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The Latest Breaking News from the Drug Enforcement Administration

That DEA agent’s ‘credit card’ could be secretly eavesdropping on you

Exclusive: The Drug Enforcement Administration’s latest piece of covert surveillance gadgetry joins previous hidden cameras and listening devices in everything from streetlights to traffic cones to vacuum cleaners

The Independent UK

Terry Cole, chosen to take over DC's police force, has spent 22 years at DEA

Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington’s “emergency police commissioner” as she carries out President Donald Trump’s unprecedented decision to take over the Washington police department

The Independent UK

Spending bills reject Trump plans for DOJ overhaul - Roll Call

House and Senate spending bills ignore Trump proposal to fold the work of the ATF into the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Senate appropriators to weigh in on Justice Department revamp - Roll Call

Trump administration proposals would overhaul parts of the department and cut funding for key federal law enforcement agencies.

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The Evidence Suggests the DEA Still Has Not Come Around on Rescheduling Marijuana

It looks like Attorney General Merrick Garland overrode the agency's recalcitrant drug warriors in deciding to reclassify the drug.

Reason

An opportunity to rid the house of old and unused medications comes this weekend in Kentucky

This Saturday offers opportunities around the Commonwealth to get old and unused prescription medications out of the house. One of the med toss events will be held in Lexington.

WEKU

US government says it plans to go after legal goods tied to illegal fentanyl trade in new strategy

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced a new government-wide strategy that will target not only fentanyl but precursor materials used to make the synthetic opioid

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Revolving door redux: The DEA's recently departed No. 2 returns to a Big Pharma consulting firm

Washington’s revolving door kept spinning this week as the Drug Enforcement Administration’s recently departed second-in-command returned for another stint with a high-powered consulting firm where he previously advised OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

The Independent UK

Senators hail Health Dept. recommendation to ease restrictions on marijuana

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders are hailing it as a first step toward easing federal restrictions on the drug

The Independent UK

Thanks for 50 years of nothing, DEA

The Drug Enforcement Administration has spent half a century worsening public health. It should be abolished

Salon

2 Detroit men charged after more than 44 pounds of fentanyl seized at Midway Airport

Jamire Hollingshed and Robert Lewis were arrested after agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration learned they were planning to fly into Midway on May 2.

Chicago Sun-Times

Commentary: Don’t curb opioid prescriptions through telemedicine. They’re saving lives

The explosion of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic has been transformative for countless patients who might otherwise be unable to access care. But the Drug Enforcement Administration is preparing to roll back telemedicine options for many essential prescriptions. It would be a dangerous move, exacerbating already gaping disparities and imperiling…

Los Angeles Times

DEA warns horse tranquilizer xylazine is making fentanyl overdose crisis worse

The drug xylazine, which has been linked to an increase in overdoses, has now been seized in 48 of 50 states, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Monday in an alert.

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