United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ATLANTA - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, October 28, 2017, turned in 7,687 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. Now in its 8th year...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) fourteenth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, October 28, 2017, turned in 68,053 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This was the highest...

WASHINGTON - Americans nationwide did their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringing the DEA and its more than 4,200 local and tribal law enforcement partners a record-setting 912,305 pounds-456 tons-of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for disposal at more than 5,300 collection sites. That is...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jason Whitis, 41, Robbie Neal Whitis, 34, and Joshua Kelley Pyles, 33, each of Somerset, Ky., were sentenced today, by Senior United States District Judge Joseph M. Hood, for conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Robbie Whitis and Pyles were also sentenced for possessing...

CLEVELAND - Two Wooster, Ohio men were indicted in the Northern District of Ohio, for distributing heroin and cocaine that resulted in the fatal overdose of a Wayne County, Ohio woman, law enforcement officials said. Jamie Curtis, 36, and Theodore Alleman, 28, were both indicted on one count of distribution...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sylvain Desjardins, 48, of Maribel, Canada, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 96 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possessing 290 pounds of cocaine in a plane that went down near Athens, Ohio on March 29. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney...

WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the establishment of six new enforcement teams focused on combatting the flow of heroin and illicit fentanyl. “At a time when overdose deaths are at catastrophic levels, the DEA's top priority is addressing the opioid epidemic and pursuing the criminal organizations that...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Nashville District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Columbia District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Charlotte District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...