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Honduran Area Wants DEA To Leave After Deadly Operation

AP | ALBERTO ARCE and MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 05.17.2012

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Bullets flew as U.S. helicopters swooped toward a river boat. Honduran national police rappelled to the ground and local...

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Why We Fight for Medical Cannabis - and How Congress Can Help Us Win

Steph Sherer | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Drug Enforcement Agency, Cannabis, Medical Cannabis, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Pot, Dea, Rohrabacher-Hinchey-Farr, Politics News

My friend is still alive. Marijuana will not reverse the course of her illness, but thanks to high-quality cannabis products, she is alert enough to talk to her friends and family for what may be the last time.

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Foreclosed Houses Become Homes For Indoor Marijuana Farms

The New York Times | NORIMITSU ONISHI | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Marijuana, Jeff Bassett, Christopher Trim, Drug Enforcement Administration, Organized Crime, Stephen Snowden, Grow Houses, Dea, Tim Langford, Rusty Payne, Crime News

VALLEJO, Calif. — On a suburban block with six family homes, palm trees and views of the surrounding green hills, nothing at 110 Windsor Court stood...

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Congressman Seeks Answers From DEA After Outrageous Incident

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter says that leaving a 23-year-old college student in a holding cell for four days suggests a breakdow...

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Forgotten Man In Holding Cell Files $20 Million Claim Against DEA

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: 4/20, Video, UC San Diego, University of California, Drug-War, Marijuana, San Diego, 420, University of California San Diego, Drug Enforcement Administration, William R Sherman, Daniel Chong, Dea, $20 Million, Crime News

Daniel Chong, the 23-year-old UC San Diego student who spent nearly five days behind bars without food or water, wants $20 million from the Drug Enfor...

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U.S. Man Left In Cell For 4 Days Drank Own Urine To Survive

AP | JULIE WATSON and KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.04.2012

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SAN DIEGO -- The case of a detained college student who was forgotten in a holding cell for more than four days suggests a breakdown in procedure and ...

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UPDATE: DEA Apologizes To Forgotten Man In Holding Cell Forced To Drink Urine

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Wrongful Imprisonment, UC San Diego, Video, 5 Days Without Food or Water, Drug Enforcement Administration, Dea Leaves Man in Cell 5 Days, Dea Forgets About Inmate, Daniel Chong, Daniel Chong Dea, Dea, California Crime, Crime News

Update: The Drug Enforcement Administration has apologized to Danny Chong after he spent five days in a holding cell without food, water or a toilet, ...

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Buying Diet Pills Online? Think Again.

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.12.2012

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Have you ever been tempted by an online advertisement selling weight-loss pills or sleeping aids that are cheap and prescription-free? Beware: Buyi...

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DEA Searches Walgreens Distribution Center In Drug Investigation

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.06.2012

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-- A new media report says that federal drug agents searched six Walgreen stores in Florida and a distribution center there as part of investigation ...

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Painkiller Debate Rages On

Radley Balko | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, Drug War, Oxycontin, Prescription Drugs, Gil Kerlikowske, Ondp, Chronic Pain, Painkillers, Dea, Prescription Painkillers, Politics News

If there's contention in the medical community about the risk and effectiveness of painkillers, the debate gets more heated still when it comes to what sort of public policy should govern how the drugs are used.

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State Legislature OKs Hemp Farming

AP | Posted 03.08.2012

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CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire House is giving the nod to hemp farmers after passing a bill to protect industrial hemp from being tagged as an ill...

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DEA Extends Control Over Fake Pot

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration is extending emergency controls for six more months on five chemicals used to make fake pot pro...

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Strict Meth Laws Hurt Consumers, Have Little Effect on Meth Supply

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Meth, Video, Cold Medicine, Meth Labs, Meth Laws, Drug War, Pfizer, Henry Waxman, Dea, Pseudoephedrine, Drug Laws, Oregon, Politics News

Since 2006, the state of Oregon has had the strictest pseudoephedrine laws in the country. The popular decongestant, a common additive to over-the-cou...

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WATCH: The Music Videos Of An Alleged Brooklyn Murderer

Posted 02.14.2012

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A federal court grand jury indicted Ronald Herron, AKA Brooklyn rapper Ra Diggs, on three counts of murder Monday. Herron ran a booming drug enterpris...

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Largest Mass Drug Arrest In Colorado History

Posted 04.10.2012

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Multiple law enforcement agencies participated in a large scale drug and gang bust that resulted in the arrests of 80 people, on Thursday. Authorities...

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DEA Agents In Puerto Rico Claim Discrimination

AP | Posted 04.07.2012

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Ten Puerto Rican agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration have filed suit against their employer, claiming they r...

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DEA Raids Artist Mecca On Suspected Pot Bust

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 02.03.2012

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Federal drug enforcement agents raided part of a Detroit warehouse known for its market and artist studios, and more recently its medical marijuana fa...

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Former Detroit Representative Allegedly Part Of Major Drug Ring, Pleads Not Guilty

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 02.01.2012

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A coalition of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies announced the indictment of 12 alleged members of a metro Detroit drug ring Wednesday...

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The War Over Prescription Painkillers

Radley Balko | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Pain, Pain Relief, Drug War, Oxycontin, Morphine, Richard Paey, Chronic Pain, Forida, Painkillers, William Hurwitz, Vicodin, Dea, Pill Mill, Politics News

To the extent that there is any problem at all with painkiller abuse and overdoses, it's due more to a decade of aggressive policing, obstinate federal law enforcement agencies, and the encroachment of law enforcement into the practice of medicine than lax government oversight.

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Ex-Cocaine Kinigpin 'Freeway' Rick Ross Aims To Make Amends After Prison

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 01.29.2012

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Nearly every night that "Freeway" Rick Ross spent in prison, the same nightmare filled his head: He and his crew are sitting around a table piled h...

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House Votes On Synthetic Drug Ban

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to ban synthetic drugs nicknamed "bath salts" and other compounds that mimic marijuana, cocaine and metham...

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Police Chase Ends In Crash, Shooting; One Suspect Dead

Posted 02.06.2012

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Two armed felons under investigation by the DEA led police on a high-speed chase down U.S. 1 in southwest Miami-Dade Tuesday before both were shot and...

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20 Charged In Drug Trafficking Case Linked To Mexican Drug Cartel

AP | Posted 01.16.2012

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CHICAGO -- Federal agents have arrested 13 people as part of a probe into the alleged multimillion-dollar shipments of drug money between the Chicago ...

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Federal Intelligence Agencies May Help Target Pot Growers

Andrew Becker | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Marijuana, Cia, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Dea, Immigration, Pot, Intelligence Community, Domestic Spying, Marijuana Prosecution, Marijuana Growers, San Francisco News

Lawmakers soon may enlist the nation's spymaster to help fight Mexican drug traffickers and others who use federal land in California and elsewhere to grow marijuana.

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Colo. Springs-Chicago Drug Ring Busted

Posted 01.07.2012

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In a federal and joint police force investigation, authorities have recovered over 140 pounds of marijuana believed to be used for trafficking Colorad...

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