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DEA and Partners Hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

… 336-7300 DEA aims to dispose of 10 million pounds of unused pills After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million …
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Worcester Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses

… heroin, over 80 grams of crack cocaine, approximately 200 pills containing fentanyl and a loaded 9 mm firearm were …
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Chicago area drug trafficker convicted of drug and firearms offenses

… fully loaded firearms, an extra magazine, and 173 ecstasy pills that contained methamphetamine. Trial evidence …
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Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is This Saturday

… opportunity these Take-Back Day events provide to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
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“Operation Forefathers” results in 27 arrests and drug seizures in Cape May and Cumberland Counties

… of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, prescription pills and marijuana. This investigation was centered in the …
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Penn North Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison

… Office for their work in the investigation.  # # # Fake Pills Major Law Enforcement Operation Task Forces/Task Force …
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Alleged dark web narcotics trafficker indicted for distributing heroin and methamphetamine in exchange for bitcoin

… agents intercepted five packages containing methamphetamine pills and fentanyl that were shipped from the Netherlands …
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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

… prescribed 46.8 grams of (numbering 1,530 thirty-milligram pills) and admitted doing so with the intent to act outside …
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DEA Washington Division Commemorates International Overdose Awareness Day

… about the dangers of drugs – from fentanyl to counterfeit pills ordered online. Keep them safe and informed,” SAC …
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Monmouth County, N.J., Doctor Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Distribution And Conspiracy

… in court: Oxycodone is the active ingredient in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, Roxicodone and Percocet. It is a …
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Bakersfield Marijuana Storefront Owner And Employee Indicted

… plants, 25 pounds of processed marijuana, nearly 3,000 pills, including suspected hydrocodone and morphine, a …
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Leader of International Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

… Program can be found at  www.justice.gov/OCDETF ### Fake Pills Guilty Plea Synthetic drugs Drug Trafficking …
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“Operation Red Raider” results in 21 arrested in cocaine and heroin distribution ring in New Jersey

… crystal methamphetamine, 120 grams of heroin, 356 Percocet pills, 50 grams of marijuana, two handguns, a sawed-off …
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Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

… and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Shortly after DEA’s first Take-Back Day event …
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Arizona Hosts Fifth Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Saturday, September 29th

… will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
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Sparta Woman Faces Five Years In Prison For “Meth” Case

… hearing, Wahl admitted that she provided pseudoephedrine pills to others for the manufacture of methamphetamine. At …
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Fentanyl Related Overdose Deaths Spike in Lincoln and Omaha

… mixed with cocaine, methamphetamine and also in counterfeit pills made to look like legitimate name brand …
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Macon Jury Convicts Armed Career Criminal on Gun, Heroin, Meth Charges

… danger of drugs like ‘meth,’ heroin, and prescription pills such as tramadol, poses to our communities,” said the …
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DEA Omaha Division Stands with Law Enforcement Partners in Effort to Reduce Violent Crime in Minnesota

… of fentanyl, much of it coming in the form of deadly, fake pills. While overdose rates continue to climb, violence …
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Pacific Beach resident pleads guilty to distributing fentanyl that caused two overdoses, one of them fatal

… on the opioid epidemic, are making counterfeit prescription pills using deadly fentanyl.   Fentanyl-related deaths are …
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Stuart Encourages West Virginians To Participate In DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day 15th National Prescription Drug Collection Event Scheduled For Saturday, April 28th From 10:00am To 2:00pm

… in more than 9 million pounds - more than 4,500 tons - of pills. “DEA is committed to the citizens of West Virginia,” …
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Houston Man Arrested On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges John Leontaritis Charged With Trafficking In Methamphetamine In Houston, Beaumont

… them with manufacturing and distributing thousands of pills containing a mixture of methamphetamine as part of the …
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Kirkland Man Charged with Drug Trafficking Offense Related to Recent Motel Robbery

… law enforcement located approximately 20,000 fentanyl-laced pills, 2 pounds of methamphetamine, 1 kilogram of heroin, …
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Idaho Man Sentenced to more than 10 years for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Heroin, Cocaine, and Fentanyl

… referred to as mushrooms), and several thousand fentanyl pills. Law enforcement officers also found tools commonly …
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Stimulants

Stimulants

January 25, 2025
Stimulants speed up the body’s systems. This class of drugs includes: Prescription drugs such as amphetamines [Adder- all® and Dexedrine®], methylphenidate [Concerta® and Ritalin®], diet aids [such as Didrex®, Bontril®, Preludin®, Fastin®, Adipex P®, Ionomin®, and Meridia®] and other illicitly used drugs such as methamphetamine, cocaine, methcathinone, and other synthetic...
January 25, 2025
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Local man sent to prison for armed drug trafficking in school zone

… a bag of synthetic cannabinoids, assorted prescription pills, small bags, a digital scale and a second loaded …
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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

… and increased enforcement to address “doctor shopping” and pill mills. On …
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Lead Defendant Pleads Guilty in Waycross-Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Lead Defendant Pleads Guilty in Waycross-Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy July 29, 2022 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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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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DEA announces results in massive statewide opioid sweep

… more than 200,000 opioid and other dangerous controlled pills. Several physicians surrendered their ability to …