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Drug Enforcement Administration stories: 27 news summaries

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GEORGE F. WILL

 Drug Czar Needs 
 to Look Beyond 
 Worthless Laws  


Enforcement doesn't work, but there is hope elsewhere

Oct 29, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a chat with new czar Gil Kerlikowske, George Will notes that the war on drugs, as it has been waged, is an utter failure. Harsh drug laws have done nothing to reduce drug-taking, he writes, and incarcerating drug users is looking more and more wasteful to strapped states. “... More »

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War on Drugs • alcohol • DEA • Drug Enforcement Administration • George Will • Office of National Drug Control Policy • Obama administration • Gil Kerlikowske

OH BROTHER


 Big Brother 
 Winner 
 Nabbed for 
 Peddling Oxy 

Jasinski says he used $500K prize to buy, sell painkillers

Oct 20, 09 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Big Brother 9 winner Adam Jasinski made his first court appearance today in Massachusetts after being charged with trying to sell 2,000 prescription painkiller pills. After a brief struggle with agents, the DEA says Jasinski waived his Miranda rights and confessed to using his $500,000 winnings from... More »

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reality TV • OxyContin • DEA • prescription drugs • Drug Enforcement Administration • Oxycodone • Big Brother • contestants • prescription painkillers • Adam Jasinski • winner

 DEA Raids Jacko Doc's 
 Vegas Home, Office 

Follows search of Houston office last week

Jul 28, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - DEA agents and police raided the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray this morning after a raid last week on his Houston office, Fox News reports. Murray is a suspect in the manslaughter investigation of Jackson's death; the warrant served last week called for “... More »

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police • Las Vegas • DEA • doctor • Drug Enforcement Administration • raid • Michael Jackson • search warrant • Conrad Murray

 DEA Hits Jacko Doc's Office 


Jul 22, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A task force of federal drug-enforcement agents, Los Angeles detectives, and local police raided the Houston offices of Michael Jackson’s personal doctor today, ABC News reports. Sources say a search warrant was obtained based on preliminary autopsy results linking Jackson’s death to an anesthetic used only in hospitals.... More »

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entertainment • DEA • autopsy • doctor • Drug Enforcement Administration • Michael Jackson • cardiologists • police raids • criminal investigation • search warrant • Conrad Murray • cause of death • Propofol

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's personal doctor lacks a license to prescribe controlled medicines in California, federal authorities tell Fox News. Conrad Murray didn't register with the DEA in the singer's home state, officials say, meaning it would have been illegal for him to prescribe or administer Demerol, OxyContin, or even strong cough... More »

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OxyContin • DEA • prescription drugs • Drug Enforcement Administration • Michael Jackson • Demerol • Conrad Murray

 DEA Joins Jackson Death Probe

LAPD asks federal investigators for help investigating circumstances of star's death

Jul 2, 09 1:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal investigators are assisting local authorities with the probe into Michael Jackson's death, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Drug Enforcement Administration joined the investigation at the request of the LAPD, a source tells the AP. Authorities have removed prescription drugs and other medical evidence from Jackson's home and are... More »

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DEA • prescription drugs • Drug Enforcement Administration • Michael Jackson • celebrity death

(Newser) - Some special-agent pilots for the Drug Enforcement Administration say the agency is illegally coercing them to work in Afghanistan, McClatchy reports. In interviews, more than a dozen agents said superiors were punishing agents with 2-month Afghan tours, or threatening demotions if they refused to go. "What's going to happen... More »

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Afghanistan • discrimination • Drug Enforcement Administration • pilot

(Newser) - Law enforcement expects to seize $1 billion worth of pot along one stretch of southern Arizona this year, and that’s just 20% of the marijuana they believe will be smuggled into the area from Mexico. But there’s little they can do about it, NPR reports; the region is... More »

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Mexico • Arizona • Mexican border • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug cartel • Native Americans • drug smuggling • Tohono O'odham Nation

Stanford Was a Drug Informant: Report

Fraudster was likely shielded from SEC in 2006 for his trouble

May 11, 09 7:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Allen Stanford may have received earlier protection from the SEC by working as a drug trade informant, a BBC investigation has found. The accused fraudster’s bank paid $3.1 million to the DEA a decade ago as a middleman for a Mexican drug lord, and in 2006 an SEC... More »

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fraud • drugs • DEA • SEC • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug trade • Ponzi scheme • bank fraud • Robert Allen Stanford • Securities and Exchange Commission

(Newser) - Don’t look now, but marijuana is essentially legal in California, the Washington Post reports. Medical marijuana facilities litter the state, some offering only the flimsiest pretext of medical care. Stride into the Medical Kush Beach Club in Venice Beach, for example, and two scantily clad women will lead... More »

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California • War on Drugs • medical marijuana • marijuana • marijuana legalization • Drug Enforcement Administration • Eric Holder

Narcotic Khat Raises Cultural Rift in US

Police worry about growing use of common African drug

Jan 3, 09 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - In Africa, it’s the perfectly legal pick-me-up and social lubricant of choice, but in America, khat is an illegal narcotic—and its popularity is growing, the Los Angeles Times reports. Cities like Washington and San Diego are stepping up enforcement measures against the green leaf as growing African... More »

