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Federal Crackdown on Pain Meds Turning Legitimate Patients into Victims
Patients with a legitimate need for pain medication are having a hard time getting their drugs because of a crackdown on opioid addiction.
Patients with a legitimate need for pain medication are having a hard time getting their drugs because of a crackdown on opioid addiction.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Carlos L. Mitchem II knows about the drug trade. He’s been a Drug Enforcement Administration agent since 1991, and has been posted in places like Chicago and Tucson and in some of the world’s hot spots, Mexico and Colombia, where major drug cartels have flourished. More than four years…
The DEA and tribal officials cracked down on methamphetamine trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in southern New Mexico following an 18-month investigation, filing drug charges against 34 suspects.
A former sheriff’s deputy in Florida is accused of posing as a federal drug agent in a bizarre plot to help his friend win his wife back.
A 19-year-old woman’s beaming booking photo following her arrest on drug trafficking charges went viral, and she was dubbed the “adorable drug kingpin.”
When I heard you say recently that you thought medical marijuana was a “joke,” I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
The pressure is mounting for President Obama to fire the head of the DEA after his remarks dismissing medical marijuana as a “joke.”
Rep. Early Blumenauer called for the resignation Wednesday of the acting DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg for saying it’s a “joke” to suggest that marijuana has medicinal benefits.