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Phenix City Man Sentenced To 35 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Weapons Possession

… amount of cocaine powder, bags of crack cocaine, bags of pills which were later determined to be BZP, bags of …
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Brookfield Man Sentenced To 27 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

… and an undercover DEA Task Force officer.  A total of 343 pills were purchased from Lutrus during the course of the …
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Multiple Defendants Charged In Allegheny County-Beaver County Prescription Drug Ring

… epidemic. As this case illustrates, abuse of prescription pills can result in grave harm and death.” “Prescription …
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Philadelphia Man Imprisoned 51 Months For Trafficking Oxycodone To Rutland

… had supplied Schoenwetter with several thousand oxycodone pills for distribution in Rutland. On June 12, 2012, DEA and …
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Former Portland Podiatrist Sentenced On Drug And Health Care Fraud Charges

… for the unlawful distribution of more than 18,000 oxycodone pills between 2009 and 2010. This case was investigated by …
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Detroit Area Doctors Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Drugs And Health Care Fraud

… in exchange for cash payments.  The recruiter then sold the pills for profit on the illegal street market. …
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30 Charged In Federal Drug Indictments

… currency, two vehicles and a large quantity of prescription pills. On July 18, 2012 two additional federal search …
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DEA New England Collects Nearly 30 Tons Of Unwanted Prescription Drugs

… Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American …
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Eugene Ecstasy Dealer Sentenced To Four Years In Prison

… seized two and half pounds of ecstasy powder, 24 ecstasy pills, three pounds of dry psilocybin mushrooms, 27 grams of …
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Several charged in $9.6 million opioid distribution conspiracy

… the drug epidemic.”             “Diversion of prescription pills to the street market is a direct cause of the current …
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Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Ring Faces Federal And State Operating From Massachusetts, Florida And Puerto Rico

… Pam Bondi. “Florida has shed the notorious title of “pill mill capital,” and anyone who engages in prescription …
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Career Offender Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Conspiracy And Possession Of Oxycodone With The Intent To Distribute

… his residence. At the barber shop, a total of 33 oxycodone pills and three cell phones were seized from Pineda and from …
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Bronx Man Sentenced To Almost Four Years On Drug And Health Care Fraud Charges

… in Maine.  If the prescription was successfully filled, the pills were then further distributed in Southern Maine. This …
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Owner Of Non-Profit “Club” Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Narcotics

… investigation revealed that Shepard was obtaining the pills, in some instances, by purchasing prescriptions from …
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Former Pharmacy Technician Sentenced For Stealing Narcotics

… January 2010 until June 2011, defendant stole over 6000 pills of Oxycodone, Clonazepam, Zolpidem and Oxycontin from …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… by visiting wwwDEATakeBack.com or call 800-882-9539. Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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Alleged Leader Of Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Extradited To The U.S. To Face Drug And Money Laundering Charges

… and Peru, and large quantities of diverted prescription pills, such as oxycodone. The drugs were distributed in …
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Denver Woman Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription And Illicit Drugs

… Hee.  Hee then charged customers $1 per milligram for the pills.  Agents and officers observed Hee and a co-defendant …
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DEA Announces Colorado, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

… and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Shortly after DEA’s first Take-Back Day event …
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Prince Frederick Physician Indicted For Illegally Distributing Drugs And $3 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Related To His Pain Management Clinics

… The 37 count indictment alleges that Mathews ran a “pill mill” out of his offices, at which individuals could …
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Federal Indictment Targets 27 Including Members Of An International Drug Trafficking Organization And Los Angeles County Based Street Gangs

… of methamphetamine, white rock substances, various pills not yet identified, drug paraphernalia and at least …
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DEA And U.S. Attorney’s Office Launch Opioid Abuse Prevention Public Awareness Campaign

… selling and sharing opioids, including prescription pain pills.  Misusing prescription drugs is risky and illegal.  …
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DEA Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 34 Individuals Including Physicians And Pharmacists For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Controlled Substances

… orders against all the registrants involved has shut down a pill mill clinic working outside the scope of acceptable …
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DEA’s Third Nationwide Prescription Drug Take Back Day Is October 29th

… Drug Take-Back Day that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. This initiative addresses a vital …
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DEA’s Third Nationwide Prescription Drug Take Back Day Is October 29th

… Drug Take-Back Day that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. This initiative addresses a vital …
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DEA’s Third Nationwide Prescription Drug Take Back Day Is October 29th

… Drug Take-Back Day that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. This initiative addresses a vital …
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DEA’s Third Nationwide Prescription Drug Take Back Day Is October 29th

… Drug Take-Back Day that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. This initiative addresses a vital …
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Four Sentenced For Distribution Of Oxycodone In Rhode Island And Massachusetts

… Between the two cases, agents seized hundreds of oxycodone pills, over $17,500 in cash, and a 2005 GMC Yukon Denali. …
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Las Vegas Physician And Pharmacist Charged With Unlawful Sales Of Large Quantities Of Prescription Painkillers

… are working tirelessly to shut down these dangerous pill mills and pharmacist co-conspirators.” Defendants …
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Former Police Officer Sentenced To Almost Five Years For Dealing Oxycodone

… and his son Billy Miranda Flores were selling thousands of pills of (oxycodone) and methadone from their smoke shops.  …