The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today issued a letter to e-commerce companies regarding the sale of pill presses. As regulated entities...
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NY: Precursor Chemical Broker Sentenced for Methamphetamine Importation and Money Laundering Conspiracies
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesA precursor chemical broker was sentenced today to 18 years and eight months in prison for methamphetamine importation and...
A former nurse pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to adulteration of fentanyl at a local hospital....
US: Crackdown on $230 Million Counterfeit Medication Scheme Unveils Global Drug Fraud Crisis
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertUncovering the Hernandez counterfeit drug operation sheds light on a burgeoning global crisis, with annual revenues reaching $431 billion....
US: Trade group wary of unfunded mandate to curtail fentanyl smuggling
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertAirforwarders Association also focuses on airport upgrades, taking advocacy to international stage LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Airforwarders Association is...
OR: Crisis in the Northwest: Inside one of Oregon’s largest homeless camps with a former drug dealer
Lisa McElhaney / / / News Alert‘God changed my heart’: After 27 years in the drug world, one man is using the gospel to help...
CA: 17 Charged in Scheme to Smuggle Fentanyl and Other Drugs Hidden Inside Fire Extinguishers Across U.S.-Mexico Border
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesAn arraignment is scheduled this afternoon for the final defendant arrested on a federal grand jury indictment that alleges...
OR: Crisis in the Northwest: Drugs leave rural areas to rot in the shadows, ‘like playing Whac-A-Mole’
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertRural Oregon struggles to weather fentanyl epidemic, feels ‘left out’ of policy decisions This story is part of a...
TX: Jury acquits nurse in woman’s jail death but unable to reach verdict for doctor
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertNurse Danalee Pascua and Dr. Friederike Von Lintig were each charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Elisa...
Christopher Viagrande, age 41, of Latham, New York, was arrested earlier this week and charged with distributing controlled substances...