The most recent press release, "San Diego Resident Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death," was submitted on Dec. 28, 2021.
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration published 99 press releases the month before, marking a 41.4 percent decrease 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 December 2021
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| San Diego Resident Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death | 12/28/2021 |
| Mexican National Sentenced to 12 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,600 Kilos of Cocaine | 12/27/2021 |
| Mexican National Living in Hialeah Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Federal Prison for Attempting to Purchase Five Kilograms of Cocaine | 12/22/2021 |
| Operators of Three Texas Pharmacies and Two Pain Clinics Arrested for Illegally Dispensing Nearly Four Million Opioid Pills | 12/21/2021 |
| Baltimore Heroin Dealer Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Conspiracy Charge | 12/21/2021 |
| Calvert County Felon Convicted After Four Day Trial for Illegal Possession of a Firearm | 12/20/2021 |
| West Plains Woman Sentenced to 20 Years for Leading Meth Conspiracy | 12/17/2021 |
| Two Members of Pagan’s Motorcycle Club Indicted for Shooting at Hells Angels Rival | 12/17/2021 |
| DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl | 12/17/2021 |
| Record Fentanyl Seizure by DEA Phoenix, Scottsdale Police & the Arizona Attorney General’s Office as DEA Announces Nationwide Public Safety Surge | 12/17/2021 |
| Nassau County Repeat Offender Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Offense | 12/17/2021 |
| DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl | 12/17/2021 |
| Mexican National Sentenced for Central Valley Drug Conspiracy | 12/17/2021 |
| Mexican Citizen Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl in Bakersfield | 12/17/2021 |
| Sacramento Man Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution | 12/17/2021 |
| DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl | 12/17/2021 |
| Cocaine Supplier Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Federal Prison for Cocaine Trafficking Charges | 12/17/2021 |
| Aryan Brotherhood Member Pleads Guilty to Meth Trafficking | 12/16/2021 |
| DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl | 12/16/2021 |
| DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl | 12/16/2021 |
| Former Long Island Doctor Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Causing the Overdose Deaths of Two patients and Illegally Distributing Oxycodone | 12/16/2021 |
| Indianapolis Meth Trafficking Leaders Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison | 12/16/2021 |
| Chinese Citizen Charged with Massive Anabolic Steroid and Fentanyl Precursor Chemical Distribution Scheme | 12/15/2021 |
| Statement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on Cheun Fat Yip | 12/15/2021 |
| Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking | 12/15/2021 |
| Los Angeles Man Arrested by DEA for Allegedly Providing a Fentanyl-Laced Pill to a Minor Who Suffered Fatal Overdose | 12/15/2021 |
| Man from Puerto Rico Admits Conspiring to Distribute over 250 Kilograms of Cocaine | 12/14/2021 |
| South Carolina Man Admits Interstate Gun Trafficking Conspiracy | 12/14/2021 |
| Indiana Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison | 12/14/2021 |
| New York Man Pleads Guilty to Multi-Drug Conspiracy | 12/14/2021 |
| Hudson County Man Sentenced to 86 Months in Prison on Drug Distribution Charges | 12/13/2021 |
| Pain Clinic Owners Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Opioid Prescribing | 12/13/2021 |
| Two Men Admit Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization | 12/10/2021 |
| Cartel Associate Convicted of Massive Meth Trafficking Operation | 12/10/2021 |
| Heroin Trafficker Who Fled Controlled Delivery sentenced to 14 Years | 12/10/2021 |
| Oregon Drug Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Selling Meth | 12/10/2021 |
| California Man Indicted On Methamphetamine Charge | 12/10/2021 |
| South Dakota Takedown Nets Multiple Arrests, Weapons and Drugs | 12/09/2021 |
| Juries Return Guilty Verdicts Against Couple for Murdering Government Witness | 12/09/2021 |
| Bergen County Man Sentenced to 63 Months for Distributing and Conspiring to Distribute Crystal Methamphetamine | 12/08/2021 |
| Nixa Physician Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement Related to Healthcare and Conspiracy | 12/08/2021 |
| Chicago Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Cocaine Charge | 12/08/2021 |
| Indiana Man Sentenced to 90 Months for Cocaine Distribution | 12/07/2021 |
| Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Morphine at Moses Lake Clinic | 12/07/2021 |
| Methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison | 12/07/2021 |
| Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting over 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine | 12/07/2021 |
| Two New Jersey Men Admit Possessing with Intent to Distribute Over One Kilogram of Fentanyl | 12/06/2021 |
| Naples Doctor Who Operated a Pill Mill Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison | 12/06/2021 |
| Savannah Woman Pleads Guilty to Laundering ‘Pill Mill’ Money | 12/06/2021 |
| Large Hexane Hash Oil Extraction Lab Seized in El Cajon | 12/03/2021 |
| Virtua Health Inc. to Pay $150,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations | 12/03/2021 |
| 30 Multi-State Drug Trafficking Ring Members Arrested, Charged | 12/03/2021 |
| Two Malden Men Indicted For Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine | 12/02/2021 |
| Statement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram | 12/02/2021 |
| Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison | 12/02/2021 |
| Distributor of More than 100 Pounds of Fentanyl Sentenced to Almost Six Years in Prison | 12/01/2021 |
| DEA, HIDTA, and 18th Judicial District Announce Takedown of Colorado Based Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Organization | 12/01/2021 |
| Idaho Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute | 12/01/2021 |
