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Drug Enforcement Administration

Law Enforcement Agency
Agency nameDrug Enforcement Administration
AbbreviationDEA
Agency overview
Formed1973
Preceding
agencies		Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
Employees10,784 (2009)
Annual budgetUS$2.415 billion (2010)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agencyUnited States
Operational structure
HeadquartersArlington, Virginia
Sworn members5,500+
Agency executivesMichele Leonhart, Administrator
Thomas M. Harrigan, Chief of Operations
Parent agencyUnited States Department of Justice

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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice, tasked with combating drug smuggling and use within the United States. Not only is the DEA the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act, sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing U.S. drug investigations abroad.

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La DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration, agencia antidroga estadounidense) reconoce que actualmente el consumo per cápita de cocaína en España es el más alto del mundo.
3.22 min. | 4.45 user rating		 ATLANTA (AP) - Federal drug enforcement officials say they've seized millions of dollars from Mexican cartel members operating in Atlanta. Authorities say some of that money will go to help Georgia law enforcement agencies. Drug Enforcement Agency Special Agent Rodney Benson says Operation Four Horsemen resulted in the seizure of $23.8 million and more than 500 kilograms of cocaine. Benson says 23 cartel members have been arrested, including two brothers accused of running drugs along the East Coast. Authorities say $8 million will be divided among agencies that provided key help in the investigation - the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Department of Public Safety, Lawrenceville Police Department, Henry County Sheriff's Office and the Troup County Sheriff's Office.
1.88 min. | 4.04 user rating		 On this weeks Friday Show we discuss the Drug Enforcement Administration's need to hire ebonics translators, Paris Hilton has her house broken into by a crazy knife wielding guy, some guy in North Carolina becomes a ghost while trying to hunt ghosts and a routine traffic stop turns into something very strange. Don't forget to follow me on the twitters!!! www.twitter.com
4.23 min. | 4.65 user rating		 Tom Angell, media relations director for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, asks White House "Drug Czar" Gil Kerlikowske what he thinks of all the recent discussion on drug legalization. Any citizen can join LEAP at www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com I am Tom Angell with Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Director Kerlikowske you said that the idea of legalizing drugs is of the charts for discussion. But in recent weeks a number of serious people like Senator Jim Webb, former Mexican President Vicente Fox and the current Mexican ambassador of the United States have all said that legalization is a serious idea worth serious consideration. And even on page one of the UNODC report up today Mr. Costa devotes significant space to discussing the arguments for legalizing drugs. Do you think that this recent discussion is dangerous and should be discouraged or do you think under the Obama administration in this era scientifically all options really should be on the table for consideration before we decide to a new way to move forward? Sure we are a country of free speech and so I think the last thing that anyone in the administration would do would be to suppress free speech in that discussion. As regards to legalization it is not in the President's vocabulary and it is not in mine. Soy Tom Angell con La AplicaciÃn de la Ley Contra la ProhibiciÃn. Director Kerlikowske usted dijo que la idea de legalizar las drogas esta fuera de las listas de discusiÃn. Pero en reciente semanas un <b>...</b>
1.17 min. | 4.79 user rating		 La Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) est le service de police fédéral américain dépendant du Département de la Justice des Ãtats-Unis chargé de la mise en application de la loi sur les stupéfiants et de la lutte contre leur trafic dans le cadre de la campagne des Ãtats-Unis contre la toxicomanie. Depuis sa fondation en juillet 1973, la DEA est présente sur presque tout lensemble du continent américain et dans le monde, particulièrement en Colombie, en Bolivie, au Pérou, au Panama, au Mexique, ainsi qu'en Afghanistan. Cette administration a été fondée suite à la fusion de trois services qui s'occupaient de la lutte antidrogue, le Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), le Office of National Narcotics Intelligence (ONNI) et le Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE). En 2005, la DEA a saisi 1,4 milliard USD de capitaux liés au trafic de stupéfiant et 477 millions USD, en valeur marchande, de drogues, mais la Maison Blanche estime que l'ensemble du trafic de drogue aux Ãtats-Unis se chiffre à 64 milliards USD par an. La DEA est dirigée par un administrateur désigné par le président des Ãtats-Unis et approuvé par le Sénat des Ãtats-Unis. Le siège est situé à Arlington (Virginie). Elle entretient sa propre académie hébergée dans une base du corps des Marines à Quantico (Virginie) avec celle du FBI. La DEA possède 237 bureaux d'investigation et 80 agences étrangères réparties dans 58 pays. La DEA dispose d'un budget de plus de 2,4 milliards USD, elle emploie <b>...</b>
