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Dallas DEA Gears Up For 5th Local Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… drug “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. The DEA, along with its law … partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …
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Ring Leader Of Fraudulent Oxycodone Prescription Scheme Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison

… and fraudulently obtained more than 80,000 oxycodone pills.  Investigators identified more than 800 fraudulent … then sold the oxycodone for $20 to $30 per 30 milligram pill. Eleven individuals were charged as a result of the …
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DEA New England Field Division Collects A Record 48 Tons Of Prescription Drugs During The 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… help remove unwanted, expired and unused prescription pills that can be abused, stolen, or resold which helps our continued dedication to combat the prescription pill, heroin, and fentanyl epidemic of substance abuse and …
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DEA North Carolina Fifth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29, 2012

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge, no … partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …
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DEA Tennessee Holds Fifth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29, 2012

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge, no … partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …
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DEA South Carolina Holds Fifth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29, 2012

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge, no … partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …
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DEA Atlanta Holds Fifth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29, 2012

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge, no … partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …
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Major Drug Trafficker Receives 14 Year Sentence

… to 14 years in prison for trafficking over 700,000 pills of BZP, a drug similar to ecstasy. “Based on the … drug in U.S. history.  In particular, officers found the pills hidden in the walls of the house, behind insulation, …
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DEA Atlanta Division Office Heads Up Eighth Prescription Drug Take-Back Event April 26, 2014

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge, no questions … their zip code.  Or they can call 1-800-882-9539. Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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DEA Charlotte District Office Heads Up Eighth Prescription Drug Take-Back Event April 26, 2014

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge, no questions … their zip code.  Or they can call 1-800-882-9539. Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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DEA South Carolina District Office Heads Up Eighth Prescription Drug Take-Back Event April 26, 2014

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge, no questions … their zip code.  Or they can call 1-800-882-9539. Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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DEA Nashville District Office Heads Up Eighth Prescription Drug Take-Back Event April 26, 2014

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge, no questions … their zip code.  Or they can call 1-800-882-9539. Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

… taken in over 7.1 million pounds-more than 3,500 tons-of pills.  The public can find a nearby collection site here or by calling 800-882-9529.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Settlement

… the chain of supply that resulted in millions of oxycodone pills being sold on the street.  Thanks to the hard work of … clinics, an increasingly excessive quantity of oxycodone pills without notifying DEA of these suspicious orders. …
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DEA To Hold Drug Take-Back Event At Locations Throughout Los Angeles Saturday, October 29th

… providing the public with another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites throughout Los Angeles, Riverside, San …
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Operator Of San Fernando Valley Medical Clinics Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… warrants on September 1, 2011, federal agents found 1,116 pills in Davtyan’s Encino home and another 7,589 pills in her Mercedes parked in her garage.  Davtyan’s …
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Pawtucket Man Convicted In Federal Court Of Conspiracy, Possession With The Intent To Distribute Oxycodone

… and his residence resulted in the seizure of oxycodone pills, cocaine and cash. The jury acquitted Pineda of … and at his residence. At the barber shop, 33 oxycodone pills and three cell phones were seized from Pineda and his …
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DEA Atlanta Divisional Office Holds 12th Prescription Drug Take-Back Saturday, October 22

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge, no questions … enter their zip code.  Or they can call 800-882-9529.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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DEA Charlotte District Office Holds 12th Prescription Drug Take-Back Saturday, October 22

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge, no questions … enter their zip code.  Or they can call 800-882-9529.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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DEA Columbia District Office Holds 12th Prescription Drug Take-Back Saturday, October 22

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge, no questions … enter their zip code.  Or they can call 800-882-9529.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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DEA Nashville District Office Holds 12th Prescription Drug Take-Back Saturday, October 22

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge, no questions … enter their zip code.  Or they can call 800-882-9529.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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Danbury Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine And Oxycodone

… purchase and distribution of more than 6,800 oxycodone 30mg pills and more than a kilogram of cocaine.  Papadakos … and obtained oxycodone from a co-defendant who had obtained pills from people with legitimate prescriptions in exchange …
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Two Men Charged With Trafficking Prescription Narcotics

… of his residence revealed approximately 600 oxycodone pills, four firearms, ammunition, approximately $5,500 in … Haven residence revealed approximately 11,000 prescription pills, including Oxycontin, oxycodone and oxymorphone. The …
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Rutland Man Sentenced To Over Seven Years Imprisonment For Federal Conviction For Heroin Distribution And Unlawful Firearm Possession

… sentencing was also based on his distribution of Oxycontin pills and cocaine powder. In addition, Judge Reiss sentenced … distributing at least 380 grams of heroin, 18,000 (30 mg) pills, and 45 grams of crack cocaine. The defendant …
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On April 26 Take-Back Day To Help Residents Clean Out Their Medicine Cabinets Of Old, Unwanted, Potentially Harmful Drugs

… Day on Saturday, April 26th. Arizonans can take their pills to one of over 85 collection sites across the state … enter their zip code. Or they can call 1-800-882-9539. Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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DEA Announces 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… have been collected; that’s more than a quarter pound of pills for each of the 25 million American children aged 12 to 17 -- pills that won’t result in abuse or overdose.   The …
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Steroid Trafficker Arrested By DEA Sentenced To Prison

… to convert raw steroid powder imported from China, into pills and injectable steroid liquids. “Robert South’s far … steroid powder, 30 liters of liquid steroids, 8,500 steroid pills and nearly $250,000 in cash and assets.  The …
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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 …
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Canadian Drug Trafficker & Leader Of Helicopter Smuggling Ring Who Fought Extradition For Years Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison

… large loads of drugs connected to the ring: 200,000 MDMA pills on March 6, 2008; 72 kilograms of cocaine seized on … 23, 2009; and 325 pounds of marijuana and 40,000 MDMA pills seized on March 5, 2009. Other co-conspirators have …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… Take Back Days give the public the opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …