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If You’ve ‘Got Drugs’, Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet This Saturday!

April 27, 2011
… drug “Take-Back” program that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. Last September, Americans turned in …
April 27, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

If You’ve ‘Got Drugs’, Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet This Saturday!

April 27, 2011
… drug “Take-Back” program that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. Last September, Americans turned in …
April 27, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Urges Idaho Residents To Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet!

April 27, 2011
… drug “Take-Back” program that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. Last September, Americans turned in …
April 27, 2011
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Southern Illinois Woman Pleads Guilty To Possession Of A Listed Chemical Knowing It Would Be Used To Manufacture A Controlled Substance

February 03, 2011
… she would purchase or obtain from others pseudoephedrine pills for use in manufacturing methamphetamine. Once …
February 03, 2011
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Two Men Sentenced For Manufacturing Methamphetamine

February 03, 2011
… at least 5500 pseudo-ephedrine cold tablets and took these pills to GOSSRAU’S - house in Godfrey, where they were used …
February 03, 2011
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Four Sentenced For Conspiracy To Manufacture Methamphetamine

July 19, 2011
… to the court that they would obtain pseudoephedrine pills for use in manufacturing methamphetamine and then …
July 19, 2011
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Guilty Pleas Entered In Methamphetamine Case

September 12, 2011
… On multiple occasions, Johnson supplied pseudoephedrine pills to Allen and others for the manufacture of …
September 12, 2011
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Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul For DEA St. Louis

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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Huntington Man Pleads Guilty In Major Federal Drug Sweep

May 20, 2014
… in the distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, prescription pills, heroin, (commonly known as Ecstasy) and marijuana. …
May 20, 2014
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Head Of Newman Drug Ring Pleads Guilty In Huntington

May 27, 2014
… to aggressively pursuing and shutting down illegal pill trafficking, eliminating open air drug markets, and …
May 27, 2014
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DEA’s 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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DEA’s Goal Is To Remove A Third Of A Million Pounds Of Expired Prescription Drugs From Circulation On The Sixth Take-Back Day, April 27

April 24, 2013
… opportunity these Take-Back Day events provide to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
April 24, 2013
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Anchorage Man Sentenced To 40 Months Prison In Alaska Drug Conspiracy

May 07, 2013
… 2012, sold powder cocaine, marijuana, and oxycodone pills in both cities. When Moultrie’s house was searched, …
May 07, 2013
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Anchorage Man Sentenced To 66 Months Prison For Drug Conspiracy Conviction

May 24, 2013
… 2012, sold powder cocaine, marijuana, and oxycodone pills in Anchorage and Fairbanks. Hill sold cocaine in the …
May 24, 2013
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Marin Doctor Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Prescribing Oxycodone Outside The Usual Course Of Professional Practice And Without A Legitimate Medical Purpose

July 19, 2016
… prescribed 46.8 grams of (numbering 1,530 thirty-milligram pills) and admitted doing so with the intent to act outside …
July 19, 2016
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Two Women Plead Guilty To Structuring Cash Transactions

February 24, 2014
… pharmacies in Modesto, and then transported and mailed the pills to Washington and other states for distribution on the …
February 24, 2014
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Four Men Indicted For Trafficking Oxycodone And Money Laundering, 37 Guns Seized

June 11, 2015
… 382 grams of methamphetamine, over 8,000 prescription pills of various types, 37 (including a short-barrel rifle), …
June 11, 2015
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Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is This Saturday

April 24, 2013
… opportunity these Take-Back Day events provide to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
April 24, 2013
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Northern California And Central Valley Resident Dispose Of More Than 7.5 Tons Of Medicine During DEA’s Third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event

November 04, 2011
… and increased enforcement to address “doctor shopping” and pill mills. On …
November 04, 2011
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Two Members of Mexico Connected Drug Trafficking Group Sentenced to Prison

September 23, 2025
… 81 kilograms of methamphetamine, 49 kilograms of fentanyl pills, 15 kilograms of cocaine, and three pounds of … https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF . ### Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons Synthetic drugs Fentanyl Methamphetamine …
September 23, 2025
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Lone American Living in Tukwila Indicted in International Drug Trafficking Investigation Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

June 26, 2025
… the investigation, law enforcement seized 84,000 fentanyl pills, more than a kilogram of fentanyl powder, 32 kilograms … against criminal networks. ###   Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons OCDETF/Task Force Seizures …
June 26, 2025
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Year-Long Wiretap Investigation Results in Four Arrests and Kilogram Seizures of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Heroin, and Cocaine

June 05, 2024
… 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 …
June 05, 2024
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DEA Champions 2025 Red Ribbon Campaign

September 30, 2025
… from country music artists on the dangers of counterfeit pills; inspirational remarks from NFL Pro Football Hall of …
September 30, 2025
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DEA Dismantles MS-13 Cell in Nashville

September 16, 2025
… also seized bulk quantities of marijuana, counterfeit pills, cocaine, THC vapes, liquid psilocybin, and multiple …
September 16, 2025
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Fentanyl Distributor Pleads Guilty

July 18, 2025
… U.S. Attorney Stuart Tallichet prosecuted the case. Fake Pills Fentanyl Awareness On On Press Release Image Layout …
July 18, 2025
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Tucson Man Sentenced to Over 8 Years for Possession of Meth

July 15, 2025
… methamphetamine, Ornelas, Jr. was in possession of fentanyl pills, a .45 caliber extended magazine, a drug ledger, and a …
July 15, 2025
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Fresno Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl Resulting in Overdose Death

June 24, 2025
… victim, to his co-defendant who would in turn sell fentanyl pills and send Wakley a cut of the profits. At sentencing, …
June 24, 2025
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Mexican National Sentenced for Distribution of Fentanyl

April 29, 2025
… Lopez-Aparicio was found in possession of 20,000 fentanyl pills in Tucson, Arizona, that he intended to sell and …
April 29, 2025
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Fairbanks Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in a Fatal Overdose

April 04, 2025
… Troopers investigated the case. ## Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guilty Plea Overdose Synthetic drugs Fentanyl On On …
April 04, 2025
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Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

May 16, 2023
… police departments that assisted in this endeavor. Every pill removed from the home is an opportunity to prevent …
May 16, 2023