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DEA investigators seeking answers in small Tennessee town

August 28, 2018
… were from synthetic opioids, which include prescription painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and fentanyl analogues. Pill …
August 28, 2018
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DEA Suspends The Registration Of Morris And Dickson Company From Distributing Controlled Substances

May 04, 2018
… than four million Americans are addicted to prescription painkillers, including a quarter million adolescents. Sadly, …
May 04, 2018
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27

September 23, 2014
… of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease Control and …
September 23, 2014
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DEA And Partners Collect 309 Tons Of Pills On Ninth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

November 05, 2014
… of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease Control and …
November 05, 2014
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Manhattan Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

September 18, 2013
… to illegally selling prescriptions for powerful narcotic painkillers to a drug trafficking ring, and other crimes. … narcotic trafficking organization that illegally obtained painkiller prescriptions from Gibbs. Named in the same …
September 18, 2013
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Hundreds Of Counterfeit Oxycodone Tablets Seized At Port Of Entry Contained Ultra-Deadly Fentanyl

April 15, 2016
… individuals believed they were consuming the prescription painkiller Norco, which contains hydrocodone and … health alert on Fentanyl, a Schedule II synthetic opioid painkiller. Fentanyl and Fentanyl analogues produced in …
April 15, 2016
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Twelve Charged With Operating An Open Drug Market Inside A Bronx Apartment Building And Carrying Firearms

June 27, 2022
… S. Broderick. “These arrests have brought much needed relief to residents of an apartment building in the Fordham …
June 27, 2022
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Eight arrested in connection with Jake’s fireworks drug trafficking conspiracy

July 15, 2020
… City Highway location in Nederland.  This civil injunctive relief immediately shuts down operations of the business and …
July 15, 2020
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DEA Hosts 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday

October 22, 2025
… are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  For more information or to find a …
October 22, 2025
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Four South Arkansas Men Sentenced To A Total Of Over 31 Years For Unrelated Drug Trafficking Offenses

November 21, 2014
… Street Crimes Unit arranged for multiple controlled buys of suspected crack cocaine in October, 2013 from the … of methamphetamine for $12,500 or $13,000 for the CI to buy. Bennett then instructed the CI to come to his residence …
November 21, 2014
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New, Dangerous Synthetic Opioid in D.C., Emerging in Tri-State Area

June 01, 2022
… after a lab test, so people don't realize they're buying them until it's too late. “We want to get this info … being mixed together, you never know what you’re actually buying," says DEA Intelligence Analyst Maura Gaffney. Only …
June 01, 2022
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West Portsmouth Couple Sentenced For Operating “Pill Mill” In Waverly

December 05, 2012
… 210 months in federal prison for operating Ohio Medical and Pain Management, LLC, a “pill mill” in Waverly, Ohio. Her … was one of the primary sources for illegally-distributed pain pills in that region. Considering the scope of the …
December 05, 2012
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Wisconsin physician agrees to pay penalties to resolve allegations of prescribing opioids illegally and violating False Claims Act

April 06, 2020
… $175,000 to resolve allegations that he prescribed opioid pain medications in violation of the Controlled Substances … controlled substances. Until 2016, Dr. Heydarpour provided pain management services at his clinic in Brookfield, … prescribed controlled substances, including opioid pain medications such as oxycodone, without legitimate …
April 06, 2020
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Kentucky Man Receives 20 Year Prison Sentence For Distributing Powerful Opiate Fentanyl That Resulted In Overdose Death

September 30, 2016
… Gill Dewayne Garrett sold fentanyl that was disguised as a pain pill LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Versailles, Kentucky, man, who … admitted to distributing fentanyl, that was disguised as a pain pill and caused the overdose death of a Woodford County … a deadly drug, that killed a woman who was seeking a pain pill,” said Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the …
September 30, 2016
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Money laundering charges added in international marijuana conspiracy to grow marijuana in Sacramento and Placer Counties houses

