
… families are left devastated and destroyed. Prescription pain medication and heroin abuse have similar effects when … behind marijuana and it is estimated that prescription painkiller overdoses killed nearly 15,000 people in the …
January 18, 2013
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Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of More Than 10,000 Oxycodone Pills, Resulting In One Known Death

October 01, 2015
… a drug distribution conspiracy involving the prescription painkiller oxycodone.  As alleged, the doctor, Alfred … Schedule II narcotic used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions.  Oxycodone can result in addiction similar …
October 01, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Americans Flock To National Drug Take Back Day

October 28, 2016
… including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants.  On October 22, …
October 28, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

10 Tons Of Medication Collected On Take Back Day

November 02, 2016
… including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants.  On October 22, …
November 02, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Manchester Man Sentenced to 80 Months in Federal Prison for Operating Counterfeit Pill Lab

November 14, 2025
… methamphetamine pills from the defendant during controlled buys in March and April, 2024.  Investigators applied for … blue pills that the defendant sold during the controlled buys. DEA tested some of the pills and powders recovered …
November 14, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Joplin Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud

December 02, 2022
… a false statement relating to health care. Stelling was a pain management physician who owned and operated Stelling Pain Management, LLC, in Joplin. According to today’s plea …
December 02, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Thirty-Three Individuals Arrested On Prescription Fraud Charges

September 19, 2013
… shopping." Hydrocodone and oxycodone are opioid narcotic pain relievers that are medically prescribed to treat moderate to severe pain and can be habit-forming if misused. There is a strong …
September 19, 2013
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Twenty-Three Individuals Arrested On Prescription Fraud Charges

September 04, 2014
… shopping.”  Hydrocodone and oxycodone are opioid narcotic pain relievers that are medically prescribed to treat moderate to severe pain and can be habit-forming if misused. There is a strong …
September 04, 2014
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Results Are In And Thousands Of Pounds Of Unused, Unwanted And Expired Medication Was Cleaned Out Of New Yorkers Medicine Cabinets

November 03, 2016
… including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants.  On October 22, …
November 03, 2016
DRUG FACT SHEET

Barbiturates

January 21, 2025
Depressants
Depressant drug used to help sleep, relieve anxiety, muscle spasms, and prevent seizures. Prescribed names: Fiorina®, Pentothal®, Seconal®, or Nembutal®.
January 21, 2025
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Santa Barbara Methamphetamine Distributor Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison

November 12, 2021
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … Info Community Outreach: Ruth Morales (571) 387-6555 Buy-bust narcotics.jpg Seized narcotics  IMG_0455.JPG Seized …
November 12, 2021
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Operation Boyztown Results in Rare Life Sentence for Methamphetamine Distributor

May 05, 2020
… drug offenders.  Twenty-five years ago, if you wanted to buy wholesale quantities of drugs at wholesale prices, you … so infiltrated with Mexican cartel operatives, that you can buy pretty much any drug in any state in the country at …
May 05, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

National Drug Take Back Day Residents In Pacific Northwest Turn In More Than 16 Tons

October 28, 2016
… including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants.  The Pacific …
October 28, 2016
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Four Defendants Arrested on Charges They Conspired to Illegally Obtain and Distribute Oxycodone Out of a Pharmacy in Warren County

February 24, 2021
… illegally obtain and distribute the highly addictive opioid painkiller oxycodone out of Panther Valley Pharmacy in … Susan A. Gibson. “These defendants seek to profit on the pain and suffering of those addicted to prescription …
February 24, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Long Island Nurse Practitioner And Brooklyn Podiatrist Plead Guilty To Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

November 20, 2013
… of New York to illegally distributing the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone to customers, whom the defendant knew … who traffic narcotics are significantly responsible for the pain pill and heroin addiction we see in NY. These …
November 20, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Nationwide Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Dismantled

April 29, 2013
… Act. As a prescription-only product, this powerful pain reliever from the opioid family carries a high risk of … deaths in Oregon were caused by oxycodone and its cousin painkiller hydrocodone. People who become addicted to …
April 29, 2013
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Fourteen Plead Guilty In White Plains Federal Court To Participating In Massive Oxycodone And Heroin Conspiracy In And Around Rockland County

January 05, 2016
… opioids,” said DEA SAC Hunt.  “The abuse of diverted pain medication and heroin are destroying lives and enabling … in today’s 14 guilty pleas.”   “The abuse of prescription painkillers and heroin continues to plague too many of our …
January 05, 2016
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Doctor And Owner Of Bronx Clinics Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills Is Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

January 10, 2016
… which more than five million tablets of the prescription painkiller oxycodone were unlawfully distributed over a … prescription opioid used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions.  Oxycodone prescriptions, once written, …
January 10, 2016
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Judge Sentences Caruthersville Man to 6 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

April 23, 2021
… others and sold methamphetamine through several controlled buys with an undercover agent. Black would agree to meet …
April 23, 2021
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Kansas City, Kansas, defendants sentenced to 20 years in meth lab fire

September 03, 2020
… as well as business surveillance video showing a defendant buying items found in the meth lab. The Drug Enforcement …
September 03, 2020
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Two North Texas doctors, one nurse sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violation

May 09, 2019
… morphine, oxycodone, alprazolam and zolpidem, from his pain management medical offices in Sherman and Paris, Texas, … Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stevan A. Buys and Jonathan R. Hornok.   # # #   On …
May 09, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Three doctors indicted for conspiring to distribute oxycodone

February 13, 2020
… two hours, Dr. Ali or Dr. Librach went to the American Pain Institute or Institute for Pain Management, to pre-sign stacks of prescriptions, which …
February 13, 2020
GENERAL INFORMATION

Detroit News 2004

July 15, 2021
… State Fair  NOV 1, 2004 DEA MET Team Deployment Brings Relief To Southwest Michigan  OCT 28, 2004 DEA Red Ribbon …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Alamogordo Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Fraudulently Obtain Prescription Drugs

June 13, 2014
… to fraudulently obtain Hydrocodone, a prescription painkiller, by filling fraudulent prescriptions at retail …
June 13, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Collect Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 08, 2017
… drug problem.  More people die each year from prescription painkiller overdoses than from heroin, cocaine or any other …
November 08, 2017
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DEA Reports Significant Increase in Counterfeit Pills in Minnesota

August 12, 2020
… 2018, with pill numbers increasing each year. Counterfeit pain pills and sedatives are flooding the illegal drug … Xanax or other medications often prescribed for pain or anxiety. Based on a sampling of tablets seized … at 30 milligrams. Each time someone takes a counterfeit pain pill, they are playing Russian roulette with their …
August 12, 2020
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Father, Son, Sentenced for Trafficking Cocaine to St. Louis

May 15, 2024
… Dixson Jr. and/or Dixson III sent couriers to Texas to buy kilograms of cocaine from Miguel Angel Gonzalez, who … bought it from Carlos Gonzalez. Dixson Jr. was at one point buying as much as eight to 16 kilograms per week. During the …
May 15, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Physician Sentenced after Taking Bribes from Drug Manufacturer

September 13, 2022
… who were currently suffering from breakthrough cancer pain. Halley accepted bribes from Insys in exchange for … and was not being treated for breakthrough cancer-related pain – two conditions that Medicare required for payment …
September 13, 2022