DEA attacks Indiana opioid epidemic

DEA on Friday announced 10 arrests for drug trafficking charges related to oxymorphone hydrochloride (Opana—Endo Pharmaceuticals) and methamphetamines in southern Indiana. Launched last year, this operation involved state, local, and federal law enforcement in attacking the opioid and recent HIV epidemic in Scott and Clark Counties. “Scott County is one of the many great communities in our nation that is experiencing the pharmaceutical drug and methamphetamine epidemic that is turning Americans into drug addicts,” said DEA Associate Special Agent in Charge Karen I. Flowers.