Virginian-Pilot: DEA Has Bad Relationship with Facts, Science on Drug Risks
Leaders of America’s Drug Enforcement Administration have long demonstrated a shockingly casual relationship with facts and science on drug risks.
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Pharmaceutical Companies Hire DEA Agents Tasked with Cracking Down on Opioids
The pharmaceutical industry, which distributes highly addictive opioids that have lead to the heroin epidemic and nearly 180,000 overdoses in the past decade, has hired dozens of top-level DEA officials.
DEA Survivor Benefit Fund Helps Son of Deceased Task Force Cop Become St. Louis County Officer
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In November 1993, St. Louis Police officer Stephen Strehl, 35, was killed in a helicopter crash during a training operation in Jefferson County with the DEA. He was a passenger and a member of the DEA task force. On Dec. 13, Strehl’s son Joseph Strehl graduated from the St. Louis County and…
DEA Helps Seize 20 Tons of Drugs in ‘Largest Known Seizure of Heroin in Afghanistan’
The DEA, with the help of American Special Forces and an Afghan counternarcotics, seized a whopping 20 tons of drugs in what officials have described as “the largest known seizure of heroin in Afghanistan, if not the world.”
Former DEA Agent Sentenced to Year in Prison for Witness Tampering
A former DEA agent who demanded cash in connection with a drug trafficker was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in prison.
DEA Blames Media for Spreading Misinformation about Marijuana
The DEA is taking a page from Donald Trump’s playbook – blame the media.
DEA Reports Spike in Cocaine Availability And Use in U.S.
A cocaine production boom in Colombia has increased use and availability of the drug in the United States for the first time in nearly a decade, the DEA reports.
Foundation for Economic Freedom: DEA’s War on Painkillers to Blame for Many Deaths
Many of these deaths result not from painkillers, but from the DEA’s war on painkillers.