Prohibition: Terror Groups Profit From Drugs, DEA Says -- Missing Forest For Trees
A high-level DEA official has again linked the illegal drug trade to the funding of terrorist organizations, but failed to note the role of drug prohibition.
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Asset Forfeiture: ACLU Sues DEA Over Trucker's Seized Cash
The ACLU is challenging the seizure of nearly $24,000 dollars from a New Mexico trucker by the DEA as part of its asset forfeiture program.
Latin America: Nicaraguan Leader Asks for $1 Billion in Anti-Drug Aid
Despite his publicly expressed reservations about the DEA -- and the demonstrated failure of the war on drugs -- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is bellying up to the counter-narcotics assistance trough. He wants a billion dollars from Washington to fight the Central American drug trade.
Latin America: Nicaraguan President Warns of DEA's "Unexpected Interests" and "Terrible Things"
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega warned this week of the DEA's "unexpected interests" and "terrible things." Perhaps he's recalling the bad old days...
Feature: In Strategy Shift, US Troops to Join Battle Against Opium in Afghanistan
Nearly six years after the US invaded Afghanistan, the Taliban is back and opium production is going through the roof. Now, the US government has announced it is ready to let the US military join the Afghan drug war.
Feature: DEA Raids Ten Los Angeles Dispensaries Same Day City Council Asks It To Butt Out
DEA agents raided 10 Los Angeles-area medical marijuana dispensaries Wednesday, the same day the LA City Council sent it a letter asking it to butt out. The raids were met by angry protests and civil disobedience.
Medical Marijuana: DEA, ONDCP Take Flak on Dispensary Raids, Research Obstacles in House Committee Hearing
DEA and ONDCP functionaries got a grilling on medical marijuana issues at a House subcommittee hearing last week.
Feature: Pain Doctor and Patient Advocates Get a Congressional Hearing⦠Finally
For the first time in more than a decade, the DEA came under congressional scrutiny last week for its interference in the practice of medicine. Pain patient and doctor advocates got a chance to tell a congressional committee about the crisis in chronic pain and how the DEA gets in the way.
Feature: Medical Marijuana -- A Progress Report
Eleven years ago, no Americans had the protection of a state medical marijuana law. Now, some 50 million do, but that means some 250 million don't. While progress has been made, it has been slow, and there is plenty more to do.
Feature: North Dakota Farmers Sue DEA Over Hemp Growing Ban
A pair of North Dakota farmers have been granted state permits to grow hemp, but the DEA has refused to act on their federal license applications. Now the farmers are going to federal court to ask that the agency be told to butt out.