drug enforcement administration

AP report: Former DEA agent tells his own story of corruption before jail time

By Jim Mustian, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

All this revelry was rooted, Irizarry said, in a crushing realization among DEA agents around the world that there's nothing they can do to make a dent in the drug war anyway.

U.S. narcotics agent sentenced to 12 years in prison for conspiring with Colombian cartel

By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Associated Press

The U.S. Justice Department's Inspector General slammed the DEA in a report over the summer for failing to properly oversee what are supposed to be tightly monitored stings of the sort this agent worked on.

Off-duty DEA agent arrested on Capitol riot charges

By Michael Kunzelman, Jim Mustian, Associated Press

An off-duty Drug Enforcement Administration agent posed for photographs in which he flashed his DEA badge and firearm outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.

WATCH: U.S., Mexico announces new plans on cartels

By Michael Tarm, Associated Press

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials will hold a news conference at 3 p.m. ET today. Watch their remarks here.

Acting DEA chief tells employees he will step down

By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press

A person familiar with the move says Chuck Rosenberg will leave the post Oct. 1.

What happens if kratom becomes illegal?

By PBS News Hour

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has received thousands of comments on whether it should make kratom, a popular painkiller, illegal.

Reclassifying pot could usher in a new era in medical marijuana research

By David Noonan, Scientific American

As the government considers reclassifying cannabis, researchers say easing the rules could lead to big advances.

DEA chief confident escaped drug lord ‘El Chapo’ will be found again

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration's top agent hasn't really slept since he got word Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had sneaked out of maximum-security prison in Mexico though a mile-long tunnel that opened beneath his cell's shower nearly a week…

New rule to ease safe disposal of unwanted prescription drugs

By Carey Reed

In October, a new rule goes into effect making it easier for people to safely dispose of unneeded prescription drugs throughout the year at participating retail pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, narcotic treatment programs and prescription drug manufacturers.