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Thompsonville Man Pleads Guilty In Meth Conspiracy

May 31, 2011
… the court that he and others would obtain pseudoephedrine pills for use in manufacturing methamphetamine and then …
May 31, 2011
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Dalgren Man Will Serve Over Seven Years In Prison For Illegal Possession Of Pseudoephedrine

May 31, 2011
… admitted to the court that he would obtain pseudoephedrine pills for use in manufacturing methamphetamine. The …
May 31, 2011
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Carterville Man Sentenced For Meth-Making Offense

June 02, 2011
… admitted to the court that he would obtain pseudoephedrine pills for use in manufacturing methamphetamine. The …
June 02, 2011
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Sparta Woman Faces Five Years In Prison For “Meth” Case

September 14, 2012
… hearing, Wahl admitted that she provided pseudoephedrine pills to others for the manufacture of methamphetamine. At …
September 14, 2012
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Former Pharmacy Technician Sentenced For Stealing Narcotics

January 31, 2013
… January 2010 until June 2011, defendant stole over 6000 pills of Oxycodone, Clonazepam, Zolpidem and Oxycontin from …
January 31, 2013
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Owner Of Non-Profit “Club” Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Narcotics

March 12, 2013
… investigation revealed that Shepard was obtaining the pills, in some instances, by purchasing prescriptions from …
March 12, 2013
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Eugene Ecstasy Dealer Sentenced To Four Years In Prison

April 26, 2013
… seized two and half pounds of ecstasy powder, 24 ecstasy pills, three pounds of dry psilocybin mushrooms, 27 grams of …
April 26, 2013
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U.S. District Court Enters Judgment Against Fugitive And Surety In Fentanyl Distribution Case

September 01, 2017
… Kia Zolfaghari manufactured and sold counterfeit oxycodone pills online that were laced with fentanyl, a powerful …
September 01, 2017
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Physician Practicing In Grass Valley And Yuba City Indicted For Illegal Prescription Practice

January 31, 2014
… that he illegally dispensed 1,590 30-milligram oxycodone pills in the summer of 2012. U.S. Attorney Wagner said: “The …
January 31, 2014
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Kent, Washington Man Pleads Guilty To Structuring Cash Proceeds Of Interstate Oxycodone And Hydrocodone Trafficking

March 03, 2014
… in Modesto, California and then transported and mailed the pills to Washington for distribution on the black market. …
March 03, 2014
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Tacoma, Wash. Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Oxycodone And Making Illegal Cash Deposits

March 11, 2014
… pharmacies in Modesto, and then transported and mailed the pills to Washington for distribution on the black market. …
March 11, 2014
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Prescription Drug Take-Back Day On Saturday April 26

April 22, 2014
… enter their zip code.  Or they can call 800-882-9539.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
April 22, 2014
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Fugitive Arrested In Major Federal Investigation Of National Drug Trafficking By Vallejo-Based Rappers

November 29, 2012
… the investigation, agents seized approximately 45,000 MDMA pills, approximately four pounds of crack cocaine, a …
November 29, 2012
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Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
… and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Shortly after DEA’s first Take-Back Day event …
October 04, 2012
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Bakersfield Marijuana Storefront Owner And Employee Indicted

October 18, 2012
… plants, 25 pounds of processed marijuana, nearly 3,000 pills, including suspected hydrocodone and morphine, a …
October 18, 2012
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Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty In Multistate Drug Conspiracy

August 12, 2011
… (approximately 300 to 1,300 plants per house), 13,000 MDMA pills, and a methamphetamine lab capable of producing 10 to …
August 12, 2011
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Sinaloa Cartel-Connected Drug Distribution Ring That Used Semi-Trucks to Transport Huge Loads Disrupted With Multiple Arrests

August 25, 2025
… He was found to have more than two kilograms of fentanyl pills when law enforcement searched his residence on August … and Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Major Law Enforcement Operation OCDETF/Task Force …
August 25, 2025
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Operation Engage Baton Rouge

March 28, 2025
… stimulant that speeds up the body’s system that comes as a pill or powder. Available in prescription as Desoxyn® to …
March 28, 2025
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DEA Surge Targets Sinaloa Cartel Networks Worldwide

September 08, 2025
… 480 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 714,707 counterfeit pills, 2,209 kilograms of methamphetamine, 7,469 kilograms …
September 08, 2025
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results in DEA and Partners Collecting Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds of Unneeded Medications in an Effort to Prevent Addiction and Reduce Overdose Deaths

May 24, 2022
… Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson. “Every pill that is destroyed is one less that can be misused. …
May 24, 2022
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DEA and partners announce results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 30, 2021
… addiction and potential overdose by removing prescription pills from their homes.  Our April event included 4,425 …
April 30, 2021
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DEA destroys more than 16,000 pounds of surrendered prescriptions

May 05, 2019
… to take too many lives, and many people get their first pills to abuse from the home medicine cabinet,” said Special …
May 05, 2019
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Meth on the rise in New Jersey

February 01, 2019
… paranoid delusions, and violent behavior. It can come in pill, powder, liquid, and crystal form also known as “ice” …
February 01, 2019
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DEA Recognizes First Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day

May 10, 2022
… mixing fentanyl with other illicit drugs—in powder and pill form—to drive addiction and create repeat customers. …
May 10, 2022
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San Diego Resident Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

December 28, 2021
… your teenager about the dangers of drugs because just One Pill Can Kill,” said DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge …
December 28, 2021
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Third Defendant Sentenced to Almost 19 Years in Fentanyl Overdose Death of Longtime Rugby Player

May 25, 2021
… residence, law enforcement seized fentanyl in powdered and pill form; a digital scale with powdered residue; drug …
May 25, 2021
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

October 24, 2018
… DEA aims to dispose of 10 million pounds of unused pills SAN DIEGO – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 …
October 24, 2018
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Dunkirk Man Arrested, Facing Drug and Gun Charges After Police Find Loaded Uzi and Other Guns in his Residence

June 01, 2021
… and marijuana packaged for sale, suspected Gabapentin pills, and other assorted drug paraphernalia. The arrest is …
June 01, 2021
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Doctor Convicted of Second Degree Murder

April 30, 2021
… individuals who died were prescribed more than 1,800 opioid pills in the same months as their deaths. Three of the five …
April 30, 2021
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Bridgeport Heroin Distributor Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

March 16, 2022
… Martinez transition from the sale of cocaine and opioid pills to the sale of heroin. Fontanez was arrested on …
March 16, 2022