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DEA's 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Delivers Positive Numbers Throughout South And Central Texas

May 07, 2018
… of abusers and potentially save lives by removing unused painkillers and controlled drugs from homes,” said DEA … Acting Administrator Robert W. Patterson. “The more unused painkillers or controlled drugs we can help to remove from …
May 07, 2018
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DEA Aims For Record Removal Of Unused Pills Through Its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative

April 24, 2018
… of abusers and potentially save lives by removing unused painkillers and controlled drugs from homes,” said DEA … Acting Administrator Robert W. Patterson. “The more unused painkillers or controlled drugs we can help to remove from …
April 24, 2018
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Lakeside Gang Member Indicted In Fentanyl Overdose Death

April 12, 2018
… is being driven primarily by opioids - prescription painkillers, heroin, and synthetic drugs like fentanyl.  For …
April 12, 2018
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Seventh Member Of Ohio Oxycodone Money Laundering Conspiracy Pleads

September 13, 2016
… to launder the proceeds from the illegal sale of dangerous painkillers, including oxycodone, in central Ohio. Benjamin …
September 13, 2016
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Pearl River Man Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For The Illegal Distribution Of Oxymorphone Causing The Overdose Death Of Two Young Men

April 23, 2014
… pills is the fastest-growing drug problem in the country. Painkillers that Craig Oleksowicz illegally dealt led to the … oxymorphone pills for profit. Oyxmorphone is a powerful painkiller with a high potential for addiction and abuse, …
April 23, 2014
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 21, 2025
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  For more information or to find a …
October 21, 2025
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DEA St. Louis Division Announces National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 25, 2025
… morphine are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  In October 2024, DEA and its partners …
April 25, 2025
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Jury Convicts St. Louis Man of Drug Trafficking and Charges Connected to Nine Murders

February 25, 2025
… bring justice to the families impacted by those who inflict pain and suffering in our neighborhoods.”  “I would like to …
February 25, 2025
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Columbia Man Admits To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

June 27, 2014
… laundering charges for owning and operating a ‘pill mill’ pain clinic which served as a front for the mass distribution of addictive pain killers.  Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge …
June 27, 2014
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DEA Las Vegas & community stakeholders announce a new comprehensive strategy to address the opioid crisis

February 18, 2020
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … responsible prescribing practices, and use of opioid painkillers throughout the medical community; and, (3) …
February 18, 2020
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Operators Of Bogus Medical Clinics Charged In Conspiracy To Divert Massive Amounts Of Prescription Narcotics To The Black Market

August 03, 2017
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … racket that diverted deadly and addictive prescription painkillers to the black market,” said DEA Special Agent in …
August 03, 2017
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Authorities Arrest 5 Linked To LA "Pill Mill"

January 13, 2015
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … generated illegal prescriptions, distributed prescription painkillers in Texas LOS ANGELES - After a federal grand …
January 13, 2015
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Jury Finds Pill-Mill Doctor Guilty Of 51 Counts

January 23, 2014
… $2 million forfeited relating to the prosecution of a phony pain clinic in Garden City, Georgia SAVANNAH, Ga. - - Dr. … for oxycodone, a powerful and highly addictive pain killer.  Nearly two-thirds of the patients seen by … law which restricted non-medical doctors from owning pain clinics.  None of the other defendants had any …
January 23, 2014
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Another Pill-Mill Doctor Sentenced To Over A Decade In Federal Prison

August 13, 2014
… and $2 million forfeited relating to prosecution of phony pain clinic in Garden City, Georgia (SAVANNAH, Ga.) - - Dr. … for oxycodone, a powerful and highly addictive pain killer.  Nearly two-thirds of the patients seen by … previously pleaded guilty to offenses related to the phony pain clinic operation have also been sentenced by Judge …
August 13, 2014
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Nurse-Practitioner Indicted On Federal Charges, Accused Of Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

June 08, 2016
… WashingtonDiversionOutreach@dea.gov Defendant ran pain management practice in Southeast Washington (WASHINGTON … to the government’s evidence, Robinson conducted a pain management practice from 2011 until 2013 in the 2000 … that he was operating a “pill mill” rather than a medical pain management practice.  Law enforcement executed numerous …
June 08, 2016
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New Jersey/Pennsylvania doctor indicted for accepting bribes and kickbacks in exchange for prescribing powerful fentanyl drug

