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Defendants Convicted In Manhattan Federal Court For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone From Pharmacy In Yonkers

… to unlawfully distribute hundreds of thousands of pills of oxycodone at Stanley Pharmacy.  Hi Jong Lee was … into an illegal drug spot where thousands of oxycodone pills were sold for cash to drug addicts and other drug … over $1,000, in cash, for 180 30-milligram oxycodone pills, which was well in excess of the average price for a …
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Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… at least 2007, where he dispensed hundreds of Oxycodone pills.  The pills were dispensed to customers passing fraudulent … at one time. Starting in 2011, Barsoum sold thousands of pills to a confidential source working with the DEA.  …
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Nineteen Indicted in Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… of methamphetamine, more than $160,000 in cash, fentanyl pills and a fentanyl pill manufacturing lab.  Today alone, law enforcement seized …
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New Orleans-area Woman Pleads Guilty To Scheme To Possess Oxycodone By Fraud And To Possess With Intent To Distribute Oxycodone On The Black Market

… to distribute approximately 312,050 milligrams of oxycodone pills on the black market,” said Acting Assistant Attorney … co-conspirators, which were then used to obtain oxycodone pills that were subsequently resold on the black market.  … prescriptions, and then would facilitate the resale of the pills on the black market.  In some instances, Lesslie knew …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Life Plus 25 Years for Drug and Armed Drug Trafficking Offenses

… of methamphetamine and fentanyl in both powder and pill form, along with other drugs. Law enforcement conducted … recovered additional methamphetamine, fentanyl powder and pills, other drugs, ammunition and high-capacity magazines, …
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Long Island Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… hundreds of prescriptions for thousands of opioid pain pills without legitimate medical need BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A … with illegal distribution of thousands of prescription pain pills, including oxycodone, oxymorphone, methadone, and … on charges of illegally distributing prescription pain pills between January 2009 and September 2013. The Tactical …
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Five Kentucky Defendants Convicted And Sentenced For Supplying Drugs That Resulted In Overdose Deaths

… that, in July 2015, they distributed a counterfeit pain pill to a Woodford County woman, who consumed the pill and subsequently died of an overdose.  The pill, made … was a major distributor of these deadly counterfeit pills in Central Kentucky.  This case, one of the first to …
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Oswego County man sentenced for methamphetamine related charge

… October 2015 and January 2017, he purchased pseudoephedrine pills from different drug stores in and around Oswego … Arthur LaDuke manufactured methamphetamine with the pills he himself purchased, as well as utilizing additional pills provided to him by others, for which he provided …
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

… Day on Saturday, April 26th. Americans can take their pills to one of over 5,600 collection sites across the … 2010, the public has surrendered over 3.4 million pounds of pills. Unused medications in homes create a public health …
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

… Day on Saturday, April 26th.  Americans can take their pills to one of over 5,600 collection sites across the … 2010, the public has surrendered over 3.4 million pounds of pills. Unused medications in homes create a public health …
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Man Sentenced For Participating In Prescription Fraud Scheme

… others passed dozens of false prescriptions for OxyContin pills at pharmacies in the Manchester and Nashua areas.  … at pharmacies.  The runners would then provide the pills to McIntosh in exchange for pills or cash.  McIntosh would then sell the pills or have …
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Hallucinogen

Ecstasy Or MDMA (also Known As Molly)

January 21, 2025
Ecstasy/MDMA acts as both a stimulant and hallucinogen, producing an energizing effect, distortions in time and perception, and enhanced enjoyment of tactile experiences. Adolescents and young adults use it to reduce inhibitions and to promote: • Euphoria, feelings of closeness, empathy, and sexuality Known as a party drug, ecstasy comes...
January 21, 2025
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Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine

January 22, 2025
Stimulant that speeds up body’s system that comes as pill or powder. Available in prescription as Desoxyn® to treat obesity and ADHD. Crystal meth resembles glass fragments and is an illegally altered version of the prescription drug that is cooked with over-the-counter drugs in meth labs.
January 22, 2025
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Mexican National Unlawfully Residing in Oregon Faces Federal Charges For Trafficking Large Quantities of Fentanyl and Heroin

… more: DEA.gov/OnePill. ###       Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs Fentanyl …
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Operation Lockport Led To The Arrest Of 25 People And Dismantled A Major Drug Trafficking Ring In Western New York

