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PRESS RELEASE

DEA Seattle Field Division Amplifies Life-Saving Campaign as the United States Prepares to Welcome the World for FIFA World Cup 2026 ™

… medications like oxycodone, hydrocodone, Adderall, and Xanax. When mixed or pressed into pills, fentanyl is nearly …
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Meth and Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison

… that, on March 3, 2023, Frazier distributed a purported Xanax pill to a 19‑year‑old female. The purported Xanax pill, however, contained fentanyl. The female ingested …
PRESS RELEASE

Cheshire Nurse Who Illegally Distributed Controlled Substances is Sentenced

… such as Adderall, and benzodiazepines, such as Xanax and alprazolam, to individuals who did not have a …
PRESS RELEASE

United States Files Civil Complaint Against New Mexico Psychologist Alleging Improper Prescribing of Controlled Substances

… frequently prescribing high-dose benzodiazepines such as Xanax and combining them with other central nervous system …
PRESS RELEASE

Glen Head Doctor and His Son Charged with Illegally Selling Prescriptions for Controlled Substances

… known as Adderall), and alprazolam (commonly known as Xanax). The investigation also revealed that some …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Emergency Schedules Bromazolam

… a synthetic benzodiazepine used to make counterfeit Xanax tablets.  The emergency scheduling of bromazolam …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA San Francisco Division Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… look like prescription medications – such as oxycodone, Xanax, and Percocet – as well as mixing fentanyl powder with …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s Louisville Field Division Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… look like prescription medications – such as oxycodone, Xanax, and Percocet – as well as mixing fentanyl powder with …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day, April 29

… look like prescription medications – such as oxycodone, Xanax, and Percocet – as well as mixing fentanyl powder with …
PRESS RELEASE

Central Valley Men Indicted for Possession of Approximately One Million Pills Containing Suspected Methamphetamine

… methamphetamine. Agents also found cocaine, alprazolam (Xanax), MDMA, psilocybin mushrooms, and THC products at the …
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DEA Atlanta Field Division Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… look like prescription medications – such as oxycodone, Xanax, and Percocet – as well as mixing fentanyl powder with …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… look like prescription medications – such as oxycodone, Xanax, and Percocet – as well as mixing fentanyl powder with …
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DEA Seattle Field Division Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… look like prescription medications – such as oxycodone, Xanax, and Percocet – as well as mixing fentanyl powder with …
PRESS RELEASE

Members of Tacoma Street Gang are Indicted for Drug and Gun Trafficking

… have led the group distributing counterfeit oxycodone and Xanax pills, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine. Some … pills; 236.2 grams of oxycodone pills; and 268.8 grams of Xanax pills.  “This operation and its results are a prime …
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North Hollywood Drug Dealer Who Sold Ketamine that Killed Actor Matthew Perry Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison

… of liquid ketamine, MDMA (Ecstasy) tablets, counterfeit Xanax pills, baggies containing powdered ketamine and …
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Eleven Charged in Bristol Area Drug Trafficking Ring; Several Overdose Deaths Connected

… and pharmaceuticals including oxycodone, Adderall, and Xanax.  Ocasio employed, and frequently rented vehicles for, … 200 grams of methamphetamine, 2,500 oxycodone pills, 500 Xanax and Adderall pills, tabs of LSD, one ounce of …
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DEA Los Angeles Division Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… look like prescription medications – such as oxycodone, Xanax, and Percocet – as well as mixing fentanyl powder with …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Takes Fentanyl Free America Message to Rapid City

… pills that resemble common prescription medications such as Xanax, Adderall or Oxycodone. The only safe prescription …
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Leader Of North Shore Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Nineteen Years in Prison

… pills containing methamphetamine), methamphetamine, Xanax, Oxycodone (both pharmaceutical-grade and counterfeit …
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Worcester Psychiatrist Sentenced For Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… prescriptions for Adderall (a Schedule II amphetamine) and Xanax (a Schedule IV benzodiazepine) to undercover federal … risks.  Evidence also showed the risks presented by mixing Xanax, a depressant, with a stimulant like Adderall.  Och … or the risks and benefits of taking drugs like Adderall and Xanax with the undercover agents – despite documenting in …
GENERAL INFORMATION

One Pill Can Kill Images

July 01, 2026
… spilled Click to download the full image Authentic Xanax® Click to download the full image Authentic Xanax® Front and Back Click to download the full image Counterfeit Xanax® Front and Back Click to download the full image Back …
July 01, 2026
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Depressants

Depressants

January 21, 2025
Depressants will induce sleep, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and prevent seizures.
January 21, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Partner Toolbox

July 11, 2025
… Fake Oxycodone Click to download the full image Authentic Xanax® Click to download the full image Authentic Xanax® Front and Back Click to download the full image Counterfeit Xanax® Front and Back Click to download the full image Back …
July 11, 2025
STORY

DEA Washington Warns of Deadly Counterfeit Drugs on Social Media

July 23, 2021
… Counterfeit Drugs on Social Media July 23, 2021 Counterfeit Xanax, OxyContin and Adderall are Being Sold to Kids … and Virginia via Mexican cartels. Front view of counterfeit Xanax (on left) vs real Xanax (right) The process begins in China where fentanyl, or …
July 23, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Southern Indiana Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced to a Combined Decade for Manufacturing Counterfeit Drugs Using a Pill Press

… die could be used to manufacture counterfeit Alprazolam (Xanax). On April 4, 2022, Parker was found in possession of … seizure of two pill presses capable of manufacturing fake Xanax pills and fentanyl pills. Taking two pill presses off …
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National Trivia Day

December 23, 2024
… harmful effects of abusing Benzodiazepines like Valium or Xanax? amnesia, hostility, irritability, and vivid or …
December 23, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Seattle Man Sentenced for Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web

… web.png Investigators seized this package of counterfeit Xanax pills. ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Court Judge Stephen … on Thursday sentenced a man who bought 630,000 counterfeit Xanax and other pills on the dark web to five years in …
DRUG FACT SHEET
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Drugs of Concern

Fake Prescription Pills

February 25, 2025
Many fake pills are made to look like prescription opioids – such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®) – but contain fentanyl or methamphetamine. Criminal drug networks are mass-producing fake pills and falsely marketing them as legitimate prescription pills to deceive the...
February 25, 2025
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Depressants

Benzodiazepines

January 21, 2025
Benzodiazepines are depressants that produce sedation and hypnosis, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and reduce seizures. The most common benzodiazepines are the prescription drugs Valium®, Xanax®, Halcion®, Ativan®, and Klonopin®. Shorter-acting benzodiazepines used to manage insomnia include estazolam (ProSom®), flurazepam (Dalmane®), temazepam (Restoril®), and triazolam (Halcion®). Midazolam (Versed®), a short-acting...
January 21, 2025
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Senior Citizens

December 23, 2024
… real pharmaceutical drugs such as Oxycodone, Adderall, Xanax, and other drugs from legitimate pharmacies. Read … Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®) …
December 23, 2024

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