DEA Archived Press Releases

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New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Intending To Distribute Crack And Heroin

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Markell Reyes, age 20, of Jersey City, New Jersey, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine and heroin. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug...
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

NEW ORLEANS - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of...
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

LOS ANGELES - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of...
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

WASHINGTON - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially...
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DEA In Kentucky With Law Enforcement And Community Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

DETROIT - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time DEA and its local law enforcement, community, and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and...
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

DALLAS - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the DEA and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused...
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Eight Defendants Sentenced In Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring

OMAHA - Matt Barden, Associate Special Agent-in-Charge of the Omaha District Office, today announced eight defendants had been sentenced for their roles in a methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking ring that took place in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the surrounding areas. Multiple year sentences were handed down, including one sentence in...
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DEA Releases 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment

WASHINGTON - DEA Acting Administrator Robert Patterson today announced results of the 2017 National Drug Threat (NDTA), which outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs. “This report underscores the scope and magnitude of the ongoing opioid crisis...
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DEA’s Biannual Take Back Of Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

DENVER - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will conduct its National Take Back (NTBI) giving the public an opportunity to rid their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and...
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DEA Kicks-Off 2017 Red Ribbon Campaign

ATLANTA - The National Red Ribbon Campaign has kicked off its 33rd anniversary across the country. The campaign, which is the nation’s farthest reaching drug prevention effort, began after drug traffickers in Mexico kidnapped, tortured and brutally murdered Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in March 1985. Officially, Red Ribbon Week...