… in cocaine along with large quantities of prescription pills and cash. One of the investigations also led to the … pain pill distribution network. She obtained hydrocodone pills from some of her co-defendants and resold them to …
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Upper Marlboro Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Heroin and Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… and procaine (a local anesthetic drug); a prescription pill bottle containing approximately 89 Oxycodone pills; approximately three grams of a white powdery …
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Utah Man Faces Federal Charges of Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… of the victim, Yanito sold counterfeit blue “M30” pills containing fentanyl to the victim. Financial research … for the District of Utah are prosecuting the case. Fake Pills Fentanyl On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
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Two Hamden Men Admit Distributing Oxycodone Involved In Weston Overdose

… a 22-year-old male purchased 30 40-milligram oxycodone pills from Farid in exchange for $900.  He then consumed some of those pills, as well as other substances.  On January 5, 2016, the … the victim’s overdose, Looney supplied Farid with oxycodone pills.  Farid then distributed the pills to the victim.  …
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Man Pleads Guilty In Prescription Fraud Scheme

… others passed dozens of false prescriptions for OxyContin pills at pharmacies in the Manchester and Nashua areas. … at pharmacies. The runners would then provide the pills to McIntosh in exchange for pills or cash. McIntosh would then sell the pills or have …
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Physician Assistant sentenced to 10 years in prison

… and the DEA has worked to decrease the total quantities of pills that pharmaceutical companies produce every year, all … with the end of decreasing the numbers of powerful opioid pills getting into the hands of vulnerable members of our … in this way.  He showed no hesitation when asked to provide pills to someone who said he was going to sell them.  There …
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Physician Practicing In Grass Valley, Yuba City Sentenced To More Than Four Years In Prison For Illegal Prescription Practice

… agreement, Capos prescribed 2,640 APAP/Hydrocodone 325/10 pills in 28 days for one (325 mg acetaminophen and 10 mg … At that rate, the patient would have to take 94 pills per day. And for another patient, he prescribed 2,100 … oxycodone (30 mg) over 50 days, which would have been 42 pills per day. This case was the product of an investigation …
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Three Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses

… grams of pure methamphetamine and 657 net grams of fentanyl pills which they planned to take to North Dakota to sell … grams of pure methamphetamine, 657 net grams of fentanyl pills and a loaded firearm when we were stopped in Chaves …
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Methamphetamine Seizures Continue to Climb in the Midwest

July 10, 2019
… Meth cooks across the country began using cold medication pills to make their own one-pot labs, producing two ounces … is finding its way into the country via liquid suspension, pills, powder and shards. A common misconception among …
July 10, 2019
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New Jersey And New York Doctors, 20 Others Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… today: Oxycodone, the active ingredient in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, Roxicodone and Percocet, is a … and the defendants then sold and redistributed the pills. Lopresti and Lahham wrote the prescriptions in … for cash payments from Erwin and others, knowing that the pills were to be redistributed. Erwin and others, with the …
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Grand Jury Returns 77-Count Indictment Against Nassau Cardiologist For Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor

… but we see criminal organizations selling diverted pills on the street; an increase in Medicaid fraud; and … police investigation involving the purchase of Oxycodone pills led to the additional undercover purchases of two … that the assault weapons and prescriptions for the pills were originally acquired and transferred to the seller …
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DEA To Doctor, “You’ve Been Served”

… The DEA and its state and local partners continue Operation Pill Nation enforcement and administrative actions today … work investigating the people involved in illegal, rogue pill mills is far from over. We have handcuffs and ISOs at …
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Narcotics (Opioids)

Fentanyl

April 21, 2026
Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic. It is approximately 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin as an analgesic.
April 21, 2026
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New Britain Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Distributing Fentanyl

… that Petersen was selling fentanyl powder, prescription pills and marijuana.  DEA Task Force Officers and the New … Casadei also obtained and distributed various prescription pills, including Xanax and oxycodone.  Casadei then supplied fentanyl and various prescription pills to Jared McBriarty, of Bristol, who in turn supplied …
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Seven Members Of Las Cruces-Based Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Facing Federal Charges

… the defendants fraudulently obtained an aggregate of 2,691 pills of (30 mg), 120 pills of (15 mg), and 390 pills of (30 mg), with the intention of unlawfully …
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Five More Sentenced To Federal Prison In Operation Sooner Or Later

… Rodriguez-Padron and another supplier. The prices of the pills ranged from $6.70 to $8.00 each.  Cisneros then redistributed those pills to other Oxycodone dealers in Kentucky for between …