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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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Owner Of Columbus Southern Medical Center Pleads Guilty To Drug, Tax, Fraud Charges: $29 Million Forfeited

… Kevin Lake operated Columbus Southern Medical Center as a pill mill," said U.S. Attorney Glassman. "He got rich by … prosecuting this case.  Because of this team effort, this pill mill operation has been shut down.” Three co-defendants …
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to $900,000 Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

… street price of $1,400 per ounce of cocaine, $30 per pill (approximately 0.1 grams) of fentanyl, and $200 per …
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Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty in Bringing Cocaine to Kansas City from Texas

… street price of $1,400 per ounce of cocaine, $30 per pill (approximately 0.1 grams) of fentanyl, and $200 per …
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Woman Indicted for Providing Fatal Fentanyl

… Court documents allege Webber sold the victim two fentanyl pills on June 9. An indictment is merely a formal charge …
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Pawtucket Man Convicted In Federal Court Of Conspiracy, Possession With The Intent To Distribute Oxycodone

… and his residence resulted in the seizure of oxycodone pills, cocaine and cash. The jury acquitted Pineda of … and at his residence. At the barber shop, 33 oxycodone pills and three cell phones were seized from Pineda and his …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth 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 … partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth 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 … partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth 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 … partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth 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 … partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

… members to collect these drugs. With every prescription pill turned in on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, …
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Former Physician is Sentenced to 30 Months after Conviction for Diverting Prescription Opioids

… to prescribe hundreds of highly addictive prescription pills to himself and fictitious patients, further fueling …
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Doctor Arrested For Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Overdose Victim: Pain Management Clinic Shuttered

… Law enforcement officers observed patients selling pills in front of the clinic. In fact, two patients were … arrested by the NYPD’s Queens Narcotics Squad for selling pills outside a pharmacy immediately after receiving a …
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DEA achieves significant milestone during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Domestic Americans across the country dropped off unused pills reaching a program total of nearly 11 million pounds …
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Brooklyn Woman Charged with Trafficking 18 Firearms into Brooklyn

… allegedly sold by the defendant was disguised as Oxycodone pills. The charges in the indictment are allegations, and …
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Five Indicted for Drug Trafficking in “The Jungle” and Seattle’s International District

… and the Tukwila Police Department. ## Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons OCDETF/Task Force Synthetic drugs …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

… Domestic DEA aims to dispose of 10 million pounds of unused pills WASHINGTON – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 …
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DEA Task Force Investigation Into Prescription Narcotics Trafficking Results In 13 Arrests

… wiretaps, controlled purchases of OxyCodone pills and physical surveillance. In association with today’s arrests, law enforcement seized more than 2000 pills and approximately $11,000 in cash. “Prescription drug …
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Boston Man Convicted of Possessing with Intent to Distribute Over a Kilogram of Fentanyl

… it comes to fentanyl, the public needs to know that one pill can kill, leaving shattered families behind, and lives …
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Former Kent Resident Sentenced to Prison for Selling Narcotics Near Drug Treatment Center

… Sheriff’s Office and the FBI. ## Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs Fentanyl …
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Indictment Charges 9 Individuals With Obtaining Oxycodone In Fraudulent Prescription Scheme

… trafficking ring that obtained more than 80,000 oxycodone pills by way of fraudulent prescriptions. “The diversion and … and fraudulently obtained more than 80,000 oxycodone pills. On September 22, 2015, a federal grand jury in New …
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Federal Jury Convicts High-Level Operative in Craven County Drug Trafficking Organization

… of methamphetamine, 900 grams of fentanyl (powder and pill form), and a loaded firearm from Garcia’s residence. …
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San Joaquin County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun and Drug Charges

… 6 kilograms of heroin, over 350 grams of counterfeit M-30 pills containing fentanyl, approximately $297,000 in cash, …
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Eight Arrested On Federal Steroid And Prescription Narcotic Distribution Charges

… a long-term investigation into steroid and prescription pill distribution by multiple individuals, including a … distributer, and Pecora is alleged to be a prescription pill distributer. During the course of the investigation, …
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Indictment Charges Waterbury Men with Drug and Gun Offenses

… revealed distribution quantities of cocaine and narcotic pills, four loaded handguns, gun magazines, numerous rounds …
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Alleged Fentanyl Trafficker Extradited from Honduras to the United States to Face Federal Charges

… until proven guilty. ### Drug Trafficking Extraditions Fake Pills Synthetic drugs Fentanyl On On Press Release Image …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Theft of Medical Products and Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute

… was responsible for diverting over 28,000 hydrocodone pills from the medical chain of supply to the illicit drug …
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Albuquerque Smoke Shop Owner Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Drug Offense

… seven firearms, 35.67 pounds of marijuana, 57 oxycodone pills, 3 grams of cocaine and $58,293 in US currency. During …
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Cartel-Linked Minnesotan Indicted for Operating a Mexico-Based Drug Trafficking Operation

… two kilograms of fentanyl, 30,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills, 45 firearms, and more than $2.5 million in drug …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges In Manhattan Federal Court Against Former Physician’s Assistant For Minor League Hockey Team And Former Player For Team Relating To The Distribution Of Oxycodone

… Percocet, which contains oxycodone, for a total of 2,920 pills.  Johnson did not conduct any in-person treatment or … to Huntington, New York, where Hart lived, to purchase the pills. In April 2011, Boogaard was sent to a rehabilitation …