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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

November 01, 2021
… DEA issued a Public Safety Alert and launched the One Pill Can Kill public awareness campaign to warn Americans of a surge in deadly, fake prescription pills driven by drug traffickers seeking to exploit the U.S. …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… DEA issued a Public Safety Alert and launched the One Pill Can Kill public awareness campaign to warn Americans of a surge in deadly, fake prescription pills driven by drug traffickers seeking to exploit the U.S. …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in Nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… DEA issued a Public Safety Alert and launched the One Pill Can Kill public awareness campaign to warn Americans of a surge in deadly, fake prescription pills driven by drug traffickers seeking to exploit the U.S. …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… DEA issued a Public Safety Alert and launched the One Pill Can Kill public awareness campaign to warn Americans of a surge in deadly, fake prescription pills driven by drug traffickers seeking to exploit the U.S. …
November 01, 2021
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33 Defendants Charged In Oxycodone Conspiracy

October 23, 2014
… partners by prosecuting those who set-up and run illegal pill distribution networks. This 78-count indictment against … Walton was determined to be a primary distributor of these pills, and operated out of her home in Little Rock. Working …
October 23, 2014
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Southern Indiana Snapchat Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

May 17, 2024
… a 19-year-old. Leach advertised fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills over Snapchat to hundreds of recipients using the …
May 17, 2024
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Prolific Whatcom and Skagit County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

December 07, 2023
… Was Arrested With More Than 8 kilos of Fentanyl Pills and More Than 2 Kilos of Fentanyl Powder Whatcom Pic …
December 07, 2023
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New York Man Sentenced 15 Years In Prison For Participating In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy And Failing To Appear In Court

January 04, 2017
… for participating in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone pills and failing to appear in Court.   Court documents and … a New York-based source of supply who provided oxycodone pills to a group of drug traffickers who were distributing the pills in Manchester, New Hampshire.  During a law …
January 04, 2017
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New York Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy And Failure To Appear In Court

August 23, 2016
… in federal court to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone pills and failure to appear in Court.   Court documents and … a New York-based source of supply who provided oxycodone pills to a group of drug traffickers who were distributing the pills in Manchester, New Hampshire.  During a law …
August 23, 2016
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Local Community Campaigns

July 02, 2025
… are raising awareness of the dangers of fentanyl laced fake pills. Florida El Paso Washington, D.C. Chicago UCF Orlando …
July 02, 2025
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Overdose Deaths Decline, Fentanyl Threat Looms

December 16, 2024
… 571-387-4625 NE-SD.Diversion.registration@dea.gov Fentanyl Pills_Bulk.jpg Fake pills remain a threat, with 5 out of 10 …
December 16, 2024
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DEA warns of methamphetamine and fentanyl drug market built by aftermath of COVID-19 in New York

January 26, 2021
… heroin-fentanyl seized May 8, 2020.jpg Meth pills seized from pill processing mill in Bronx -June 19 …
January 26, 2021
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Cumberland County man admits conspiring to distribute opioids, launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds

December 15, 2020
… to illegally distribute over 1 million prescription pills and launder drug trafficking proceeds through the use … August 2018, Chatmon obtained large quantities of Tramadol pills from suppliers outside the United States by having the pills shipped to numerous U.S. Post Office boxes that he …
December 15, 2020
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Former Wethersfield Resident Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Narcotics

October 14, 2023
… for distributing legitimate and counterfeit prescription pills, and other drugs. According to court documents and … contained two bottles containing a total of 180 Farmapram pills.  Investigators also identified four similar parcels …
October 14, 2023
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Dallas Man Sentenced to 14 years in Federal Prison for Supplying Fentanyl in Rowlett Overdose

May 22, 2023
… revealed that Habtemariam provided the victim with a pill and had left the scene before law enforcement arrived.  … granted consent to search his vehicle. Officers located 25 pills that appeared to be Oxycodone but were later …
May 22, 2023
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Seven Indicted In Broward Pharmacy Takedown