June 25, 2019
…   According to the indictment, Sun owned and maintained a pain management medical practice named Progressive Pain Solutions LLC, which had two locations: one in …
June 25, 2019
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Bitcoin Exchanges Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court In Connection With The Sale Of Approximately $1 Million In Bitcoins For Use On The Silk Road Website

September 05, 2014
… a black-market website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously and beyond the reach … form of payment accepted on Silk Road - to users seeking to buy illegal drugs on the site. Faiella never registered his … knowingly allowed Faiella to use the Company’s services to buy Bitcoins for his Silk Road customers; personally …
September 05, 2014
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Reno Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Involuntary Manslaughter Of Patient And Unlawful Distribution Of Large Quantities Of Prescription Drugs

November 20, 2017
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … information on opioid overdose and how someone can manage pain without prescription drugs, visit …
November 20, 2017
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Wisconsin heroin distributor sentenced to federal prison

December 19, 2018
… jury on May 14, 2018, following a six-day trial. “As we are painfully aware, many families in our community have been …
December 19, 2018
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Physician Assistant At Orange County Clinic Convicted Of Federal Drug Charges For Issuing Prescriptions Without Medical Need

September 20, 2017
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … patient files, indicating that they were abusing their pain medication and should not have been given …
September 20, 2017
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DEA Revokes Two CVS Retailers’ Ability To Sell Controlled Substances

September 12, 2012
… Florida doctors and individually owned pharmacies and pain clinics that operated outside the scope of legitimate … is 1-888-954-4662, or members of the public can send an email to Florida.Pill.Mill.Tips@usdoj.gov . In addition, the …
September 12, 2012
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Warning: Thousands of Counterfeit M30 Pills Containing Carfentanil Seized in Western Washington

September 24, 2025
… drugs or pressed into pills that look like prescription painkillers. This increases the likelihood of fatal overdose …
September 24, 2025
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Founder And Owner Of Pharmaceutical Company Insys Arrested And Charged With Racketeering

October 26, 2017
… to prescribe fentanyl spray meant for breakthrough cancer pain BOSTON - The founder and majority owner of Insys … intended for cancer patients experiencing breakthrough pain.  John N. Kapoor, 74, of Phoenix, Ariz., a current … practitioners in various states, many of whom operated pain clinics, in order to get them to prescribe a …
October 26, 2017
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Multiple Defendants Arrested For Operating Prescription Drug "Pill Mill"

June 30, 2011
… their respective roles in operating a so-called “pill mill” pain clinic which served as a front for the illegal distribution of addictive pain killers. John S. Comer, Acting Special Agent in (SAC) … Field (AFD) said, “The dispensing of addictive prescription pain medication under the guise of a doctor's care, as …
June 30, 2011
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Six Defendants Plead Guilty to Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines

June 16, 2022
… converters. By December 2019, Marshall had mostly ceased buying junk vehicles and scrapping them out for parts, and …
June 16, 2022
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‘Avengers’ actor Jeremy Renner joins forces with 750 students for purposeful Northern Nevada Opioid Youth Summit

September 27, 2024
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … on New Year’s Day 2023. “I had to take opioids to take the pain away. The most difficult thing I have ever endured was to get off that pain medication. But I did it as soon as I possibly could. …
September 27, 2024
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Atlanta drug trafficker sentenced for heroin distribution

November 15, 2019
… to fight the devastating effects that illegally-prescribed painkillers, heroin and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl …
November 15, 2019
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Two Former Nurses Indicted in Connection to the Diversion of Dangerous Narcotics by Medical Professionals

December 11, 2023
… Center, Nichols removed a quantity of fentanyl, a narcotic painkiller drug in liquid form, from a syringe intended for … Unit (“ICU”) and removed a quantity of fentanyl, a narcotic painkiller drug in liquid form, from an intravenous line bag …
December 11, 2023
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DEA Investigations Result In The Prosecution Of Multiple Defendants

March 22, 2018
… is being driven primarily by opioids - prescription painkillers, heroin, and synthetic drugs like fentanyl. For …
March 22, 2018
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Dose of Reality - Fighting the Opioid Epidemic

June 28, 2018
… to fight the devastating effects that illegally-prescribed painkillers, heroin, and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl …
June 28, 2018