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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In North Carolina

May 07, 2013
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
May 07, 2013
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In South Carolina

May 07, 2013
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
May 07, 2013
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Tennessee

May 07, 2013
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
May 07, 2013
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Major Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

February 26, 2014
… but what its name implies - it offers only addiction, pain, and in some instances, death. Ketamine, often referred …
February 26, 2014
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
October 04, 2012
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Houston Doctor Convicted For Distributing Prescription Narcotics

July 27, 2016
… substances that are highly addictive and highly abused pain relievers. Both drugs are semi-synthetic opiates which …
July 27, 2016
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Metro-West Drug Traffickers Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

May 09, 2013
… message that trafficking and distributing prescription pain medication will not be tolerated and we will utilize …
May 09, 2013
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Chattanooga Pill Mill Owner Sentenced To 44 Years In Prison

October 01, 2015
… target and crack down on pill mill operators who distribute pain medications for non-medical reasons. The success of …
October 01, 2015
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DEA Strike Force Arrests New York Drug Distributor In Undercover Investigation On The Dark Web

October 24, 2017
… of the internet to peddle massive quantities of addictive pain killers without valid prescriptions. Hiding behind …
October 24, 2017
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Amherst Doctor Arrested For Distributing Controlled Substances And Obtaining Prescriptions By Fraud

April 15, 2015
… was Dr. Cowie abusing his power to write prescriptions for pain medication, he was abusing the prescription pills …
April 15, 2015
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Buffalo Man Charged With Federal Robbery Of A Pharmacy And Illegal Sale Of Oxycodone

March 02, 2011
… a pharmacy in order to steal a variety of prescription pain medication which would be resold to drug users on the …
March 02, 2011
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Riverhead Physician Assistant Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

June 17, 2016
… distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. The guilty plea was entered before United …
June 17, 2016
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Oxycodone And Income Tax Evasion

November 13, 2012
… distributing oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain killer, and income tax evasion. Telang entered his plea …
November 13, 2012
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Doctor Who Supplied Oxycodone Ring Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 36 Months In Prison

December 19, 2012
… drug. In the proper hands, it can play an important role in pain management, but Diana Williamson saw an opportunity to …
December 19, 2012
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Undercover Operation Leads To Arrest Of Larchmont Psychiatrist

September 05, 2013
… can to protect our communities from the threat of diverted pain medication. ”   “One of the most significant challenges …
September 05, 2013
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Federal Jury Convicts Boise Doctor Charged With Controlled Substance Delivery

May 06, 2016
… practice to one catering to patients claiming chronic pain and seeking opioid narcotics. Many of his patients …
May 06, 2016
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Maryland Woman Found Guilty Of Leading Oxycodone Operation

June 13, 2016
… on the vast, illegal procurement and sale of prescription pain medication across the mid-Atlantic region and …
June 13, 2016
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Saint Margret Middle School Presentation

December 05, 2013
… the dangers of abusing pharmaceutical medications “pain pills” and synthetic drugs. Guest speakers included, …
December 05, 2013
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Doctor Convicted Of Manslaughter And Reckless Endangerment: Illegally Sold Prescriptions To 20 Patients

July 21, 2014
… conviction of Stan Xuhui Li, a physician specializing in pain management and anesthesiology, on 198 charges, …
July 21, 2014
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DEA And LAPD Conduct Massive West Coast OxyContin Sweep

February 28, 2013
… only to leave a surplus of illegally obtained pain killers and ruined lives in their wake.  I would like …
February 28, 2013
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Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 16 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

May 02, 2013
… more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
May 02, 2013
GENERAL INFORMATION

Privacy Act

March 28, 2025
… your request via the PAL, DEA will accept your request via e-mail or United States Postal Service (USPS); however, use … your letter using one of the following options: Option 1:  Email your submission to DEA.FOIA@dea.gov .  Please put …
March 28, 2025
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Licensed pharmacist charged with hoarding and price gouging of N95 masks in violation of Defense Production Act

May 26, 2020
… (1) continued to add to his stockpile of N95 masks by buying thousands of additional N95 masks; and (2) charged …
May 26, 2020
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Eight-week federal trial results in conviction of Chapo associates in Buffalo, NY

December 20, 2018
… invoices to make it look like Western New Yorkers were buying sea cucumbers at astounding rates and quantities. The …
December 20, 2018
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12 People Charged With Heroin Trafficking After Statewide Multi-Jurisdictional Investigations

September 15, 2015
… Task Force and FBI took the lead in conducting controlled buys and interviewing witnesses. The FBI and HSI played an …
September 15, 2015
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Massive Fentanyl Seizure In Bronx

August 01, 2017
… putting their lives in drug dealers’ hands every time they buy a bag. A fatal dose of fentanyl is only two to three …
August 01, 2017
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Eighteen Defendants Charged With Operating A Large Scale Drug Organization In Anne Arundel And Howard Counties

January 16, 2013
… Dayi’s innermost, trusted circle of lieutenants, who either buy/sell drugs, participate in the laundering of money …
January 16, 2013
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AlphaBay, The Largest Online “Dark Market,” Shut Down

July 20, 2017
… Deaths, and Used by Hundreds of Thousands of People to Buy and Sell Illegal Goods and Services Anonymously over the …
July 20, 2017
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest And Unsealing Of Charges Against Senior Adviser To The Operator Of The “Silk Road” Website

December 04, 2015
… unlawful goods and services to well over a hundred thousand buyers, and to launder hundreds of millions of dollars … transactions.          Silk Road enabled its users to buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods and services …
December 04, 2015
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Heroin And Fentanyl Drug Ring Dismantled In The Bronx--Supplied The Northeast

February 02, 2017
… determined that people were coming from out-of-state to buy heroin there, and that the defendants were running a …
February 02, 2017