Showing posts with label DEA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DEA. Show all posts
The Most Brazen Drug Thieves On The Texas Border
by Josh Eells. America's dirtiest cops. The temperature was nearing triple digits when Jonathan Treviño strapped on his bulletproof vest, slipped his .40-caliber Glock into his ankle holster and got ready to go to work. It was Thursday, July 26th, 2012, one of those summers in South Texas when the hot air settles on the Rio Grande Valley like a ... MOREHave Prescription Drug Abuse Regulations Gone Too Far?
by CJ Arlotta, Forbes. Policy of more pain, less drugs questioned. Many health care professionals are concerned with the growing usage
of opioids among the general public, but does this mean the answer to
the problem is tightening regulations on physicians prescribing
controlled substances? “I think what we have seen with regulations in this ... MORELimited Access To Hydrocodone Pushes Abusers To Heroin
Unintended consequences of DEA dictating health care. After the DEA ruled to make hydrocodone a schedule two drug, some health officials became concerned abusers would find more dangerous ways to feed their addiction. Now that hydrocodone isn't easily accessible, those who abused it aren't able to meet their addiction needs, ... MOREOur Fear Of Opioids Leaves The World In Pain
by Helen Redmond. Healthcare now dictated by DEA. Ever broken a bone? Recovered from a major surgery? Do you live with chronic pain?
If so, you understand on a visceral level that access to opioids like
morphine to manage pain is critical. Opioids are necessary to perform
surgery, make recovery from traumatic injuries possible, and can grant ... MORETammy Bruce: Another Blow To ObamaCare Privacy
Personal medical info to be shared with 35 federal agencies. Get ready to fight back: Last week, the Health and Human Services Department announced a plan to share your medical records with over 35 federal agencies — all in the name of “health care,” of course. All in the name of “efficiency,” the favorite excuse used by fascists ... MOREMedical Marijuana Research Hits Wall of U.S. Law
by Serge F. Kovaleski. More evidence the government is not us. Nearly four years ago, Dr. Sue Sisley, a psychiatrist at the University of Arizona, sought federal approval to study marijuana’s effectiveness in treating military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. She had no idea how difficult it would be. The proposal, which has the ... MOREReport: DEA Obstructing Research On Marijuana Benefits
by Mary Emily O'Hara. Public service is not in their self-interest. This Monday, the Drug Policy Alliance and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies released a report titled “The DEA: Four Decades of Impeding and Rejecting Science.” Using case studies from 1972 to the present, the report argues the ways the US Drug Enforcement ... MOREHow the Drug War Threatens Everyone's Privacy Rights
by S.M. Oliva. The idea that all persons have a right to privacy and freedom from arbitrary government searches exists not only in the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution but in the constitutional documents of many nations. Unfortunately, many nations also share the U.S. government's belief that the peaceful sale and consumption of ... MOREJess Remington: Ex-DEA Agent Joins Marijuana Industry
Coming over from the dark side. Patrick Moen, a 36-year-old from Portland, Oregon, recently made a dramatic career shift. Tired of leading a team of Portland-based DEA agents in arresting drug traffickers, he has joined a firm in Seattle, Washington that invests in budding marijuana businesses. "The potential social and financial ... MORESix Ways The Drug War Intrudes On Your Life
Whether you use illegal substances or not. Many Americans who do not use illegal "drugs" assume exemption from drug war policies. But regardless of how much marijuana you do or don't smoke, the U.S. war on drugs affects nearly everyone. While some prohibition tactics are more obvious than others, the drug war has slyly pushed its way into ... MOREAndrew O'Hehir: The NSA-DEA Police State Tango
The poisoning of our judicial system. So the paranoid hippie pot dealer you knew in college was right all along: The feds really were after him. In the latest post-Snowden bombshell
about the extent and consequences of government spying, we learned from
Reuters reporters this week that a secret branch of the DEA called the
Special . ... MORERand Paul: National Security Run Amok
Feds convinced Americans would rather be safe than free. In March, Sen. Ron Wyden asked Director of National IntelligenceJames R. Clapper if the federal government had “any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans.” Mr. Clapper replied, “Not wittingly.” In June, we learned that the National Security ... MORENSA Surveillance Not Just About Terrorism
Information first shared with DEA, now IRS. Add the IRS to the list of federal agencies obtaining information from NSA surveillance. Reuters reports that the IRS got intelligence tips from DEA's secret unit (SOD) and were also told to cover up the source of that information by coming up with their own independent leads to recreate the ... MORE
Using Terrorism Task Force To Make Small-Time Drug Busts
David Martosko on a secretive DEA program. A secret U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is using terrorism task forces to help local police take down small-time drug dealers, sources have told MailOnline. In a move that is seen by critics as taking valuable resources away from the battle against terrorism, the DEA is using ... MOREGene Johnson: Effort Building To Change US Pot Laws
A federal pot tax? An effort is building in Congress to change U.S. marijuana laws, including moves to legalize the industrial production of hemp and establish a hefty federal pot tax. While passage this year could be a
longshot, lawmakers from both parties have been quietly working on
several bills, the first of which Democratic Reps. Earl Blumenauer ... MOREWalker Baird: It Is Time To Reclassify Marijuana
Introducing common sense to American drug policy. Recent voting in Colorado and Washington exposes a striking discrepancy in the national legal status of marijuana. Under current federal law,
marijuana is classified as a Schedule I Controlled Substance, which
places it in the same category as heroin, peyote, LSD and Ecstasy. To be
qualified as a ... MOREDEA Seeks Prescription Records Without A Warrant
Eric W. Dolan on the efforts of the ACLU to block them. The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to block the Drug Enforcement Administration from obtaining prescription records without a warrant in Oregon. The state of Oregon filed suit against the DEA last year after the agency sought to access the Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring ... MORE
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