The Latest Breaking News from Drug Enforcement Administration

Enough fentanyl was seized in the US this year by drug cops to kill EVERY American

More than 397 million fatal fentanyl doses have been intercepted this year with just two milligrams enough to be deadly, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration

Daily Mirror · Dec 21, 2022

Growing fentanyl crisis is leaving 'trail of death' in its wake, federal officials warn

LOS ANGELES — In the last two months, agents with Homeland Security Investigations have seized as much fentanyl as they did in all of 2019, federal officials said, warning that the amount of the drug hitting the streets is increasing every year with deadly consequences.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 22, 2022

DEA Wants To Boost Production Of Cannabis & Psychedelics For Research In 2023

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is proposing a significant increase in the amount of research cannabis allowed to be cultivated in 2023.

Benzinga · Oct 17, 2022

DEA Taken To Court Again For Access To Psilocybin For End-Of-Life Care

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has refused once more to a petition from a doctor to treat terminally-ill patients with psilocybin therapy, following federal and state “Right to Try” (RTT) laws. The agency is being takento court in a new case.

Benzinga · Jul 25, 2022

Right To Try Laws: Psilocybin For End-Of-Life Care Poses Ongoing Battle With The DEA

A group of terminally ill patients seeking psilocybin therapy will likely take the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to federal court once again over the agency’s denial to grant access to the treatment under Right To Try (RTT) laws, The Microdose

Benzinga · Jul 11, 2022

Kansas Seized $21 Million From People Over the Past Two Years. Most Were Never Convicted of a Crime

An Americans for Prosperity Foundation report found that less than a quarter of people who had property seized through asset forfeiture by Kansas police were ever convicted of a crime.

Reason · Jun 3, 2022

Idaho residents allege DEA, Canyon County agencies used excessive force in drug search

Two years ago, the Drug Enforcement Administration, with the help of two Canyon County law enforcement agencies, searched a home west of Caldwell for drugs. The officers didn’t find any, according to court documents obtained by the Idaho Statesman.

Tribune News Service · May 23, 2022

South Florida DEA agents charged in scheme to peddle info about drug investigations

MIAMI — A current Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a retired agent — both of whom had worked in the agency’s Miami field office for years — surrendered Friday on corruption charges involving the payment of thousands of dollars in bribes for confidential investigative information about drug-trafficking suspects.

Miami Herald · May 20, 2022

U.S. extradites former Honduran police chief on drug charges

A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plane took off from the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa on Tuesday morning carrying the country's former police, Juan Carlos "El Tigre" Bonilla, who is being extradited to the United States on drug-trafficking charges.

Reuters · May 10, 2022

Activists Protest At DEA HQ, Demand Legal Access To Psychedelics For Terminally Ill Patients

Activists held a protest, including a die-in outside of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters in Virginia.

Benzinga · May 9, 2022