Cocaine Production in Bolivia Drops for 4th Year in Row After DEA Was Kicked Out
For the fourth year in a row, cocaine production declined in Bolivia after the DEA was foxed to leave the country.
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Observant, Off-Duty DEA Agent Busts Man with Large Amount of Cocaine in Suitcase
A DEA agent was off duty getting his car worked on when he saw a suspicious encounter.
Judge Gives Rare OK to Discovery in Lawsuit Challenging DEA Bulk Surveillance
By Mark Rumold Electronic Frontier Foundation A federal judge in Los Angeles has given our clients, Human Rights Watch, the go-ahead to take discovery from the government in our ongoing lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the DEA’s bulk surveillance program. Friday’s decision is rare, and it’s a decisive victory—both for HRW and for the general…
Overdoses of Synthetic Drug, Spice, Surges As More People Abuse It
Overdoses or other problems from taking synthetic drugs are skyrocketing as demonstrated by the increasing number of calls to poising control centers about “spice.”
New DEA Leader: ‘El Chapo’ Likely Still in Mexico After Prison Escape
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is most likely still in Mexico after his escape from prison last month, the DEA’s new acting administrator said. Chuck Rosenberg told reporters, though, that he has no hard evidence of the escapee’s whereabouts but said Guzman is likely relying on the vast resources of his Sinaloa…
San Diego Union-Tribune: Advocates of Marijuana Legalization Miss Mark
A recent example of the logical abandon of today’s backers of legal marijuana is the plan to defund the Drug Enforcement Administration’s program to eradicate illegal marijuana (DEA/CESP), an $18 million program that eliminates millions of plants a year and arrests thousands of criminals, many of whom were brought here to labor for Mexican drug cartels controlling the marijuana black market.
DEA Gets New Leader of Philadelphia Field Division; Pledges Fight Against Heroin
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 23-year veteran of the DEA has been named as the next head of the Philadelphia Field Division. Philly.com reports that Gary Tuggle will oversee the city and five regional officers in Pennsylvania and Delaware, replacing Don Dongilli, who retired last year. Tuggle’s career began as a Baltimore City police officer…
New DEA Chief: Marijuana ‘Probably Not’ As Dangerous As Heroin
The new head of the DEA says marijuana is “probably not” as dangerous as heroin, a position that was in contrast to his predecessor.