War veterans tormented with the effects of possttaumatic stress disorder (PSTD) may soon gain access to medical marijuana as a legal treatment option. On April 21, 2016 the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) submitted a press release announcing the …
Reps from Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California claimed that back in 2013 the hospital alerted the DEA that an employee named Rocky Allen stealing fentanyl. Apparently, Allen was caught first-hand swiping fentanyl syringes. According to the National Institute …
Maine Governor Paul LePage stepped up pressure on the Maine Legislature earlier this month. stating that he wanted 10 additional drug enforcement agents hired or he would be deploying the Maine National Guard to work alongside the state’s current drug …
According to the 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment, Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) continue to be the greatest criminal drug enterprise threat to the United States. These drug organizations smuggle and distribute heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, and cocaine all throughout the …
With every busted dealer and cut supply line, the DEA is one step closer to putting a cork on the flow of drugs into the United States. However, while it does not diminish the value of the DEA’s hard work, …
An ongoing US Drug Enforcement Administration investigation has the DEA embroiled in litigation with the Menominee Indian Tribe in Menominee County, Wisconsin over the recent seizing of 30,000 high-grade marijuana plants from tribal land. The marijuana was discovered by the …
DEA officials have ramped up their efforts in the pursuit of cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman since his escape from a Mexican prison on July 11, 2015. The U.S. agency is providing intelligence and personnel to the Mexican government, …
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has recently opened another office on foreign soil. This new location in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was developed less than a year prior to one of the most high-profile international events: The upcoming …
About 46,000 Americans die each year from deaths related to drugs. More than half of these deaths are from heroin or prescription opiates, and 80% of new heroin users start their addiction with prescription painkillers. The 2014 National Survey on …