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DEA Marks 35th Anniversary

The Drug Enforcement Administration was created 35 years ago on this date by President Richard Nixon, who through an Executive Order established a single unified command to combat “an all-out global war on the drug menace.” At its outset, the DEA had 1,470 Special Agents, a budget of less than $75 […]

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“bullet” Los Angeles Times Editorial compares our efforts on the drug war to taking on “The Incredible Hulk”

In the grand scheme of hit movie plotting, it makes sense that the Hulk isn’t easy to kill — his indestructibility sets up Parts II and III. But Washington is now on Revenge of the Drug War […]

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Servetus on Is public discourse on drug overdoses improving?: “A neo-Flexner Report would be a great idea. The new report would need to address some strange phenomena. The US…” Sep 4, 13:30

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