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DEA Recognizes First Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… mixing fentanyl with other illicit drugs—in powder and pill form—to drive addiction and create repeat customers. …
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Court Sentences Mobile Man to 292 Months Imprisonment in Multi-Defendant Interstate Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

… who provided him the US currency, ten ecstasy pills, 1 gram of heroin and the $8,000 in U.S Currency. On …
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Rohypnol

January 25, 2025
Rohypnol® is a trade name for flunitrazepam, a CNS depressant that belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines. Flunitrazepam is also marketed as generic preparations and other trade name products outside of the United States. Like other benzodiazepines, Rohypnol® produces sedative-hypnotic, anti-anxiety, and muscle relaxant effects. This drug...
January 25, 2025
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Over 5,300 Sites Join DEA Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs On April 30th

… nationwide have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. This is hundreds more sites than were …
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Company Pays $158,760 to Resolve Claims Related to Controlled Substance Thefts From Pharmacies During Inventory

… For example, in July 2017, an RGIS employee stole Vicodin pills while inventorying a retail pharmacy in Schenectady, …
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Former Fort Hood Army Sergeant Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution

… more information on the dangers of fentanyl and DEA’s One Pill Can Kill campaign, please visit https://www.dea.gov/onepill. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark H. Marshall prosecuted …
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Midland Man Sentenced for Illegal Fentanyl and Firearm Possession

… more information on the dangers of fentanyl and DEA’s One Pill Can Kill campaign, please visit https://www.dea.gov/onepill. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Ellis prosecuted the …
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Clearwater Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Methamphetamine

… AR-15 rifle, ammunition, a kilogram of cocaine, numerous pills—including more than 579 grams of MDMA, a quantity of …
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Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Arranging the Sale of a Firearm and Meth While Incarcerated

… the woman also made two deliveries of methamphetamine pills, totaling more than 244 grams, to the buyer of the …
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Albuquerque Smoke Shop Owner Appears in Court on Firearm and Drug Charges

… approximately 35.67 pounds of marijuana, 56 oxycodone pills and approximately 3 grams of cocaine. During the …
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Camden County Man Charged with Firearms and Narcotics Offenses

… They recovered approximately 1,000 suspected fentanyl pills and approximately seven pounds of suspected crystal …
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Dunkirk Man Arrested, Facing Drug and Gun Charges After Police Find Loaded Uzi and Other Guns in his Residence

… and marijuana packaged for sale, suspected Gabapentin pills, and other assorted drug paraphernalia. The arrest is …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Three Defendants for Trapper Creek Murders in Alaska

… ###   Arrests/Convictions - Major Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons Synthetic drugs Fentanyl Methamphetamine …
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Ringleader of Fentanyl Conspiracy Sentenced to Life, Co-Conspirators Sentenced to a Total of More than 100 Years

… from fake pharmaceuticals to rainbow candy-colored pills, and even within other controlled substances like …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts 10 Defendants in Large Drug Trafficking Ring in Alaska

… ### Arrests/Convictions - Major Drug Trafficking Fake Pills OCDETF/Task Force Synthetic drugs Fentanyl On On Press …
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Corrections Officer Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… Attorney Stephanie Van Marter. ### Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Synthetic drugs Methamphetamine Fentanyl Cocaine On On …
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DEA and partners announce results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… addiction and potential overdose by removing prescription pills from their homes.  Our April event included 4,425 …
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Doctor Convicted 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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Convicted Felon Sentenced to More Than 8 Years in Federal Prison for Firearm and Cocaine Distribution Offenses

… loaded with ammunition, 13 bags of cocaine, 5 alprazolam pills, and marijuana. Boston later admitted that all of the …
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San Diego Resident Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

… your teenager about the dangers of drugs because just One Pill Can Kill,” said DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge …
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Kansas City Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

… grams of THC concentrate/THC wax, and 38 full and 11 half pills of various controlled pharmaceuticals. Officers also …
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Defendant Pleads Guilty in Fentanyl Overdose Case

… have killed others.”  “We speak often about how counterfeit pills that contain fentanyl endanger our community members,” …
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Defendants Sentenced for Drug Trafficking that Resulted in Two Deaths

Defendants Sentenced for Drug Trafficking that Resulted in Two Deaths February 28, 2024 Atlanta Contact Info Contact Us (404) 893-7000 571-362-3458 DEA.Atlanta.Media@dea.gov SA Sheri Kindred 571-362-2922 Atlanta.Division.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a …
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Two Women Admit to Smuggling Over $2M in Fentanyl and Other Narcotics

… vehicle. A search revealed 15 bundles of cocaine and 32,500 pills of fentanyl concealed in the front and rear bumpers of …
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Burlington Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 60 Months

… of fentanyl, over $17,300 of cash, and assorted opiate pills. Elsewhere in the apartment, officers located a …
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Grants Pass Man Charged in Federal Court for Trafficking Fentanyl and Illegally Possessing a Firearm

… drug enforcement initiatives. Drug Trafficking Fake Pills HIDTA Synthetic drugs Fentanyl On On Press Release …
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Defendants Convicted and Sentenced in Long-Term Methamphetamine and Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Investigation in Bay County

… and multi-thousands of prescription narcotics pills by Kenneth Sizemore, Marcel Michaud, Darrell Britt, …
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Former medical doctor sentenced to over three years prison for unlawfully prescribing oxycodone

… Owens, Judge Alsup stated, “[Owens] was not running a pill mill,...but he was doing something just as bad...He …
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Greenwood Village Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Illegal Distribution of Controlled Substances and Financial Crimes

… patient showed up to a drug deal with 119 methamphetamine pills prescribed by the defendant.  The defendant admitted …
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Colorado Springs Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking

… one pound of heroin, approximately 800 fentanyl pills, two loaded handguns, and drug trafficking …