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Doctor who operated oxycodone and fentanyl diversion scheme sentenced to 5 years in prison

… have a current street value of approximately $20 to $30 per pill in New York City, with street prices even higher in … Lopez wrote prescriptions for nearly one million oxycodone pills, with a street value of approximately $20 million. …
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Two Individuals Sentenced in Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution Case

… two pounds of methamphetamine and 234 fentanyl pills in Tuschoff’s car. The following day when law … they found more methamphetamine, heroin, and 196 fentanyl pills. Law enforcement officers also recovered $37,775 of …
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Seven arrested in connection to RX drug distribution operation

… at a Kmart pharmacy in Boca Raton, Fla., and delivered the pills to the members of the organization, rather than giving … drugs at an office site and later distributed the pills throughout South Florida. The defendants face charges …
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South Texas Dealer Sentenced for Selling Fentanyl to Teenager Resulting in Death

… OCDETF webpage . Drug Trafficking OCDETF/Task Force One Pill Can Kill Synthetic drugs Fentanyl On On Press Release …
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DEA Executes Operation Bottleneck to Prevent the Diversion of Controlled Substances and Keep Communities Safe

… have a legal obligation to account for every dose and every pill to protect the safety and health of the American …
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Chicago Medical Clinic Owner Gets Six Years Prison for Selling Opioids to Patients Illegally

… two kilograms of oxycodone, more than 595,000 hydrocodone pills, and more than 190,000 alprazolam pills (commonly known as Xanax), to individuals whom they …
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Darknet drug vendor sentenced to 10 years prison

… bottles of liquid synthetic opioids, over 100,000 tramadol pills, 100 grams of fentanyl, 24 kilograms of Xanax, and … value of more than $20 million; Confiscation of 15 pill presses, which are used to create illegal synthetic …
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Orthopedic Surgeon Sentenced for Opioid Prescription Conspiracies

… months of home confinement for his role in five separate pill sharing conspiracy cases. Thomas was also ordered to … hydrocodone tablets to Thomas. As a result of their illegal pill-sharing activity, Thomas and his co-conspirators …
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New Reward Offered for the Capture of Jian Zhang

… of fentanyl, fentanyl analogues and other illicit drugs, pill presses, stamps, or dies used to shape fentanyl and fentanyl analogues into pills, to customers in the United States through the mail or …
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Three Members of an International Money Laundering Organization Charged with Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds

… . For more information on fentanyl, visit DEA’s One Pill Can Kill Campaign at  www.dea.gov/onepill .  The materials on this website are available for …
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Monmouth County Designated As A HIDTA County

… in marijuana cases, second in the state in prescription pill cases, third in cocaine cases, and fourth in heroin … our federal partners in our fight against the prescription pill and heroin epidemic,” said Monmouth County Prosecutor …
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Two More Guilty Pleas Entered In Vallejo-Based Drug Trafficking Indictments

… lyrics glorify and promote the use and distribution of MDMA pills. In April 2012, agents arrested a total of 25 … the investigation, agents seized approximately 45,000 MDMA pills, four pounds of crack cocaine, two pounds of heroin, …
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Humble Resident Arrested in Connection to Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

… Attorney Stuart Tallichet is prosecuting the case. Fake Pills Fentanyl Awareness Fentanyl Off On Press Release Image …
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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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Eighth Defendant Sentenced For Drug Trafficking And Conducting Illegal Cash Transactions

… pharmacies in Modesto, and then transported or mailed the pills to Washington for distribution on the black market. After illegally selling the pills, the defendants then deposited the cash proceeds of …
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Sophisticated Traffickers Smuggled Narcotics To New York City Via U.S. Postal Service

… 2013, including 4 kilograms of (nearly 9 lbs.) and 1,000 pills of oxycodone. Authorities also recovered approximately … a kilogram of (over 2 lbs.) and approximately 1,000 pills of oxycodone, as well as $15,250 cash. During the … including a kilogram of (over 2 lbs.), approximately 1,000 pills of oxycodone and 150 grams of crack-cocaine, as well …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Meets A Growing Need For Northern California Residents

… Take Back Day program by dropping off more prescription pills than ever during the April 26, 2014 event.  Federal, … and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Take Back Days are presently needed because the …
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Former owner of Chicago medical clinic guilty of selling opioid prescriptions to patients who lacked medical need for the drugs

… two kilograms of oxycodone, more than 595,000 hydrocodone pills, and more than 190,000 alprazolam pills (commonly known as Xanax), to individuals whom they …
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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 Sponsoring 11th National Prescription Take Back Day

… 800-882-9539.  “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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Waterbury Man Sentenced for Role in Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Ring

… for street distribution, approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet pills, one firearm and approximately $50,000 in cash. …
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Lasalle County Doctor Sentenced for Dispensing Prescription Drugs to Addicts for Sex

… Andrew Strandell, knowing that Strandell would sell the pills on the black market and then kick back some of the … states. Dr. Perales knew the patients were addicted to the pills, yet he dispensed them without performing a medical …
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Darknet Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Firearm Charges

… Inside the packages, investigators found heroin, fentanyl pills, and other controlled substances. Investigators also … at (206) 553-4110 or Emily.Langlie@usdoj.gov .     Fake Pills Guilty Plea Guns/Weapons Seizures (Drugs/Property) …
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New York Doctor Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For Oxycodone Distribution And Conspiracy

… prescriptions in exchange for cash payments, and knew the pills were to be redistributed.   Oxycodone, the active ingredient in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, Roxicodone and Percocet, is a …
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Puyallup, Washington, man pleads guilty to trafficking heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine

… turned up dealer-sized quantities of heroin, fentanyl pills, and methamphetamine, plus more than $24,000 cash.  … of narcotics led to heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl pills near Gongas’s stopped car.  Gongas ultimately admitted …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcements Launched In New York

… drugs are safer than illicit drugs, are abusing pills at an alarming rate.  One in four teens has misused or … medicine cabinet is the number-one source of prescription pills for teens and young adults. The PSAs can be found …
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Pooler pharmacy, pharmacist to pay up to $2.2 million for dispensing illegitimate prescriptions

… substances pursuant to prescriptions by a notorious pill-mill doctor. Under the settlement, Greeson Rx, LLC and … years, despite obvious evidence Bynes was operating a pill mill. Any individuals who have information about …
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Year-Long Wiretap Investigation Results in Four Arrests and Kilogram Seizures of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Heroin, and Cocaine

… the investigation, law enforcement seized 84,000 fentanyl pills, more than a kilogram of fentanyl powder, 32 kilograms … the Western District of Washington. Drug Trafficking Fake Pills OCDETF/Task Force Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic …
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

… Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 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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Bradenton drug dealer sentenced to prison

… the driver, was patted down for weapons, during which a pill bottle containing approximately 8.5 grams of a white … a digital scale, plastic baggies containing Xanax pills, approximately 13.5 grams of suspected fentanyl, 13 …