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PRESS RELEASE

Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day...
October 04, 2012
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
SEATTLE - For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Last Saturday...
October 04, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Numbers

October 04, 2012
SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 5th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, September 29, 2012. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 38 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County. Over the course of four...
October 04, 2012
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Arizona Residents Dispose Of 4 Tons Of Prescription Drugs

October 04, 2012
October 04, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
MIAMI - For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Last Saturday...
October 04, 2012
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DEA Announces Colorado, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

October 04, 2012
DENVER - For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Last Saturday...
October 04, 2012
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Pharmacist Convicted Of Illegally Dispensing Prescription Drugs

October 04, 2012
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Larry Egan Boatwright, 57, of Germantown, Tennessee was found guilty by a jury today on three counts of illegally dispensing oxycodone, hydrocodone, and alprazolam, announced United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton III. Boatwright was convicted of unlawfully distributing large amounts of oxycodone, in violation of 21 U.S.C...
October 04, 2012
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Over 4500 Marijuana Plants Eradicated Near Wenden, Arizona

October 03, 2012
YUMA, Ariz. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) along with the Arizona Department of Public (DPS) eradicated and destroyed more than 4500 marijuana plants found growing along the Centennial Wash, near Wenden, Arizona in La Paz County. The plants ranged from 3 to 6 feet high and were located in four...
October 03, 2012
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Ten Indicted In Lafayette In Connection With Nationwide Synthetic Drug Takedown

October 03, 2012
LAFAYETTE, La. - A Lafayette b usinessman, along with eight others and Curios Goods, LLC were charged in a 16 count indictment with conspiracy to distribute synthetic drugs, conspiracy to introduce misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and various money laundering charges. Named in the indictment...
October 03, 2012
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Captain Of Refueling Boat For Drug Traffickers Sentenced To More Than 24 Years

October 03, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. sentenced Celin Javier Puerto-(43, Honduras) to 24 years and 4 months...
October 03, 2012
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