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MGH To Pay $2.3 Million To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

… hospital.  Altogether, the two nurses stole nearly 16,000 pills, mostly oxycodone, an addictive painkiller.  Both … DEA’s ensuing audit of MGH’s controlled substances revealed pill count discrepancies totaling over 20,000, missing or …
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Fairfield Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone

… 2016, authorized the couple to receive thousands of pills of oxycodone and Percocet, a medication containing … through a middleman for street-level resale of the pills in and around Waterbury. The Controlled Substances Act …
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Johnson City Doctor Pleads Guilty: Failure To Keep Drug Records/ Making False Statements To Drug Enforcement Administration

… occasions. On June 3, 2008, he ordered 30 Suboxone 8/2 mg pills from Dendrite Interactive Marketing, a drug … our efforts to help eradicate the illegal prescription pill distribution problem by focusing on the medical …
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DEA Office In Atlanta Holding Its Sixth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… opportunity these Take-Back Day events provide to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … area, where Georgians will be able to drop off their pills at sites across the state free of charge, again, no …
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DEA Office In Charlotte Holding Its Sixth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… opportunity these Take-Back Day events provide to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … where North Carolinians will be able to drop off their pills at sites across the state free of charge, again, no …
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DEA Office In Columbia Holding Its Sixth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… opportunity these Take-Back Day events provide to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … where South Carolinians will be able to drop off their pills at sites across the state free of charge, again, no …
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DEA Office In Nashville Holding Its Fourth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… opportunity these Take-Back Day events provide to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … area, where Tennesseans will be able to drop off their pills at sites across the state free of charge, again, no …
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Major Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

… been sentenced to prison for trafficking more than 185,000 pills of (MDMA), methamphetamine, (which is a drug similar … drug traffickers. In total, Bushay distributed over 185,000 pills.  Bushay also used former-Customs and Border …
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27

… enter their zip code.  Or they can call 800-882-9539.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the … its recognition of the need for a way to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
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Three More Charged In Federal Steroid And Prescription Narcotic Distribution Investigation

… charging 11 individuals with steroid and prescription pill distribution offenses.  Eight of the individuals … members of the conspiracy were distributing prescription pills, including oxycodone. Charged in the 12-count …
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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.  “Prescription drug abuse has become the nation’s … site on www.dea.gov  or by calling 800-882-9529.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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Gramercy Physician Convicted In 39 Illegal Prescription Sales

… prescriptions from the doctor in order to sell the pills on the black market. Testimony detailed how Castro … overdose in Middlesex, N.J. and authorities discovered a pill bottle with Castro’s name on the label at the scene. At …
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Heroin Traffickers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Roles In Multi-state Conspiracy

… of heroin that had been pressed to resemble oxycodone pills. The heroin had been pressed into pills while in California and then shipped into the Baton …
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DEA Hosts Its Fifth Statewide 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 … be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge; no questions …
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DEA Collected A Record Amount Of Unwanted Rx Medication In The State Of New York

… Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills nationally and 55 percent more in New York State than … and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Shortly after DEA’s first Take-Back Day event …
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Manhattan Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

… out prescriptions for controlled substances - typically 180 pills of oxycodone at 30 mg strength - without ever having … charges in the indictment related to 42 prescriptions for pills with an approximate street value of more than …
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Army Doctor Indicted For Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… apart at different pharmacies and far exceed the amount of pills two people could consume for legitimate purposes. The … 3,000 30 mg oxycodone tablets for $10 - $12 per tablet with pills obtained from prescriptions through these individuals. …
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Former Alexandria Doctor Receives 70 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Oxycodone

… for pain medications, sometimes exceeding 2,000 pills per patient each month. Wade frequently issued these … patient. Oxycodone is the active ingredient in brand name pills such as OxyContin, Roxicodone and Percocet.  It is a …
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Saint Margret Middle School Presentation

… the dangers of abusing pharmaceutical medications “pain pills” and synthetic drugs. Guest speakers included, … the identification of pharmaceuticals, most commonly abused pills/drugs, signs and symptoms of drug abuse and resources …
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Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 16 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

… Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American … and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Shortly after DEA’s first Take-Back Day event …
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Cartel Member Sentenced to 22 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking in Milwaukee

… trial, witnesses described how Cardenas-Salcido supplied pills containing fentanyl to lower-level distributors … through the mail before a shipment containing over 5,000 pills was intercepted by law enforcement in October 2022, … trial included the photo below, which depict the fentanyl pills Cardenas-Salcido trafficked. In its sentencing …
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Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 16 Years After Fatal Overdose of Indianapolis Woman

… officers observed marijuana, burnt joints and two white pills in plain view. They subsequently obtained a State of … 400 grams of fentanyl, more than 1,000 counterfeit Xanax pills, one pound of marijuana, a pill press and multiple …
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Bogalusa Man Convicted of Fentanyl Trafficking and Illegal Weapon Possession

… of the vehicle yielded a backpack containing 963 fentanyl pills, weighing approximately 135 grams. Fentanyl remains a … boasting about his ability to source up to 30,000 fentanyl pills. District Attorney Collin Sims praised the … was trafficking a significant quantity of these deadly pills while armed... My office remains committed to …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… and 100 times more potent that morphine.    Of counterfeit pills tested in DEA laboratories, one in four pills made with fentanyl contained a potentially lethal … potentially lethal doses).   The seizure of fentanyl-laced pills along the Southwest border increased more than 89 …
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First Defendant in Drug Trafficking Organization Dealing in Seattle's International District and Homeless Encampments Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

… of cocaine, 19 kilos of fentanyl powder, 250,000 fentanyl pills, and four kilos of heroin. The street value of the … for the Western District of Washington.  ###   Counterfeit Pills Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Synthetic drugs Fentanyl …
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Five Members of Hobbs Based Drug Trafficking Organization Arrested on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

… one pound of methamphetamine, approximately 500 pills of fentanyl, and approximately eight ounces of … court of law. ###   Arrests/Convictions - Major Counterfeit Pills Drug Trafficking Major Law Enforcement Operation …
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Six Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

… - (910) 815-4513 Fentanyl 2.jpg Bag of seized fentanyl pills. Liquid meth Methamphetamine DEA Stock Photo.jpg DEA … . For more information on fentanyl, visit DEA’s One Pill Can Kill Campaign at  www.dea.gov/onepill .  The …
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DEA Recognizes 2025 National Fentanyl Awareness Day with Debut of Faces of Fentanyl Online Exhibit

… The Sinaloa and CJNG cartels are hiding fentanyl in fake pills that look like prescription medications, such as … applications and encrypted communications platforms to sell pills and powders that are advertised as legitimate …
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Drug Ring Tied to Aryan Prison Gang Indicted With 24 Federal Arrests

… than ten kilos of methamphetamine, 11 kilos of fentanyl pills and more than a kilo of fentanyl powder, three kilos … investigation, law enforcement seized 830,000 fentanyl pills, 5.5 pounds of fentanyl powder, 223 pounds of …