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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Remove Unneeded Prescriptions, Prevent Addiction

… the home can remove the temptation to experiment with these pills,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New … opioids leads to individuals looking to purchase these pills on the street. Mexican drug cartels take advantage of this fact by pressing deadly fentanyl powder into fake pills to mimic legitimate prescription opioids and other …
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Man Admits Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl Analogue

… Oct. 18, 2018, Hinkson conspired with others to distribute pills that contained a fentanyl analogue, an illegal … (Individual-1) and sold Individual-1 approximately 20 pills of purported “Percocet” and 20 pills of purported “Xanax” in exchange for U.S. currency. On …
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Foreign National Extradited from Mexico to the United States to Face Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

… on Friday, April 19, 2024, to face charges for fentanyl-pill, cocaine, and methamphetamine trafficking and money … 13 co-defendants, charging them with a variety of fentanyl-pill, cocaine, and methamphetamine trafficking and money … of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone “M-30” pills from Mexico and distributing them in northern …
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San Diego Resident Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

… of San Diego pleaded guilty today to distributing a fake pill containing fentanyl that killed a 15-year-old Coronado … with C.J.S. Beltranlap warned C.J.S. to only take half the pill because it was “strong.” Law enforcement responded on … Beltranlap was arrested the next day carrying five fake pills containing fentanyl. In the plea agreement, Beltranlap …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… 3,337 arrests and the seizure of nearly 44 million fentanyl pills, more than 6,500 pounds of fentanyl powder, more than …
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Digital Health Company Cofounder/CEO and Clinical President Convicted in $100M Adderall Distribution and Health Care Fraud Scheme

… from investors by providing easy access to over 40 million pills of Adderall and other stimulants in exchange for …
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Eugene Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Overdose Death of University of Oregon Student

… of Oregon student with fentanyl-laced counterfeit Oxycodone pills that caused the student’s overdose death. Micaiah … a small baggie containing what appeared to be Oxycodone pills near Mr. Dreiling’s body. A toxicology report later …
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Pierce County Based Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Marijuana

… nearly 52 kilos of cocaine, more than 23 kilos of fentanyl pills, and 131 kilos of marijuana. One drug shipment seized … 37 kilos of cocaine and more than a kilo of fentanyl pills. In June 2023, a traffic stop on Interstate 5 resulted …
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Albuquerque Man Convicted of Federal Firearm Offenses

… pounds of methamphetamine and approximately 2,000 fentanyl pills. Prior to the buy, agents set up surveillance on the … vehicle yielded 2 additional guns, 65 grams of fentanyl pills, and 149.5 grams of meth. The Court ordered that …
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Snohomish Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Drug, Gun, and Murder-for-Hire Related Charges

… 2020 to 78 months in prison for dealing fentanyl-laced pills and cocaine. According to documents filed with the … 30, 2020, he was arrested as he arrived to sell fentanyl pills to a person in Whatcom County. That person was working …
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Spark Conversation and Action Around Preventing Teen Substance Use This National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week®

March 11, 2025
… healthy schools and communities. Check out our latest  One Pill Can Kill and  Operation Prevention for resources you …
March 11, 2025
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Operation Engage Yavapai

March 28, 2025
… to know 1) How much fentanyl is in a counterfeit oxycodone pill, 2) How much they are extracting from a fentanyl patch, … in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. International …
March 28, 2025
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

… ever before. Last month, DEA issued a 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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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Selling the Fentanyl that Resulted in Death of Young Woman

… court to 120 months in prison for selling the fentanyl pills that resulted in the fatal overdose of 23-year-old … Gil’s cell phone, and “blues,” or fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. The Medical Examiner’s Office …
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Arizona Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl

… criminal charge for supplying counterfeit pharmaceutical pills containing fentanyl to the drug dealer accused of … Reavis knowingly distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills to co-defendant Cameron James Pettit, 30, of West … Reavis admitted in his plea agreement to knowing that the pills contained fentanyl or some other controlled substance. …
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May 09, 2023
May 09, 2023