3.15 min. | 4.17 user rating
Rant on the evils of the drug enforcement administration (DEA). Concentrates on the arrests of doctors, which leads them to under-medicate patients with chronic pain.
2.98 min. | 3.62 user rating		 For more news visit â english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter â http Add us on Facebook â facebook.com Colombian police team up with the US Drug Enforcement Administration for a major drug bust in Colombia. Government agents have arrested 26 people in the action, dubbed "Operation Storm." Colombia's National Police announced on Thursday it has dismantled a drug ring that smuggled up to two tons of cocaine per month to Mexico and the US in small planes of the country's Air Force. With the help of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), officers arrested 25 Colombians and 1 Panamanian in "Operation Storm." Five Air Force officials were arrested on suspicion of having helped ship tons of drugs in official planes that passed unnoticed by government agents. Commander of Colombia's National Police, General Oscar Naranjo, said that four of those arrested are wanted in the US [General Oscar Naranjo, Commander, Colombia National Police]: "This second stage has been called 'Operation Storm' and we have captured 26 drug traffickers, 4 of whom have extradition petitions. After a 2-year investigation, we have carried out 21 searches in the past few hours, particularly in Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Monteria and Bogota." Colombia ranks among the world's top cocaine producers. The country has seen a dramatic fall in violence and cocaine production over the past decade thanks to a US-backed military offensive under former president Alvaro Uribe. Current President Juan <b>...</b>
1.77 min. | 4.0 user rating		 Evo Morales indicó que de acuerdo al informe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), "Bolivia tiene el mejor comportamiento frente a la lucha del narcotráfico pese a amenazas y amedrantamiento de EE.UU. por recorte de la lucha contra el narcotráfico". El presidente boliviano, Evo Morales, indicó este sábado que a partir de este día quedan suspendidas "de manera indefinida" cualquier actividad de la agencia del Departamento de Justicia de los Estados Unidos (DEA, de sus siglas en inglés Drug Enforcement Administration). Estas declaraciones se dieron en la localidad de Chimoré, en el trópico de Cochabamba, en el acto donde se presentó, ante la comunidad internacional, el informe oficial que contempla la erradicación de más de cinco mil hectáreas de cultivos ilegales de hoja de coca. "A partir de hoy día se suspende de manera indefinida cualquier actividad de la DEA norteamericana", indicó Morales, al tiempo que agregó el orgullo del pueblo de ser bolivianos, por lo que "queremos mantener la soberanía del pueblo". Asimismo, indicó que no se trata sólo del orgullo nacional, sino que es obligación del Gobierno la "regionalización de la lucha contra el narcotráfico". Recordó que en conversaciones con el presidente de España, José Luis Zapatero, en la reciente Cumbre Iberoamericana en San Salvador, coincidieron en que lo más importante es "la vida, la humanidad". Extracto de: www.telesurtv.net INFORME ESPECIAL SOBRE LA DEA Y EL GOBIERNO ESTADOUNIDENSE CONSPIRAN, ESPÃAN <b>...</b>
8.18 min. | 4.5 user rating		 The fight against illegal narcotics trafficking in the United States is the responsibility of the Drug Enforcement Administration, known as the DEA. Agents often work undercover, requiring both male and female agents, yet less than 10 percent are women. As VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Houston, the agency is trying to change that.
2.67 min. | 3.28 user rating		 www.instablogs.com Pakistan unveils cyber crime laws President Zardaris decree has both positive and potential negative sides to it. On the one hand it will help curb terrorist activities on the web and other crimes committed online. It may help in checking plagiarism and abuse of cyber medium for personal and political gains. On the other hand it may also be easily misused, suppress freedom of expression and inflict punishment on innocent users especially young people. Who do not have advanced education on countrys complete legal code. Also dubious is the clause of punishing the intent of crime as a crime in itself. There hardly seems any reliable means of gauging the persons intent and the enforcement of this primarily to excessive useless litigation over proving psychological tendencies. Extreme care need to be exercised before executing this statute. Road accidents rise in Jordan In Jordan road accidents are becoming a very serious issue that needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. According to the Jordanian Public Safety officials on average 2 people are killed each day and 50 more are injured each day due to car accidents, knowing that the total population of Jordan approximates 5 million. Ignoring street rules has been the major factor in the occurrence of accidents. Drivers tend to speed change sets without signaling and generally drive with an aggressive attitude. Pedestrians also have their share in whats happening all which indicates the need for wider <b>...</b>
5.47 min. | 5.0 user rating

