Politics Apr 30 U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP says The proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.
Economy Feb 07 DEA reverses decision stripping drug distributor of licenses for fueling opioid crisis As part of the settlement announced Wednesday, Morris & Dickson Co. agreed to admit wrongdoing, comply with heightened reporting requirements and surrender one of its two certificates of registration with the DEA.
Politics Feb 01 AP investigation reveals secret U.S. spy program that targeted top Venezuelan officials The revelation comes at a fraught moment in U.S.-Venezuela relations and offers a rare window into the lengths the DEA was willing to go in a country that banned U.S. drug agents nearly two decades ago.
Politics Jan 23 Miami attorneys bankrolled DEA bribery scheme, federal prosecutors say Federal prosecutors are expanding their investigation into a bribery scheme involving two former DEA supervisors, turning their attention to two Miami defense attorneys suspected of profiting from repeated leaks of confidential information.
Nation Oct 11 Professional informant takes center stage in bribery trial of veteran DEA agents It's a case expected to cast a harsh light on the seamy underbelly of overseas drug prosecutions and cause more embarrassment for the nation's premier narcotics law enforcement agency.
Nation Sep 08 Tampa police body cam shows federal drug prosecutor offering business card in DUI arrest Body-camera video obtained by The Associated Press shows one of the nation's most prolific federal drug prosecutors offering police his business card in an apparent attempt to leverage his position to blunt the fallout from a Fourth of July crash…
Nation Aug 24 CIA sexual assault, battery case tried in public courtroom emboldens sexual misconduct reckoning A CIA officer trainee has been convicted in Virginia of attacking a female colleague with a scarf and kissing her inside a stairwell at the agency's headquarters in Langley.
Health Jul 19 DEA official resigns amid reports of previous Big Pharma consulting work Louis Milione’s four years of consulting for Big Pharma preceded his 2021 return to the DEA to serve as Administrator Anne Milgram’s top deputy, renewing concerns in the agency and beyond about the revolving door between government and industry and…
Health May 26 Drug distributor that failed to flag suspicious opioid orders gets license revoked after yearslong delay The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration stripped one of the nation's largest drug distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers Friday.
Politics May 24 DEA's failure to punish drug distributor blamed in opioid crisis raises revolving door questions The DEA has allowed one of the nation's largest drug distributors to keep shipping addictive painkillers for nearly four years despite a judge's recommendation to strip its license for turning a blind eye to thousands of suspicious opioid orders.