United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ATLANTA - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 28, 2017, turned in 9,633 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. The amount collected was the...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 28, 2018, turned in an impressive 29,412 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 28, 2018, turned in 8,502 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This was the...

NASHVILLE - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 28, 2018, turned in 20,590 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This was the third highest...

WASHINGTON - Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at close to 6,000 sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal partners, DEA...

WASHINGTON - After collecting more than 9 million (4,500 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications at 14 previous events over the past 8 years, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold the 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day across the country on...

ATLANTA - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Joseph Manuel Hunter, a U.S. citizen and former member of the U.S. Army, and two co-defendants, Adam Samia and Carl David Stillwell, both U.S. citizens, were convicted by a federal jury...

Atlanta - Darrick Lawrence, a previously convicted felon, has been sentenced to 16 years, six months in prison for trafficking cocaine. Lawrence also faces charges in Virginia for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. A search of Lawrence’s Decatur, Georgia home resulted in the recovery of cocaine, two high-powered rifles, and...

WASHINGTON - Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director David L. Bowdich, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Robert W. Patterson, U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary James Walsh, and U.S. Marshals Service Acting Associate Director Derrick Driscoll today announced the addition of fugitive Rafael Caro-Quintero to the FBI’s list of...

Atlanta - Ten members of an alleged methamphetamine trafficking operation that sought to distribute more than $1 million worth of drugs have been indicted in a 13-count superseding indictment on charges of violations of federal drug, firearm, and immigration laws. Seven defendants were arraigned today in federal court. “Methamphetamine continues...