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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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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 …
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Life Sentence for Omaha Man Convicted of Selling Fentanyl Resulting in the Death of a Four-Year-Old

… 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 …
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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

… 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 …
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Hospice Nurse Pleads Guilty To Prescription Opioid Conspiracy Charges

… 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 …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

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

… 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 …
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DEA St. Louis Division Breaks Fentanyl Seizure Record

… 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 …
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Miami DEA Stress Fentanyl Dangers During Community Stakeholder Meeting

… with chronic pain. However, illicitly manufactured fentanyl pills with zero quality control pour into the United States …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… DEA Seattle Field Division Seizes 3.7 Million Fentanyl Pills, More Than 280 Pounds of Fentanyl Powder Throughout …
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Leader of Multistate Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison

… enforcement agencies against criminal networks. Beware of pills bought on the street:  One Pill Can Kill . Fentanyl, a …
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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 Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. 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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Father And Son Charged With Running Prescription Drug Trafficking And Forgery Ring

… prescriptions, and filled them at pharmacies to obtain pills for resale. The Quezadas recruited and paid numerous … per prescription filled in exchange for providing the pills to the Quezadas. The pills were then bundled for sale on the black market, where …
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Ocean Beach Drug Dealer Sentenced to 12.5 Years for His Role in Fatal Overdose

… plea agreement, Souza admitted that he provided four fake pills laced with fentanyl, commonly referred to as “blues,” to Stevens, on November 21, 2019. These pills caused Stevens to have a near-fatal overdose. Then approximately six months later, Souza again sold fake pills to Stevens – this time with fatal results. According …
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Two Georgia Men Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl

… started after overdose death Suspected fentanyl pills_x.jpg Seizures of fentanyl both in pill and powder …
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Two Rhode Island Men Indicted in Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

… 557-2100 Diversion/Medical Practitioner 571-362-9171 Two pill presses and more than 50,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills seized BOSTON – Two Rhode Island men have been …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to More Than 23 Years in Prison for Selling Fatal Fentanyl

… on Tuesday sentenced a man who sold the fake Percocet pills that killed a man in St. Louis County in 2022 to 23 …
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Taunton Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

… and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone pills. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled … July 2022 and June 2023, Campbell distributed oxycodone pills to others for further re-distribution. He also obtained oxycodone pills from his co-conspirator and co-defendant Kenneth …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… DEA Chicago Field Division Seizes 1.9 Million Fentanyl Pills, Nearly 500 Pounds of Fentanyl Powder Throughout … year 2023, DEA seized more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. This is …
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Pocatello Woman Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl

… Idaho in general has seen a massive influx of counterfeit pills in the last several years.  The pills are mass-produced by criminal drug networks and …
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Previously Convicted Felon Indicted for Narcotics and Firearms Offenses

… Boston for allegedly trafficking counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine, unlawfully …
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Federal Charges Filed Against Washington State Man Caught Trafficking Fentanyl Powder and Methamphetamine in Oregon

… More Than 11 Pounds of Fentanyl Powder, 1,000 Fentanyl Pills, and Four Pounds of Meth Giron-Rodas-1.jpg Seized Fentanyl Powder, Fentanyl Pills, and Meth Giron-Rodas-2.jpg Seized Fentanyl Powder, …
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Woodbridge Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Narcotics to 14-Year-Old

… documents, in April of 2022, Latae'veion Woods, 21, sold pills purporting to be Percocet to a 14-year-old, who died … officers found a clear plastic baggie containing four blue pills with markings consistent with 30 milligram Percocet …
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Fifth Defendant in Multi-Kilogram Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced

… from various sources of supply. The group would then use a pill press to manufacture thousands of counterfeit prescription pills resembling legitimate pain medications, such as …
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DEA Reaches Agriculture Community at Farm Progress Show with Important Message About Fentanyl

… NE-SD.Diversion.registration@dea.gov Suspected fentanyl pills_x.jpg 32,000 fake pills made to look like legitimate prescription medications …
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DEA Omaha Division Special Agent in Charge Speaks with School Administrators about the Drug Threat Facing Nebraska

… NE-SD.Diversion.registration@dea.gov Suspected fentanyl pills_x.jpg 32,000 fake pills made to look like legitimate prescription medications …
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New York Man Indicted in St. Louis, Accused of Selling Counterfeit Xanax on Dark Web

… another person on the dark web who has sold millions of the pills. That person manufactured the pills using active drug …
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Providence Man Admits to Trafficking Fentanyl

… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Nearly three kilos of fentanyl pills and powder seized PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man …