The most recent press release, "DEA Reports Nearly 4.7 million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Seized in Five State Omaha Division," was submitted on Dec. 30, 2022.
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration published 92 press releases the month before, marking a 17.4 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 2022
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| DEA Reports Nearly 4.7 million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Seized in Five State Omaha Division | 12/30/2022 |
| Department of Justice Files Nationwide Lawsuit Against Amerisource Bergen Corp. and Subsidiaries for Controlled Substances Act Violations | 12/29/2022 |
| DEA Houston Field Division Announces the Seizure of Over 7 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022 | 12/28/2022 |
| Multi-Agency Investigation Leads to Charges Against 13 Alleged Members of a Tucson-Area Drug Trafficking Organization | 12/28/2022 |
| Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to More Than 12 Years on Bribery, Firearms, and Narcotics Charges | 12/28/2022 |
| Bridgeport Meth Dealer Sentenced to 39 Months in Federal Prison | 12/27/2022 |
| Shelton Man Sentenced to 66 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics In Bridgeport | 12/27/2022 |
| New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Fentanyl Intended for Distribution | 12/27/2022 |
| West Hartford Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Heroin Trafficking Offenses | 12/27/2022 |
| Leader of Violent Brockton-Based Drug Crew Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Prison | 12/27/2022 |
| New Britain Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine | 12/27/2022 |
| Hartford Man Sentenced to More Than 7 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl And Cocaine | 12/27/2022 |
| Flight Attendant Pleads Guilty to Possessing Fentanyl with the Intent to Distribute | 12/27/2022 |
| Robeson County Woman Stopped with Fentanyl in Child Car Seat Receives 25 Year Sentence | 12/27/2022 |
| St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking in Springfield | 12/27/2022 |
| Repeat Offender Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Distributing Drugs for a Transnational Drug Trafficking Ring | 12/22/2022 |
| Final Defendant in St. Louis Fentanyl Drug Ring Sentenced to 20 Years | 12/22/2022 |
| Owner of Rockstar Burgers Pleads Guilty to Making Restaurant Available to Drug Traffickers in $1.7 Million Conspiracy | 12/22/2022 |
| Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022 | 12/20/2022 |
| Convicted Felon Indicted for Drug and Firearms Offenses | 12/20/2022 |
| Indictment Charges 5 Men with Fentanyl Trafficking Offenses | 12/20/2022 |
| Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Charges | 12/20/2022 |
| Nashua Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges | 12/20/2022 |
| “Operation River Fork” Defendant Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking | 12/20/2022 |
| Providence Man Admits to Trafficking Cocaine and Fentanyl | 12/20/2022 |
| Farmington Man Involved in Son's Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Crack | 12/20/2022 |
| Waterbury Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Distribution and Firearm Possession Offenses | 12/20/2022 |
| Over 164 Illegal Firearms Seized and 250 Firearms Offenders Prosecuted in Eastern Virginia in 2022 | 12/19/2022 |
| Butte Drug Trafficking Organization with Ties to the Sinaloa Cartel Dismantled | 12/16/2022 |
| Doctor and Office Manager Indicted in Scheme to Defraud Medicare, Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl | 12/16/2022 |
| Goldsboro Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 106 Months in Prison | 12/16/2022 |
| DEA Serves Order to Show Cause on Truepill Pharmacy for its Involvement in the Unlawful Dispensing of Prescription Stimulants | 12/15/2022 |
| Trafficker Sentenced for Distributing more than 500 grams of Meth | 12/15/2022 |
| Georgia Inmate Convicted of Trafficking Methamphetamine | 12/15/2022 |
| DEA Rocky Mountain Division Hosts Inaugural Family Summit | 12/15/2022 |
| South Texan Sentenced for Trafficking Cocaine | 12/14/2022 |
| Young Laredoan Admits to Transporting Fentanyl Disguised as Oxycodone | 12/14/2022 |
| Violent Drug Trafficker and Debt Collector Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison | 12/14/2022 |
| Roseville Man Pleads Guilty to International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in the United States and Canada | 12/13/2022 |
| Man Indicted by Queens DA in Possession of Deadly Fentanyl | 12/12/2022 |
| Driver in Armed Robbery of Madera Pharmacy Pleads Guilty | 12/12/2022 |
| Doctor and Eight Others Charged with Distributing Opioids and Other Pills | 12/09/2022 |
| Five Aryan Brotherhood Members Charged in Superseding Indictment with Murder in Aid of Racketeering | 12/09/2022 |
| Felon Stolen Car Sent to Prison for Possessing Meth | 12/08/2022 |
| High-Ranking Aryan Circle Gang Leader and Member Sentenced on Racketeering-Related Violations | 12/08/2022 |
| Lubbock Man Sentenced to 35 years in Federal Prison for East Texas Drug Trafficking | 12/08/2022 |
| Houston Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking in East Texas | 12/08/2022 |
| Utica Man Pleads Guilty to Large Fentanyl Conspiracy | 12/08/2022 |
| Providence Man Sentenced for Distributing Meth Pills | 12/07/2022 |
| Connecticut Man Sentenced to 27 Months of Imprisonment for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl | 12/07/2022 |
| Northeast Hospital Agrees to Pay $1.9 Million To Resolve Allegations of Controlled Substance Recordkeeping Violations | 12/07/2022 |
| Springfield, Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking Offense | 12/07/2022 |
| Indictment Charges New Britain Man with Cocaine Trafficking and Gun Possession Offenses | 12/07/2022 |
| Worcester Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl and Methamphetamine | 12/07/2022 |
| Gainesville Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offense | 12/07/2022 |
| Members of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Plead Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges in Operation “Titan Fall” | 12/07/2022 |
| 95 Kilograms of Cocaine and Fentanyl Seized from Tractor Trailer headed to New York | 12/07/2022 |
| California Man Indicted for Transporting 165 Pounds of Meth | 12/06/2022 |
| Springfield Felon Indicted for Illegal Firearm, Meth Trafficking | 12/06/2022 |
| DEA Special Agent Paul Seema Remembered in Minnesota | 12/05/2022 |
| DEA New York Dedicates September 11th Memorial to NYPD and NYSP Task Force Officers | 12/05/2022 |
| Front Range Task Force Prevents Millions of Potentially Deadly Doses of Fentanyl from Reaching the Streets of Longmont | 12/05/2022 |
| Federal Jury Convicts Albuquerque Man of Drug Trafficking Offenses | 12/02/2022 |
| Providence Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine | 12/02/2022 |
| Springfield, Vermont Individuals Facing Drug Distribution Conspiracy and Illegal Firearms Possession Charges | 12/02/2022 |
| Joplin Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud | 12/02/2022 |
| Illinois Man Convicted of Drugs, Weapons Offenses | 12/02/2022 |
| Jury Convicts Armed Fentanyl Trafficker of Causing Fatal Overdose | 12/01/2022 |
| Federal Jury Convicts Tampa Man of Double Murder | 12/01/2022 |
| Joint Operation Targets Drug Distribution Ring in Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish Counties | 12/01/2022 |
| Mexican National Sentenced to More Than 12 Years for Role in Methamphetamine Importation Conspiracy | 12/01/2022 |
| Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison | 12/01/2022 |
| New York Drug Enforcement Task Force and NY Attorney General Take Down Ghost Gun Trafficking Ring | 12/01/2022 |
| South Burlington Man Charged with Making a False Statement in Connection with Acquisition of Handgun Found at Massachusetts Homicide Scene | 12/01/2022 |
| Lawrence Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution | 12/01/2022 |
| Placerville Man Indicted on Drug Trafficking Charges | 12/01/2022 |
