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Felon arrested at Puyallup motel pleads guilty to drug and gun crimes

… more than six pounds of methamphetamine, 3,000 fentanyl pills and smaller amounts of heroin and steroids.  The bags …
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

… of those who struggle with addiction today first abused pills found in the home medicine cabinet. Therefore, we at …
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Skagit County business owner sentenced to prison for laundering money for drug cartel that trafficked heroin and fentanyl

… law enforcement seized thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl, a powerful and potentially deadly …
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DEA National Take Back Day set for April 27

… often that a family member or friend will steal one or two pills, maybe even an entire bottle, from the cabinet of a …
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Indian Trail Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison On Drug Trafficking Charges

… arrested Parker they also seized from his residence (Xanax pills and heroin), drug scales, and a loaded firearm. Filed …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… by visiting wwwDEATakeBack.com or call 800-882-9539. Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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Multi-Agency Working Group Addresses Heroin Problem In Colorado

… might not have used heroin if they had never taken pain pills, had different friends or had more education about the …
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Physician From Kentucky Pleads Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances

… he unlawfully dispensed approximately 50,000 prescription pills to individuals in Eastern Kentucky. Dr. Richard …
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Former Veterans Affairs Doctor In Ohio Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone

… pad.  The prescription was issued for 72 Oxycodone pills the individual requested.  The individual was not a …
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Three Eastern Kentucky Treatment Centers And Two Pharmacies Pay Over $1 Million To U.S. Government For Violations Of Controlled Substance Act

… they no longer have the authority to possess or dispense pills.  The investigation was conducted by the DEA.  …
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Ohio Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Illegally Prescribing Painkillers

… hundreds of thousands of doses of painkillers and other pills to customers for no legitimate medical purpose. These …
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Leader Of Large Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

… who were receiving the drugs from a supplier in Mexico. The pills were then transported back to Kentucky and distributed …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… their support and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from the Fall 2010 through September 2014 by …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… their support and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from Fall 2010 through September 2014 by …
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Former Georgia Physician Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Controlled-Substances To Kentucky Residents

… distribute thousands of controlled substance prescription pills to residents of Kentucky. On October 8th, 2015, …
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Seventh Member Of Ohio Oxycodone Money Laundering Conspiracy Pleads

… controlled by someone Castro knew was illegally trafficking pills from Las Vegas to Columbus. Castro pleaded guilty to …
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Detroit Area Doctor Sentenced: 8 Years Prison

… in a conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription pills, and to defraud Medicare. McQuade was joined in the …
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Kentucky Man Sentenced To Four Life Sentences On Drug Trafficking And Aggravated Sexual Abuse Of Minors

… for the illegal distribution of thousands of oxycodone pills. The evidence also established that, on multiple …
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Attorney General Hunter Charges Doctor With Five Counts Of Second Degree Murder

… individuals who died were prescribed more than 1,800 opioid pills in the same months as their deaths. Three of the five …
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DEA Announces Colorado, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

… and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Shortly after DEA’s first Take-Back Day event …
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Denver Woman Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription And Illicit Drugs

… Hee.  Hee then charged customers $1 per milligram for the pills.  Agents and officers observed Hee and a co-defendant …
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Nine Sentenced To Prison For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… in Holyoke, Massachusetts. After the oxycodone pills were sold in Massachusetts, the drug proceeds were …
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Equitable Sharing Funds Distributed To Participating Law Enforcement Partners

… traveling from Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee to obtain pain pills. Pursuant to the Department of Justice Equitable …
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Pharmacist Admits Multiple Sales Of Oxycodone Without A Prescription, Agrees To Forfeit $1.5 Million

… in court: Oxycodone, the active ingredient in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, is a Schedule II controlled …
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Head Pharmacist Of West Orange Pharmacy Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison For Selling Oxycodone Without Prescriptions

… in court: Oxycodone, the active ingredient in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, is a Schedule II controlled …
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New Jersey Board Of Medical Examiners Suspends License Of North Arlington Physician For Indiscriminate Prescribing Of Powerful Pain Killers And Other Violations

… the pain killers, but instead may have been providing the pills to others. In reviewing six patient records presented …
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The New Orleans Field Division DEA Office Is Taking Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs April 30, 2011

… Agencies to give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
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DEA Holds Prescription Drug Take-Back Event October 26

… Take Back Days give the public the opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
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Federal And Local Law Enforcement Execute Multiple Warrants

… 2 pounds of marijuana, 20 grams cocaine, prescription pills, 6 weapons, 2 stun guns, and approximately $20,000 in …
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Charges Filed Against Chicago-Area Man For Multi-Million-Dollar Theft Of Prescription Pain Relieving Medications

… of 2011, Newsome illegally sold an estimated 700,000 pills containing hydrocodone, with an estimated street value …