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Newsbrief:
DEA
to
Double
Ecstasy
Investigations
11/29/02
Saying that ecstasy (MDMA)
is "the Y generation's cocaine," DEA head Asa Hutchinson was as hip as
he was accurate as he used a San Diego press conference on November 20
to unveil a new campaign targeting ecstasy and other so-called club drugs.
"Operation X-Out," as the new effort is cutely named, will double the number
of DEA club drug investigations. According to Hutchinson, club drugs
now make up about 5% of all major DEA investigations.
"The explosive use of Ecstasy
and predatory drugs [a new term of propaganda for club drugs] among our
youth is fast reaching epidemic levels," said Hutchinson, waving an evidence
bag he said contained confiscated ecstasy. According to the DEA,
the number of Americans using ecstasy increased by 1.6 million last year
to more than 8 million. Hutchinson said some new investigations will
focus on the Netherlands, where most of the world's ecstasy supply originates,
while others will focus on Internet sales. The agency will also step
up enforcement in south Florida, a major point of entry for the drug, and
at airports across the country.
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Issue #265, 11/29/02
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