The most recent press release, "Smuggling Over $2M in Fentanyl and Other Narcotics Lands Women in Prison," was submitted on May 31.
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration published 79 press releases the month before, marking a 15.2 percent increase for the current month.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is assigned to combat drug smuggling and use within the country.
The DEA is continually criticized by the left for being involved in a failed war on drugs, while the right says the DEA protects the US from the harmful effects of drug trafficking.
Press releases by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in May
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Smuggling Over $2M in Fentanyl and Other Narcotics Lands Women in Prison | 05/31/2023 |
| Three Members Of Cape Cod Heroin Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Prison For Violent Kidnapping And Drug Offenses | 05/31/2023 |
| California Man Sentenced To Ten Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine In California And New Hampshire | 05/31/2023 |
| Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Traffic Kilograms Of Fentanyl | 05/31/2023 |
| Waterbury Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Narcotics Distribution and Firearm Possession Offenses | 05/31/2023 |
| Providence Man Admits to Possessing Cocaine with Intent to Distribute | 05/31/2023 |
| Providence Woman Admits to Receiving and Storing Fentanyl and Cocaine Intended for Distribution | 05/31/2023 |
| The United States and Montgomery County Based Pharmacy and Pharmacist Reach a Consent Decree Over Allegations of Illegally Dispensed Controlled Substances | 05/31/2023 |
| Lodi Man Sentenced to over 12 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Pill and Methamphetamine Trafficking | 05/30/2023 |
| Cheryl Ortiz appointed Special Agent in Charge of New Jersey Division | 05/25/2023 |
| Long Island Doctor Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone | 05/25/2023 |
| Nashua Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking | 05/23/2023 |
| Providence Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine and Fentanyl | 05/23/2023 |
| Wallingford Man Sentenced to More Than 20 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation, Drug Trafficking Offenses | 05/23/2023 |
| Former Plaistow Man Sentenced for Trafficking More than 2 Pounds of Cocaine in New Hampshire | 05/23/2023 |
| Waterbury Man Who Trafficked Cocaine and Fentanyl Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison | 05/23/2023 |
| Dominican National Admits Role in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy | 05/23/2023 |
| Warwick Woman Admits Role in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy | 05/23/2023 |
| Two Indicted For Narcotics Offenses Involving 20 Kilograms Of Cocaine | 05/23/2023 |
| Nurse Who Stole Painkillers, Replacing Them with Saline and Putting Surgical Patients at Risk, Sentenced to Four Years | 05/22/2023 |
| Dallas Man Sentenced to 14 years in Federal Prison for Supplying Fentanyl in Rowlett Overdose | 05/22/2023 |
| Steinhatchee Man Indicted for Methamphetamine Trafficking | 05/22/2023 |
| Perry Woman Indicted for Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy and Methamphetamine Distribution | 05/22/2023 |
| St. Cloud Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses | 05/22/2023 |
| Tallahassee Man Indicted for Possessing Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute | 05/22/2023 |
| Federal Jury Finds Venezuelan National Guilty of Trafficking $21 Million Of Cocaine on the High Seas | 05/22/2023 |
| Mexican National Found at Massive Merced County Marijuana Cultivation Operation Sentenced for Firearm Charge | 05/22/2023 |
| Atlanta Man Sentenced to more than Six Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Using Laundry Detergent Boxes | 05/22/2023 |
| Bradenton Man Sentenced to more than 17 Years for Distributing Cocaine Obtained through the Mail | 05/22/2023 |
| Denton Physician Sentenced for Over-Prescribing Opioids | 05/19/2023 |
| Nearly 1,000 Pounds of Meth Seized in Tulare and Kings County | 05/19/2023 |
| Fentanyl and Meth Dealer Sentenced to 15+ Years | 05/18/2023 |
| Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse | 05/17/2023 |
| Fentanyl Trafficker Tied to Juvenile Overdoses Pleads Guilty | 05/16/2023 |
| Charges Filed Against San Benito Man for Assault with Vehicle | 05/16/2023 |
| Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse | 05/16/2023 |
| Meth Dealer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison | 05/16/2023 |
| Chicago Man Arrested, Charged for Manufacturing Fentanyl and Methamphetamine | 05/16/2023 |
| Communities Across Arizona Turn in Over 3.5 tons of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse | 05/16/2023 |
| Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse | 05/16/2023 |
| Raleigh Man Receives More Than 10 years in Federal Prison for Distributing Kilograms of Methamphetamine to Eastern North Carolina | 05/15/2023 |
| Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse | 05/15/2023 |
| Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Conspiracy | 05/15/2023 |
| Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse | 05/15/2023 |
| Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse | 05/15/2023 |
| Wisconsin Naturopathic Practitioner Sentenced to Twelve Months’ Imprisonment for Unlawful Prescribing of Controlled Substances | 05/15/2023 |
| Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse | 05/15/2023 |
| Rochester Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine | 05/12/2023 |
| New Bedford Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Conspiracy | 05/12/2023 |
| Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Non-U.S. Citizens Resulting in Migrant’s Death | 05/11/2023 |
| Former Modesto Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Prescribing Opioids | 05/11/2023 |
| Drug Dealer Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for One Fatal, Two Nonfatal Drug Overdoses | 05/11/2023 |
| Brooklyn, New York Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison | 05/11/2023 |
| East Windsor Man Sentenced to Prison for Oxycodone Prescription Fraud Scheme | 05/11/2023 |
| Leominster Man and Woman Charged with Drug Offenses | 05/11/2023 |
| New York Woman Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl | 05/11/2023 |
| Providence Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Conspiracy | 05/11/2023 |
| Pawtucket Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Crack Cocaine While on Supervised Release | 05/11/2023 |
| Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing 7,000 Pills Containing Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogue | 05/11/2023 |
| Six Members of St. Louis Drug Ring Linked to Murders Plead Guilty | 05/10/2023 |
| Mexican National Sentenced to More than 12 Years for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities | 05/09/2023 |
| Portland Area Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 26 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Deadly Kidnapping of Washington State Man | 05/09/2023 |
| Seattle Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Dealing Fentanyl in Downtown Seattle While Armed with a Handgun | 05/09/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/09/2023 |
| DEA, SAMHSA Extend COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications for Six Months While Considering Comments from the Public | 05/09/2023 |
| Springfield, Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking | 05/09/2023 |
| Indictment Charges Brothers with Fentanyl Trafficking Offenses | 05/09/2023 |
| Rocky Mountain Field Division Removes Almost 900,000 Potentially Deadly Doses of Fentanyl from its Communities During Operation Last Mile | 05/09/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/08/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/08/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/08/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/08/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/08/2023 |
| Haverhill Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Conspiracy | 05/08/2023 |
| Three Men Indicted For Conspiracy Involving Fentanyl, Fentanyl Analogs And Cocaine | 05/08/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/08/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within American Communities | 05/08/2023 |
| DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day | 05/08/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/05/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/05/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/05/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/05/2023 |
| Federal Jury Convicts St. Louis County Man of Dealing Fatal Dose of Heroin and Fentanyl | 05/05/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/05/2023 |
| Missouri Nurse Admits Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital | 05/05/2023 |
| Clay Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Gun Charges | 05/05/2023 |
| DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States | 05/05/2023 |
| Fredonia Man Arrested, Charged with Selling Drugs that Led to Overdose Death | 05/04/2023 |
| Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges | 05/04/2023 |
| 2 Detroit Men Arrested, Charged for Trafficking 44 Pounds of Fentanyl into Chicago Midway International Airport | 05/04/2023 |
| Bath Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Charge | 05/03/2023 |