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The DEA's War on Pharmacies�and Pain Patients - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--By SCOTT GOTTLIEB Last month, the -Drug Enforcement Administration- abruptly revoked the narcotics license held by the distributor Cardinal Health, preventing that firm from shipping prescription pain drugs to thousands of Florida pha - Date : Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:02:02 GMT
US Senate Confirms DEA Special Agent Thomas Harrigan as Deputy Administrator - KETK Tweet this news
KETK--Washington DC � -DEA- Administrator Michele M. Leonhart today hailed Senate confirmation of Special Agent Thomas Harrigan as -DEA's- Deputy Administrator. “I cannot think of a better, more qualified, or more honorable person to have at my sid - Date : Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:24:04 GMT
Meth remediation partnership in Kzoo - WOOD-TV Tweet this news
WOOD-TV--For years, that expense was underwritten through a nationwide COPS Grant that the -Drug Enforcement Administration- managed. On Feb. 22, termination of funding for these critical services redirected cleanup cost liabilities to governmental budget - Date : Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:26:42 GMT+00:00
Jail's methadone license lapses - The Journal News | LoHud.com Tweet this news
The Journal News | LoHud.com--Agents with the US -Drug Enforcement Administration- were at the jail twice in recent weeks, reviewing the methadone issue and checking how narcotic medications are monitored and dispensed at the infirmary. Tennessee-based Co - Date : Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:32:31 GMT+00:00
16 charged in 'pill mill' pipeline - Columbus Dispatch Tweet this news
Columbus Dispatch--That's how US -Drug Enforcement Administration- agent Anthony Marotta in Columbus describes the doctors, pharmacists and drug traffickers who are part of the oxycodone pipeline between Ohio and Florida. One such scheme has landed 1 - Date : Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:51:01 GMT+00:00
Two more US states turn over executions drug in probe - Reuters Tweet this news
Reuters--NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Tennessee and Kentucky turned over their supplies of a lethal injection drug to the US -Drug Enforcement Administration-, which is probing how the drug was imported, officials said on Friday. ... - Date : Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:04:41 GMT+00:00
Naval academy expels more midshipmen in 'spice' investigation - CNN Tweet this news
CNN--"Spice," also known as K2, is a mixture of herbs and spices that typically is sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, according to a -Drug Enforcement Administration- fa - Date : Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:06:22 GMT+00:00
Guatemalans demonstrate in support of accused drug lord as supporter of the ... - The Canadian Press Tweet this news
The Canadian Press--GUATEMALA CITY � Police say 400 people marched in support of Guatemala's reputed top drug trafficker captured by the government and the US -Drug Enforcement Administration-. Police spokesman Donald Gonzalez says the demonstration - Date : Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:10:00 GMT+00:00
Rx drug take-back coming back - Minneapolis Star Tribune Tweet this news
Minneapolis Star Tribune--The first one worked so well -- in Minnesota and across the country -- that the US -Drug Enforcement Administration- and its local law enforcement partners are doing it again. Clean out that medicine cabinet, folks. ... - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:02:17 GMT+00:00
Texas Crime Stoppers needs help nabbing gang member - KENS 5 TV Tweet this news
KENS 5 TV--Ernesto Alonso Garcia, 28, is a Texas Syndicate member wanted for murder and aggravated assault by the Harlingen Police Department and marijuana trafficking by the -Drug Enforcement Administration-. His last known address was in Edinburg. ... - Date : Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:20:18 GMT+00:00

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