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Africa • War on Drugs • African Americans • stimulant • Drug Enforcement Administration • khat

 Mexico's Drug Violence 
 Seeps Into US 

Nearly 200 American cities affected by cartels

Nov 17, 08 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Mexico’s drug violence has been creeping northward into the US for the past several years, and officials now say that cartel-related crime has hit 195 American cities spanning every state except Vermont and West Virginia, the Los Angeles Times reports. Atlanta has emerged as a trafficking hub, but the... More »

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Atlanta • Mexico • violence • Mexican drug war • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug cartel • US cities • Sinaloa drug cartel

 Latin American 
 Nations Reject DEA 

Bolivia, Ecuador latest to repudiate US anti-drug operations

Nov 10, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Some Latin American countries are pushing back against the US by cutting off DEA operations, the Christian Science Monitor reports. President Evo Morales, saying DEA agents "worked to conduct political espionage," gave them 3 months to leave Bolivia. Ecuador, meanwhile, has refused to renew the US lease on... More »

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Latin America • War on Drugs • Venezuela • DEA • Bolivia • Drug Enforcement Administration • Evo Morales • Ecuador • Hugo Chávez • George W. Bush

Feds Bust Ring that Hid Cocaine in Legos

Drugs packaged with toys in Puerto Rico, mailed to New York

Sep 24, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal agents announced the arrest yesterday of a pack of Bronx drug dealers accused of smuggling cocaine into New York with the help of the world’s smallest traffickers: Lego men. Agents say the cocaine was sent from Puerto Rico through normal US mail, ingeniously hidden within buckets of the... More »

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War on Drugs • drugs • New York City • cocaine • Drug Enforcement Administration • Bronx • Puerto Rico • Lego

DEA Nabs 175 Mexican Drug Cartel Suspects

Nationwide initiative a key step in border drug war, authorities say

Sep 18, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - US officials arrested 175 suspected Mexican drug traffickers this week in raids in a dozen states, the LA Times reports. Prosecutors believe the suspects are part of the violent Gulf cartel, considered to be a driving force in Mexico’s escalating drug wars. The raids were part of a 15-month... More »

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War on Drugs • Atlanta • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • Mexican drug war • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug cartel • Bill Maher Grid

 Wash. Vineyards
 Flush With Pot Crop

110K marijuana plants already confiscated this year

Aug 10, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington state is cracking down on drug dealers' latest innovation: Using vineyards to secretly grow marijuana crops, the AP reports. Police have made 22 arrests this year and confiscated 110,000 pot plants from the Yakima Valley alone, worth more than $100 million. But tracking dealers isn't easy: Some are... More »

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wine • Washington • marijuana • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug trade • wine industry • vineyard • Yakima Valley

 Olsen Demands
 Immunity in
 Ledger Probe 

Olsen twin last to be interviewed in fed investigation

Aug 4, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mary-Kate Olsen, the first person phoned after a masseuse found Heath Ledger’s body, won't agree to be interviewed by federal investigators without a guarantee of immunity from prosecution, the New York Post reports. The feds have interviewed everyone else they consider connected to the case, including a “nice... More »

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federal investigation • celebrity • overdose • Drug Enforcement Administration • Heath Ledger • immunity • Michelle Williams

DEA Bust Yields Trove of Rare Baseball Cards

Agency now holds $280K worth of vintage  Ty Cobbs, others

Jul 6, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Long accustomed to confiscating snazzy cars and jewelry from those who run afoul of the law, the DEA found itself in possession of something a little more unusual when it nabbed a Tennessee doctor who was dispensing fraudulent prescriptions—an impressive collection of baseball cards worth $280,000. The doc... More »

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DEA • Drug Enforcement Administration • Willie Mays • sports collectibles • baseball cards • trading cards • collectible • Ty Cobb

UPDATED

96 Arrested in San Diego State Drug Bust

75 students involved, with heavy fraternity presence, DEA says

May 6, 08 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ninety-six people were arrested today in a massive drug bust at San Diego State University. Seventy-five of those nabbed were students, many of them studying for criminal-justice or homeland-security degrees, CNN reports. Cocaine, marijuana, and ecstasy were being dealt, largely by fraternity members, during a 5-month undercover DEA operation, the... More »

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drugs • Drug Enforcement Administration • San Diego State University

 Montana Ad Blitz
 Busts Meth Use

'Unselling the product' leads to 70% drop among adults, 45% in teens

Mar 27, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - In 2005, Montana had the fifth-worst methamphetamine problem in the US; now it’s 39th, and negative advertising is to credit for much of the stunning turnaround. Montana’s nonprofit Meth Project launched a massive blitz against the drug, blanketing airwaves, websites, newspapers, and billboards. “The intention is to... More »

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War on Drugs • Montana • Drug Enforcement Administration • methamphetamine • Quest Diagnostics • Office of National Drug Control Policy • Meth Project • Siebel Foundation • Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America • Partnership for a Drug-Free America

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