June 21, 2019
… charged in 2017 in a scheme to use money from China to buy houses to grow marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. … to wire transfer approximately $870,000 from China to buy six houses for growing marijuana or to pay off the …
June 21, 2019
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DEA Announces Guilty Plea Of U.S. Congressman On Cocaine Charges

November 20, 2013
… area of Washington, D.C. At this time, Radel agreed to buy about 3.5 grams of cocaine from the undercover officer.  … that a sitting Member of Congress was routinely using and buying cocaine.  Once this information was confirmed, law …
November 20, 2013
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Parker doctor sentenced for illegally distributing controlled substances

April 24, 2019
… as court filings, Dr. Littleford owned and operated the Pain & Injury Clinic in Parker, Colorado. Dr. Littleford … held himself out as a practitioner in the field of “pain management,” although he did not have any certification …
April 24, 2019
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“Pill Mill” Distributor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

March 31, 2016
… conspiracy in connection with the operation of purported pain management clinics that were actually “pill mills.” … lives and making enormous profits from the diversion of pain medication.” “Pharmaceutical pills can be just as …
March 31, 2016
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Ross Ulbricht, The Creator And Owner Of The “Silk Road” Website, Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court On All Counts

February 05, 2015
… Silk Road was used by more than 100,000 users to buy and sell hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs and … Silk Road, a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … Silk Road - a clandestine global marketplace that offered buyers and sellers of illegal goods and services a promise …
February 05, 2015
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

May 25, 2023
… distributing oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription painkiller, to 18 patients without a legitimate medical … pills, making him one of the top prescribers of those painkillers in New York State during that period. Notably, …
May 25, 2023
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Three Metro Detroit Doctors Among Conspirators Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Opiate Prescription Drugs

March 09, 2016
… from illegal distribution of 1 million oxycodone painkillers DETROIT - U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade … pills to the street market promotes the addiction to painkillers that leads to overdose deaths,” McQuade said. …
March 09, 2016
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Five Members Of Michigan Heroin Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Federal Prison

May 20, 2016
… The Center for Disease Control has described prescription painkiller overdoses as a “public health epidemic.” In fact, addiction to (heroin and prescription opiate painkillers) is growing, and annual opioid-related deaths …
May 20, 2016
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Oxycodone

May 06, 2014
… counts of the illegal distribution of the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone. When sentenced, Jacobson faces up to … to ending the illegal distribution of prescription painkillers in our community, and should serve as a warning …
May 06, 2014
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our law …
October 20, 2020
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Set for Saturday

October 25, 2024
… are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  “We hope people will take advantage of …
October 25, 2024
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DEA Safely Disposes 620,000 Pounds of Unused Medication on 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 12, 2025
… about the community. Responsibly discarding prescription meds is key to stopping misuse and keeping them out of the …
May 12, 2025
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 22, 2025
… are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.    If you are unable to participate in …
October 22, 2025
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Doctor Charged With Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Fentanyl

November 04, 2021
… approved Subsys solely for the “management of breakthrough pain in cancer patients who are already receiving and who … the clock therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain.” Gazi did not treat patients who were suffering from breakthrough cancer pain and was not in the practice of prescribing …
November 04, 2021
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Virginia doctor running scheme to prescribe opioids with no medical purpose, pleads guilty

November 13, 2019
… Oxycodone and Tramadol to patients at a Richmond-area pain management practice. According to court documents, … Zeljko Stjepanovic, 58, was a doctor working in a pain management practice, initially in Fredericksburg and … or range of motion test for the patient, discuss causes of pain or what might alleviate it, consider any non-medicine …
November 13, 2019
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Newnan Dentist Sentenced To Prison For Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances

November 15, 2013
… providers break the law by unlawfully distributing pain medications. This individual distributed highly … been named in the original complaint as an abuser of opiate pain pills. This patient was a long-time dental patient at … eight months. She admitted to being addicted to opiate pain pills. In January 2012, investigators interviewed the …
November 15, 2013