The Drug Enforcement Administration and its state, local and tribal law enforcement partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.

Authorities say more than 20,000 units and 50 pounds of the synthetic drug known as Spice or K2 has been seized in Phoenix and Scottsdale.

Drug smuggling into the United States from Mexico remains a problem, but the types of drugs that now are being heavily abused are shifting from methamphetamine to heroin and prescription drugs, according to a federal drug enforcement agent.

NEW YORK - A group of retired federal drug enforcement agents sued NBC Universal on Wednesday, saying the movie "American Gangster" falsely portrayed them as villains in the story of a Harlem heroin trafficker.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating at least 12 Phoenix police officers for use of anabolic steroids, according to a department official.

WASHINGTON - Drug enforcement agents said they arrested at least 18 people and halted prescription writing by dozens of doctors and a pharmacist in a crackdown Wednesday on illegal sales of medications over the Internet.

MD Helicopters in Mesa delivered Wednesday what could be the first of 40 high-tech helicopters to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to help stop illegal drug flows.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and its state, local and tribal law enforcement partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.

From what authorities said began as a call for service from a confidential informant in October 2009, the Mesa Police Department's Organized Crime Bureau and agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency took down a drug-running syndicate that sold its products in numerous states.

From what authorities said began as a call for service from a confidential informant in October 2009, the Mesa Police Department's Organized Crime Bureau and agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency took down a drug-running syndicate that sold its products in numerous states.

PHOENIX – Earlier this year, Arizona banned a synthetic substance nicknamed spice sold as incense but often smoked as an alternative to marijuana.

Douglas W. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced Thursday that Arizonans turned in 60 percent more pills than last year's Take-Back event, demonstrating the public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables and kitchen drawers.