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Houston Doctor Convicted For Distributing Prescription Narcotics

July 27, 2016
… a pharmacist, dispensed the drugs. Witnesses testified the pill are sold for approximately $40 each on the street. The …
July 27, 2016
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SoCal Doctor Charged With Illegally Writing Prescriptions For Addictive Narcotics And Laundering Proceeds Of His Drug Dealing

April 10, 2014
… the “maximum” allowable number of extra-strength Vicodin pills. Based on review of the undercover recordings and …
April 10, 2014
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31 Dealers Arrested In Drug Sweep In Yonkers, NY

October 31, 2017
… of heroin, cocaine, crack-cocaine, and prescription pills were purchased from these street level drug dealers …
October 31, 2017
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Civil Complaint Filed Against Islip Terrace Doctor For Issuing Prescriptions Without Legitimate Medical Need

November 06, 2014
… oath to do no harm when he continued to prescribe oxycodone pills to patients after being alerted of their failed drug …
November 06, 2014
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Amherst Doctor Arrested For Distributing Controlled Substances And Obtaining Prescriptions By Fraud

April 15, 2015
… for pain medication, he was abusing the prescription pills himself. As a health care professional, Dr. Cowie …
April 15, 2015
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Three California Men Sentenced For Leading A Large Scale Juneau Oxycodone Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracy

June 25, 2014
… transport, and sale of tens of thousands of oxycodone pills in the Juneau area. Thomas laundered over 1.5 million …
June 25, 2014
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DEA Hosts Its Sixth Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day April 27 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

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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DEA’s Seventh Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 29, 2013
… and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Shortly after DEA’s first Take-Back Day event …
October 29, 2013
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DEA Sponsors 7th National Prescription Take Back Day

October 24, 2013
… will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
October 24, 2013
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“2fly” Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Bronx Murder In Connection With Racketeering Conspiracy

November 07, 2016
… cocaine, but also sold powder cocaine and prescription pills, such as oxycodone.  2Fly members and associates …
November 07, 2016
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DEA Announces 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

October 26, 2017
… over 8.1 million pounds -- more than 4,050 tons -- of pills. The Take-Back initiative addresses a vital public …
October 26, 2017
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Arizona To Host Second Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

March 08, 2011
… will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
March 08, 2011
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Doctor Who Supplied Oxycodone Ring Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 36 Months In Prison

December 19, 2012
… established that approximately 11,000 oxycodone pills were obtained through health care fraud and …
December 19, 2012
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Justice Department Announces Settlement Agreement With Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Over Pharmacy Control Failures

July 08, 2016
… Cancer Care (SCCA) relating to losses of more than 96,000 pills of oxycodone between 2011 and 2013.  SCCA …
July 08, 2016
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

March 21, 2011
… will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
March 21, 2011
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Maryland Woman Found Guilty Of Leading Oxycodone Operation

June 13, 2016
… has fraudulently obtained approximately 130,000 oxycodone pills.  Thirteen other members of this conspiracy have also …
June 13, 2016
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DEA Pennsylvania And Delaware Holding Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In September

September 26, 2012
… partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …
September 26, 2012
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DEA’s Third National Prescription Drug Take Back Day A Huge Success

November 03, 2011
… and increased enforcement to address “doctor shopping” and pill mills. On …
November 03, 2011
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Pharmacist Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Painkillers

June 03, 2014
… illegally dispensed over 11,000 oxycodone and oxymorphone pills. Today’s arrests are the culmination of a ten month …
June 03, 2014
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Rochester Doctor Sentenced For Illegal Drug Trafficking

June 26, 2014
… has seen.  Coming at a time when the abuse of opiate-based pills has become a national epidemic, the efforts of the DEA …
June 26, 2014
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McKesson Agrees To Pay Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs

January 17, 2017
… an increasing amount of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, frequently misused products that are part of the …
January 17, 2017
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Queens Doctor Sentenced To 54 Months’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

June 17, 2015
… for oxycodone in an attempt to illegally provide pills,” stated Acting United States Attorney Currie. “Health …
June 17, 2015
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Leader Of Oxycodone Ring Sentenced To 15 Years’ Imprisonment For His Leadership In Long Island Oxycodone Distribution Ring

September 30, 2015
… illegally obtained and distributed over 95,000 oxycodone pills BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal …
September 30, 2015
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Leader Of “Trinitarios” Gang Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 10 Years In Prison

October 29, 2015
… void, and continued to  sell drugs - cocaine, marijuana, pills and what amounted to kilogram quantities of heroin …
October 29, 2015
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Niagara Falls Police Officer, Two Others Charged With Selling Cocaine

December 15, 2016
… 61 grams of cocaine, a clear bag containing hydrocodone pills, and two clear glass jars containing 10 grams of …
December 15, 2016
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Mexican Nationals Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

October 24, 2025
… equipped with a machine gun conversion device, and fentanyl pills. Ramirez admitted participating in Lopez's drug … case. ### Arrests/Convictions - Major Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs …
October 24, 2025
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Operation Engage Richmond

March 28, 2025
… Stimulant that speeds up body’s system that comes as pill or powder. Find Treatment Find substance misuse …
March 28, 2025
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges against 601 Individuals Responsible for over $2 Billion in Fraud Losses

June 28, 2018
… prescriptions to fill bulk orders for over one million pills of hydrocodone and oxycodone, which the pharmacy, in … $8 million for medically unnecessary compounded creams and pills. In the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of …
June 28, 2018
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Terrance C. Cole Sworn in as Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

July 25, 2025
… methamphetamine, and heroin, and press fentanyl into pills made to look like prescription medications. This is …
July 25, 2025
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Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced to Federal Prison

June 05, 2025
… P. Hakala-Finch prosecuted the case. Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Fentanyl Awareness On On Press Release Image Layout …
June 05, 2025