Lunch & Learn: Facts About Fentanyl

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
Overland Park, KS
Learn about the changing drug landscape and how illicit fentanyl in fake prescription pills is the driving force behind hardships and loss among the Kansas City community. Obtain the latest facts about fentanyl, how to identify an opioid overdose, and what you can do for a loved one at risk...
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More Than 18,000 Pounds of Unused Medication Removed From Communities in Five State DEA Omaha Division

… Rapid City - (605) 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 Pill Bottles_Blur.jpg More than 18,000 pounds of unneeded …
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Long Island Man Charged with Distributing Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine and Oxycodone

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Four Kilos of Fentanyl, Pill Press Parts and Multiple Firearms Recovered from … the fentanyl that killed Victim-1, which was in a pressed pill that made it appear to be oxycodone, was sold to the …
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Nampa, Idaho, Man Sentenced to Five Years for Drug Trafficking

… McLean also admitted that he sold another person fentanyl pills on three occasions. On January 27, 2021, he sold 10 compressed fentanyl pills; on February 2, 2021, he sold 19 compressed fentanyl …
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El Paso Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Causing Fentanyl Overdose Death

… Christian Torres, 24, was the supplier of counterfeit M-30 pills containing fentanyl at his residence on March 4, 2022. Torres and another user consumed the pills, which led to the overdose and death of the other …
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Dark Web Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison

… included opioids—including fentanyl (concealed as oxycodone pills) and heroin—as well as other potent illegal drugs … oxycodone. De Alba also sold more than 750 fake oxycodone pills—pills that actually contained fentanyl, but were …
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Leader of Multi-State Drug Trafficking Group Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl, Meth, and Heroin

… learned someone had died from his fentanyl laced pills, he wasn’t worried about selling deadly pills, instead he only complained that the death would cause …
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High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Arrested After Being Charged in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… of Alleged Conspiracy Fentanyl 2.jpg Bag of seized fentanyl pills. money laundering.jpeg Greensboro, NC  – A Mexican …
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Six indicted in drug conspiracy that included production and distribution of power synthetic opioid

… drug conspiracy that included mass production of pills and possession with intent to distribute a powerful … dark web, used industrial-grade machinery to manufacture pills and sold the drugs on the dark web and throughout …
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DEA Miami Field Division Warns of Alarming Increase in Suspected Fentanyl-Related Overdoses in Florida

… increasingly mix it with other illicit drugs—in powder and pill form—in an effort to drive addiction and attract repeat … opioid, like illicit fentanyl; or when drug dealers sell pills designed to appear nearly identical to legitimate …
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Two Whatcom County men charged in fentanyl drug distribution scheme

… alleges distribution of fentanyl-tainted counterfeit opioid pills with distinctive M-30 markings B'ham pills bag.JPG glove with markings.jpg SEATTLE - Two … and safely remove these suppliers of dangerous counterfeit pills,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Weis.  “These …
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Bakersfield Resident Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

… law enforcement officer counterfeit OxyContin/oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. Cardenas thereafter negotiated a second sale of pills to the undercover officer. On Jan. 19, 2021, Rockmore … and sell to the undercover officer 1,000 fentanyl-laced pills for the negotiated price of $2,900. During the …
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Fentanyl Deaths Climbing, DEA Washington Continues the Fight

February 16, 2022
… as well as in the new surge of counterfeit prescription pills. “We are fighting this new crisis of fentanyl related … The DEA also provides information about counterfeit pills , manufactured in Mexico by drug cartels and contain …
February 16, 2022
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13 Arrested in Connection with an LSD, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking and Money Laundering Scheme Occurring in the West Campus Area of the University of Texas at Austin

… with trafficking LSD, fentanyl and methamphetamine pills to UT students in Austin. That announcement was made … in the seizure of large quantities of fentanyl, Adderall pills, Alprazolam (Xanax), LSD, marijuana and psilocybin …
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Mexican National Residing in Stockton Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking

… intent to distribute heroin and counterfeit pharmaceutical pills containing fentanyl. As part of this conspiracy, … occasions. Aispuro also supplied 500 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl that Guzman sold to the undercover … plea agreement. Approximately 10,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and 2.8 kilograms of heroin were …