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DEA announces results in massive statewide opioid sweep

… more than 200,000 opioid and other dangerous controlled pills. Several physicians surrendered their ability to …
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Pharmacist gets 10 years in prison on DEA case

… divert hundreds of thousands of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills. In addition, more than 13 gallons of promethazine …
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DEA achieves significant milestone during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 459-9600 Americans across the country dropped off unused pills reaching a program total of nearly 11 million pounds …
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DEA releases 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment

… available in the form of counterfeit prescription pills marketed for illicit street sales, and also sold by …
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DEA Denver Division sets new record for 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… participants dropped off nearly 42,000 pounds of unused pills DENVER – With the robust participation of Americans …
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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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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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Anchorage doctor sentenced for prescribing medically unnecessary opioids in health care fraud scheme

… to 30 different recipients, totaling 32,109 meperidine pills, knowing that the recipients did not truly need the …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it …
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Record collection in the Pacific Northwest of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it …
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South Bay doctor sentenced to two years in prison for unlawfully distributing hydrocodone and committing health care fraud

… enabling a patient to receive 90 hydrocodone-acetaminophen pills.  Aachi did not conduct a physical examination of the …
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South Bay doctor pleads guilty to unlawfully distributing hydrocodone and health care fraud

… enabling a patient to receive 90 hydrocodone-acetaminophen pills. Aachi did not conduct a physical examination of the …
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results in Another Big Haul

… and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Date: October 4, 2012 Contact: DEA Public …
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Doctor Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Scheme To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone

… wrote 30 or more prescriptions for 30-milligram oxycodone pills in a single day. Lambrakis, 70, of Manhattan, pleaded …
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McKesson Agrees To Pay Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs

… an increasing amount of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, frequently misused products that are part of the …
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West Michigan Pharmacy Owner And Eight Additional Employees Indicted For Conspiracy To Misbrand Controlled Substance Pharmaceutical Drugs

… incorrect lot numbers and expiration dates and into amber pill vials that bore no lot numbers or expiration dates. The …
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Two Michigan Doctors Plead Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substance Painkillers And Health Care Fraud

… that he paid Awada for those prescriptions, then bought the pills from the “patients” and re-sold them to street …
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Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Doctors And Owner Of Pain Management Clinic Charged With Illegally Distributing Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs

… indicted yesterday for illegally distributing prescription pills, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. …
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Suburban Detroit Doctor Receives 7 Year Sentence For Writing Unlawful Prescription For Controlled Substances Including Oxycodone

… legitimate medical purpose. The marketers then bought the pills from the “patients” and re-sold them to street …
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Detroit Area Doctor Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Drugs And Fraud

… through the fraudulent bills. “Diversion of prescription pills to the street market promotes the addiction to …
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Detroit-Area Drug Trafficking Organization Charged For Fentanyl Overdose Deaths

… here in Michigan, as people addicted to prescription pills become desperate to feed their addictions," McQuade …
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DEA Partners With U.S. Attorney’s Office To Raise Awareness For National Heroin And Opioid Awareness Week

… epidemic of overdose deaths from heroin and prescription pill abuse is startling and needs to be met with an intense …
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Ohio Woman Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Illegal Trafficking Of Opiate Painkillers

… same.  Once they obtained bulk amounts of oxycodone, the pills were transported to Columbus, Ohio, via the mail or on …
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Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Record Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs And For Recordkeeping Violations

… clinics, an increasingly excessive quantity of oxycodone pills without notifying DEA of these suspicious orders. …
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Phenix City Man Sentenced To 35 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Weapons Possession

… amount of cocaine powder, bags of crack cocaine, bags of pills which were later determined to be BZP, bags of …
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Doctor Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy Several Co-defendants Sentenced Last Week

… in court: Oxycodone is the active ingredient in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, Roxicodone and Percocet. It is a …
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U.S. Marshals Joint Operation Nets 240 Fugitives And Seizes Guns, Drugs, And Money

… hollow point ammunition, and large quantities of marijuana, pills, and heroin.  Also seized were two illegally owned …
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McKesson Pays Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Pharmaceutical Drug Orders Including Opioids

… an increasing amount of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, frequently misused products that are part of the …
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9 Arrested For Operating International Steroid Distribution Ring

… manufactured by the defendants into both liquid and pill-form steroids. The finished steroid product was then …
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DEA Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 34 Individuals Including Physicians And Pharmacists For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Controlled Substances

… orders against all the registrants involved has shut down a pill mill clinic working outside the scope of acceptable …