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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… year 2023, DEA seized more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. This is …
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California Man Charged with Fentanyl Trafficking

… - (417) 888-9800 Officers Seize Four Kilograms of Pills at Bus Terminal KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A California man … with smuggling more than four kilograms of counterfeit pills that contain fentanyl aboard a bus traveling through …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Nearly 24 Years for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… he knew that he was making and selling “pressed” fentanyl pills, pressing those pills to look like prescription medication, and that “his” pills were causing overdoses.  As this prosecution shows, my …
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More Than Three Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Seized in Minnesota Last Year

… in the 6.2 kilograms are more than 55,000 counterfeit pills, many laced with potentially lethal doses of fentanyl. … from 2018, when agents seized less than 1,500 counterfeit pills.  Fentanyl is up to 100 times more potent than …
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This Holiday Season Talk to Your Loved Ones About Fentanyl

… and blue. Download Original Image Bag of seized fentanyl pills. Download Original Image Bag of seized fentanyl pills. …
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Partner Toolbox

July 11, 2025
… Partner Toolbox The One Pill Can Kill Campaign  offers an opportunity for the media, … with Deadly Fentanyl Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth Graphics Banners Download …
July 11, 2025
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Defendant Charged in Connection with Narcotics Manufacturing and Distribution Center

… - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 200,000 Pills, Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine Seized in …
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Co-Conspirators Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… to have distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit pills containing deadly narcotics BOSTON – Two men have been … distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Christopher …
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A Message From DEA Administrator Anne Milgram

October 06, 2023
… DEA in 2021, DEA laboratory testing indicated 4 out of 10 pills contained a deadly dose of fentanyl.  Last year, DEA saw a significant increase to 6 out of every 10 pills.  Today, I share yet another increase – laboratory testing indicates 7 out of every 10 pills seized by DEA contain a lethal dose of fentanyl.   DEA …
October 06, 2023
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Northern District Of Georgia Targets Prescription Drug Abuse

… with either cash or a portion of their oxycodone pills. All eleven defendants pleaded guilty to conspiring to … ways.  Falsifying prescriptions, theft, or just purchasing pills on the street are some of the more popular methods of …
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Jefferson County Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Fentanyl

… additional narcotics were discovered, including over 1,200 pills in the bathroom.  The pills were analyzed by the crime …
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The Dallas Field Division Announces the Seizure of Over 11.4 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl and over 7,000 Pounds of Methamphetamine in 2022

… and over 1 million fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills during the 2022 calendar year, the latter representing …
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Florida-Based Oxycodone Suppliers Sentenced To Federal Prison

… large amounts of the prescription narcotic Oxycodone to pill distributors in northwest Georgia, have been sentenced … diversion and abuse of controlled pharmaceuticals. These pill peddling perpetrators trafficked scores of Oxycodone pills. Now, they are deserving of the prison term they …
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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

… 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. …
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Jury Convicts Denver Man of Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

… Rhodes and found a key chain in his coat with two metal pill holders attached; one pill holder contained 61 blue counterfeit oxycodone hydrochloride pills that contained fentanyl and the other contained 33 …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

… 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. …
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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

… 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. …
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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

… 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. …
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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

… 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. …
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33 Defendants Charged In Oxycodone Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Southern Indiana Snapchat Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

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

… 454-4407 Was Arrested With More Than 8 kilos of Fentanyl Pills and More Than 2 Kilos of Fentanyl Powder Whatcom Pic …
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New York Man Sentenced 15 Years In Prison For Participating In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy And Failing To Appear In Court

… 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 …
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New York Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy And Failure To Appear In Court

… 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 …
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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

… City - (605) 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 Fentanyl Pills_Bulk.jpg Fake pills remain a threat, with 5 out of 10 …
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DEA warns of methamphetamine and fentanyl drug market built by aftermath of COVID-19 in New York

… heroin-fentanyl seized May 8, 2020.jpg Meth pills seized from pill processing mill in Bronx -June 19 …
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Info for Teens

January 29, 2026
… Teens from California Info for Teens Using prescription pills that weren't prescribed to you can be deadly.   …
January 29, 2026
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Cumberland County man admits conspiring to distribute opioids, launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds

… 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 …
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Former Wethersfield Resident Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Narcotics

… 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 …