Drug Enforcement Administration

4 Secret Service Agents Plan To Fight Their Dismissals

The Washington Post | Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura | Posted 05.22.2012

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Four Secret Service employees have decided to fight their dismissals for engaging in inappropriate conduct in Colombia last month, a development that ...

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Kicking Ass and Taking Names: Another Anti-Medical Marijuana Candidate Bites the Dust

Steph Sherer | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Cannabis, Medical Marijuana, Medical Cannabis, Pot, Marijuana, Steve Cooley, Drug Enforcement Administration, Dwight Holton, War on Drugs, Obama Marijuana, Politics News

Politicians come and go. But public compassion for suffering patients is here to stay.

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NYPD Cop Arrested For Aiding Heroin Dealer

Posted 05.15.2012

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NYPD police officer Devon Daniels was arrested Tuesday, accused of aiding a Queens drug trafficking ring by supplying it with police intelligence and ...

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Spring Cleaning the Medicine Cabinets, and Other Ways to Combat Rx Abuse

John J. Castellani | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Pharmaceutical Industry, Takeback Programs, Drug Enforcement Administration, Prescription Drug Abuse, Smartrx, Health News, Healthy Living News

Now, more than ever, it's crucial for all of us to inventory whether we have unused and expired medicine in our homes and take immediate, safe steps to dispose of them -- before they end up in the wrong hands.

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Foreclosed Houses Become Homes For Indoor Marijuana Farms

The New York Times | NORIMITSU ONISHI | Posted 05.07.2012

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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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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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Mystery Behind Man Found Dead On Platform With $180,000 Bundled Cash

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.03.2012

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NEW YORK — The mystery began with a heart attack, a man with a past, and a bag of money that federal authorities now want to keep. In August, a...

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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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Unhealthy Oxycodone Rewards at Walgreens

Steven Kurlander | Posted 04.18.2012

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In Florida, where 85 percent of Oxycodone was allegedly distributed last year, it was estimated that at the beginning of 2011, seven Floridians died a day from overdoses from prescription drugs.

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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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Behind DEA's recycled (but successful) sting strategy to catch arms traffickers

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

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By Aaron MehtaiWatch NewsIn the central March 2008 negotiations over the delivery of weapons by Russian arms merchant Viktor Bout to a Columbian ter...

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Official: 'We've Got A Problem' With Prescription Drugs

AP | CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 04.05.2012

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NEW YORK — Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analys...

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Lawmakers In 5 States Tell Feds To Back Off Medical Marijuana

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Elected lawmakers in five states have a message for the federal government: Don't interfere with state medical marijuana laws. In an ...

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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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White Supremacist Worked With Black Gang Member To Make Meth: Cops

AP | Posted 02.20.2012

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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Authorities allege that the quest to make methamphetamine has led to an unlikely alliance -- a white supremacist and a black inner-c...

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Prescription Drug Abuse Crackdown Hits CVS

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 02.15.2012

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A crackdown by the Drug Enforcement Administration against two big health care companies this month signals that the Obama administration is putting m...

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Moms & Cops Partner to End Punitive Prohibitionist Drug Policies

Gretchen Burns Bergman | Posted 04.10.2012

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We are working to change current drug policies from arrest and mass incarceration to therapeutic and restorative policies that will reduce the damage to our communities while improving public safety.

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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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Doormen At Manhattan Luxury Buildings Involved In Cocaine Smuggling Racket

Posted 02.03.2012

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The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating a cocaine smuggling racket that involves doormen employed at upscale residential buildings in Man...

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Methamphetamine Accidents Strain Burn Units

AP | JIM SALTER | Posted 03.24.2012

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ST. LOUIS — A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hosp...

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Drug War Comes To Northern Border

AP | By CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 01.21.2012

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Federal law enforcement agencies will help tribal officers obtain equipment and training on Indian lands near the U.S.-Canadian borde...

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U.S. Secretly Helped Mexican Drug Trafficker To Infiltrate His Criminal Ring

The New York Times | GINGER THOMPSON | Posted 01.09.2012

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American drug enforcement agents posing as money launderers secretly helped a powerful Mexican drug trafficker and his principal Colombian cocaine sup...

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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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Feds Should Reclassify Marijuana To Allow Medical Use, Governors Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Marijuana Classification, Video, Lincoln Chafee, Medical Pot, Schedule I, Drug Enforcement Administration, Schedule II, Medical Marijuana, Chris Gregoire, American Medical Association, Marijuana Legalization, Pot Legalization, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Govs. Lincoln Chafee (I-R.I) and Chris Gregoire (D-Wash.) on Wednesday called on the Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marij...

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