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Visalia Doctor Indicted For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… for abuse, and users will often crush and snort the pills or dissolve and inject them to get an immediate high. … that the defendant prescribed thousands of highly addictive pills for his own personal profit and with complete … cards. After obtaining the oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, the defendants shipped the pills to other states. On …
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Operator Of Urgent Care Clinics On Long Island Sentenced

… substances, issued prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills to co-conspirators for the purpose of illegally re-selling the pills. During the government’s investigation, Troyan was … with phony prescriptions for huge quantities of oxycodone pills, which Bender filled and illegally exchanged for cash …
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Pensacola Women Plead Guilty to Illegal Drug Diversion

… in many instances were fictitious. The controlled substance pills were dispensed by area pharmacies, picked up by … distributed and dispensed over 300,000 hydrocodone pills and over 30,000 oxycodone pills. McCray further coordinated with Bradley and Purves to …
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DEA St. Louis Division Announces National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

DEA St. Louis Division Announces National Prescription Drug Take Back Day April 25, 2025 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter …
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Milwaukee Area Pharmaceutical Controlled Substance Distribution Ring Targeted

… were then either paid in cash or retained some of the pills.  Many of these individuals also utilized their … Schedule II controlled substance.  Once filled, the pills were then returned to one of the group’s main …
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Meth and Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison

… County Correctional Center, Frazier dropped a baggie of 362 pills containing fentanyl onto the floorboard of the patrol …
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Dominican Man Arrested for Fentanyl and Meth Conspiracy

… possessed over 20 kilograms of controlled substances, pill press and six firearms hidden inside an alarmed trap … “Those who choose to distribute fentanyl, especially fake pills containing the drug, endanger their customers as well …
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11 Defendants Sentenced for Their Role in a Conspiracy to Traffic Fentanyl from the Mexico Border to Idaho

… Resulted in the Seizure of over 48,000 Fentanyl Pills and Four Pounds of Methamphetamine Fentanyl Pills Hidden in Oil Containers Fentanyl Hidden in Oil …
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U.S. Attorney's Office, DEA and HSI Announce Charges Against Fourteen Individuals in Major Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… including: March 9, 2023: Beserra transported 182 fentanyl pills, 3.2 grams of methamphetamine, and a firearm in … Levario and Herrera were travelling to sell 40 fentanyl pills and was stopped by law enforcement while delivering …
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Multiple cases lead to arrests of five doctors, one pharmacist, one nurse practitioner and three others

… role in distributing millions of unnecessary oxycodone pills, allegedly.” SAC Hunt commends the men and women from … a nurse practitioner, prescribed over 6 million oxycodone pills to individuals they knew did not need the medication …
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Drug Distributor Caught with Massive Amounts of Fentanyl and Meth as well as Firearms, Body Armor, and Silencer Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison

… Meth and Firearms Seized Seized bucket of fentanyl pills. Download Original Image Seized bucket of fentanyl pills. Firearms seized during the investigation. Download …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… have been collected. That’s more than a quarter pound of pills for each of the 25 million children aged 12 to 17 in America, pills that won’t result in abuse or overdose.   The public … their zip code .  Or they can call 800-882-9539.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

… the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … and unwanted prescription drugs. Individuals can take pills and other solid forms of medication to one of almost …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… the search window, or they can call 800-882-9539.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, will be accepted-the … combined.  “Most prescription drug abusers get their pills from friends and family, including from the household … firearms.  The removal from homes of unwanted prescription pills that can be abused, stolen or resold is an easy way to …
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South Dakota’s 2025 Fentanyl Seizures Follow National Trend

… in fentanyl powder seizures and 41% decrease in counterfeit pill seizures in 2025 falling in line with a nationwide … than four pounds of fentanyl and roughly 27,500 counterfeit pills. Together, these totals are estimated at 146,000 fatal …
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DEA Encourages Routine Conversations on Dangers of Drug Use and Social Media

… encouraged to emphasize the dangers associated with buying pills online. Nationwide, DEA has seized fentanyl pills made …
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DEA Omaha Division Encourages NCAA Baseball College World Series Fans to Have Fun but Be Safe

… reminding locals and out of town guests alike that one pill can kill, but one conversation can save a life. OMAHA … College World Series game broadcast by NRG Media. Fake Pills Fentanyl Awareness One Pill Can Kill Outreach/Drug …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

… lethal dose. The DEA continues to see fentanyl in fake pills made to look like prescription medications including …
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DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

… Division seized just under 120,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills which were in fact fentanyl pills. In 2020, that number increased tenfold to 1.2 million …
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Fall River Man Arrested For Selling Drugs And Machine Guns On Telegram App

… controlled substances, including counterfeit pharmaceutical pills containing fentanyl and other drugs. It is alleged … allegedly used Telegram to sell 100 and 500 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, respectively, to undercover law …
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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 … we see today is even deadlier than before. Fentanyl pills today are more potent. DEA laboratory testing in 2023 showed that 7 out of 10 pills tested contain a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. …
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Texas health care fraud and opioid takedown results in charges against 58

… involved in Medicare fraud schemes and networks of “pill mill” clinics resulting in $66 million in loss and 6.2 million pills. Of those charged, 16 were doctors or medical …
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Joint Investigation Leads To Arrest Of Doctor For Selling Assault Weapons & Drugs During Course Of Murder-for-Hire Plot

… commits arson and distributes diverted prescription pain pills out of his medical office. Through an intensive … police investigation involving the purchase of Oxycodone pills led to the additional undercover purchases of heroin …
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Fentanyl Awareness

August 20, 2025
… on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs. National Fentanyl Awareness … young lives from deadly fentanyl and fake prescription pills.   Learn More National Fentanyl Prevention and …
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Salem Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… arranged a controlled buy of counterfeit oxycodone pills from Rigutto. Investigators observed him arrive and … vehicle and seized approximately 3,000 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and a firearm with a machine gun …
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Former Long Island Doctor Sentenced for Conspiring to Illegally Distribute Oxycodone

… prescribed thousands of highly addictive oxycodone pills to two individuals identified in the indictment as … of legitimate medical need. Ammar prescribed oxycodone pills to John Doe 1, knowing that he intended to sell the pills to others. In addition, Ammar continued to prescribe …
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Doctor Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone From Brooklyn Clinic

… the law by peddling more than half a million oxycodone pills to ‘patients’ he knew had no medical need for them. … illicitly prescribed over 500,000 oxycodone 30-milligram pills to individuals he knew had no legitimate medical need for the pills.  DONSKY often performed little or no physical …
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Man Indicted for Meth, Fentanyl, Illegal Firearm

… Springfield - (417) 888-9800 Arrested with 2,300 Fentanyl Pills in KC, Meth & Firearm KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Columbia, … in Kansas City, Mo., with approximately 2,300 fentanyl pills. Walter Antwine Moore, 42, was charged in a four-count …
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Bates City Man Sentenced for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

… 436.5 grams of marijuana, and 207 prescription pills that were identified to be either Xanax, Alprazolam, … Clonazepam, or Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine pills, which were in unlabeled prescription pill bottles. …
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Staten Island man sentenced to 12 years for illegally distributing oxycodone

…   “Vito Gallicchio sold hundreds of thousands of oxycodone pills on the streets of New York, and masterminded a ring of purported ‘patients’ who faked injuries to get pills,” said U.S. Attorney Berman. “As Gallicchio’s sentence … prescriptions. Gallicchio subsequently sold the oxycodone pills for millions of dollars in profit, which he used to …