July 08, 2011
… operating out of Miami, as well as prescriptions from “pill mill” doctors. During the time period April 2009 … pharmacies. It took in nearly $2 million in cash for these pills. A review of the prescriptions seized from the … and local counterparts have been investigating those in the 'pill mill' industry, we also have rogue pharmacies in our …
July 08, 2011
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 02, 2021
… DEA issued a Public Safety Alert and launched the One Pill Can Kill public awareness campaign to warn Americans of a surge in deadly, fake prescription pills driven by drug traffickers seeking to exploit the U.S. …
November 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… DEA issued a Public Safety Alert and launched the One Pill Can Kill public awareness campaign to warn Americans of a surge in deadly, fake prescription pills driven by drug traffickers seeking to exploit the U.S. …
November 01, 2021
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Info for Teens

December 11, 2024
… Teens from California Info for Teens Using prescription pills that weren't prescribed to you can be deadly.   …
December 11, 2024
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Mother And Son Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

October 08, 2024
… distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Javier Bello, …
October 08, 2024
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 02, 2021
… DEA issued a Public Safety Alert and launched the One Pill Can Kill public awareness campaign to warn Americans of a surge in deadly, fake prescription pills driven by drug traffickers seeking to exploit the U.S. …
November 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… DEA issued a Public Safety Alert and launched the One Pill Can Kill public awareness campaign to warn Americans of a surge in deadly, fake prescription pills driven by drug traffickers seeking to exploit the U.S. …
November 01, 2021
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Operation Engage Broward County

March 28, 2025
… morphine, methadone, and fentanyl.  Learn more. One Pill Can Kill The Drug Enforcement Administration warns the … in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. International …
March 28, 2025
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Life Sentence for Omaha Man Convicted of Selling Fentanyl Resulting in the Death of a Four-Year-Old

February 26, 2025
… The investigation found that Reis was a fentanyl pill dealer, and that on March 12, 2022, Reis went to Aspen … investigators were able to determine that Reis had sold pills on at least 35 other occasions to Paris Hunt.  Reis …
February 26, 2025
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More than 100 Pounds of Illegal Drugs Seized in Rural Eastern Washington a Significant Amount Destined for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

April 25, 2023
… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 161,000 Fentanyl-Laced Pills, 80 Pounds of Meth, Heroin, Cocaine, and 12 Firearms … Firearms in Rural Eastern Washington Seized Fentanyl-Laced Pills in Rural Eastern Washington.jpg Seized Fentanyl-Laced …
April 25, 2023
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Hospice Nurse Pleads Guilty To Prescription Opioid Conspiracy Charges

June 15, 2017
… report suspicions that Ulibarri was engaged in prescription pill diversion.  The employer became suspicious because … and because Ulibarri was picking up patients’ prescription pills at Federal Express instead of having the medication …
June 15, 2017
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 04, 2025
… WashingtonDiversionOutreach@dea.gov WDO-FentanylPill-VA-2025 Approximately 1,400 counterfeit pills seized in Virginia during Operation Fentanyl Free …
December 04, 2025
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Nassau Doctor Charged with Five Counts of Murder for Depraved Prescription Abuse

March 04, 2021
… a historic chapter in the ability to directly connect his pill pushing to the deaths of five people.  These … capacity. Duration of Opioid Treatment: 6.5 months   Pills Prescribed: Oxycodone HCL 30 mg: 2,820 Clonazepam 2 …
March 04, 2021
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October 22, 2021
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October 22, 2021
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DEA St. Louis Division Breaks Fentanyl Seizure Record

November 07, 2022
… Seized; 41% Increase Over 2021 20221107 DEA-STLCoPD fake pills-3.jpg These 20,000 fentanyl pills are the most fake pills seized in St. Louis. They were seized in a joint …
November 07, 2022