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The Department of Justice has been urged to file criminal charges in court against former Bureau of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and other respondents over the P6.4 billion shipment of illegal drugs discovered in May. In a reply to the counter-affidavits filed by the respondents, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency , represented by agent Norman Balquiedra, said charges should be filed in court for violating Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. "It cannot be gainsaid that Republic Act No.
The state Senate unanimously has passed a bill that would help to heal some of the damage caused by Rep. Tom Marino's bill diminishing the ability of the Drug Enforcement Administration to reduce the flow of powerful prescription opioid painkillers onto the black market. Marino, the 10th Congressional District Republican from Lycoming County, withdrew from consideration to be the national "drug czar" last week.
The Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education have broadened the outreach of their Operation Prevention program - a no-cost, standards-aligned curriculum for parents and teachers to initiate honest conversations about drug-free living with young people - to present On the Frontlines of the Opioid Epidemic: A Community Fighting Back . The second Virtual Field Trip of the Operation Prevention initiative, the immersive experience will broadcast LIVE from Pullman Square in Huntington, W.Va.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to kill drug dealers himself Friday in an effort to stop his war on crime. "Those who rape children, who rape women, those sons of if you don't want the police, I am here now.
A major trade association for pharmaceutical distributors defended a law that weakened the Drug Enforcement Administration , while ignoring key facts about how the now-stripped power once let the agency suspend distributors that shipped alarming numbers of opioid pills. The pharmaceutical industry - including the Healthcare Distribution Alliance - spent millions lobbying for the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, which made it nearly impossible for the DEA to suspend drug distributors if their opioid-based painkiller shipments reached suspicious volumes, The Washington Post and 60 Minutes jointly reported.
Rep. Tom Marino, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the nation's drug czar, has withdrawn from consideration following reports that he played a key role in weakening the federal government's authority to st Pa.
Rep. Tom Marino, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the nation's drug czar, is withdrawing from consideration following reports that he played a key role in weakening the federal government's authority to stop companies from distributing opioids. Marino "has informed me that he is withdrawing his name from consideration as drug czar," Trump tweeted Tuesday.
President Trump, speaking at an impromptu news conference on Monday, said he plans to have "a major announcement, probably next week," on the nation's opioid drug crisis. The president also said he'll take another look at the man he's nominated to be his drug czar, now that questions have surfaced about the nominee's support for the makers and distributors of prescription pain pills.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said Monday a news investigation about whether a bill he sponsored disarmed the Drug Enforcement Agency from going after drug companies was meant to smear President Trump's nominee for drug czar, who sponsored the bill on the House side. "I think we need to be candid about what's going on here," Hatch said in floor remarks.
Editor's note: Should someone wearing a badge have the power to relieve a suspected drug dealer of his Maserati on the spot without giving him an opportunity to flee or liquidate and launder his assets? Known as civil asset forfeiture, this practice might sound like a wise policy. But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Congress are challenging the Trump administration's embrace of the arrangement, which strips billions of dollars a year from Americans - who often have not been charged with a crime.
President Trump wants the wall to stop drugs from entering the United States, but the majority of drugs are smuggled through legal ports of entry. "Just to add on, tremendous drugs pouring into the United States at levels that nobody has ever seen before.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged months ago to bring back "law and order" to the nation under President Trump and one of the largest police organizations in the nation is so far happy with what he's done. Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged months ago to bring back "law and order" to the nation under President Trump and one of the largest police organizations in the nation is so far happy with what he's done.
A copy of the document was shared on Twitter by Michael Kiefer of the Arizona Republic , who said he interviewed Arpaio Friday evening. The "full and unconditional pardon" is signed by Trump and bears the seal of the Department of Justice, though Trump reportedly did not consult DOJ beforehand.
President Donald Trump has said that he is "seriously considering" a pardon for Joe Arpaio, a former Arizona sheriff who was recently convicted of criminal contempt for disregarding a federal judge's order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected undocumented immigrants. In a recent interview with Fox News , Trump told reporters he may grant a pardon within the next couple, because Arpaio "doesn't deserve to be treated this way."
This screen grab provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a hidden website that has been seized as part of a law enforcement operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration and European law enforcement agencies acting through Europol. On Thursday, July 20, 2017, authorities announced that two of the world's most notorious "darknet" marketplaces, AlphaBay and Hansa, have been knocked out in a one-two punch that officials say yielded a trove of new intelligence about drugs and weapons merchants that operate from hidden corners of the internet.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency does not need a court order to subpoena a prescription drug database kept by the state of Oregon, but the ruling did not specify whether those subpoenas would violate constitutional protections. The ruling reverses a 2014 judge's ruling finding that the agency must obtain warrants to access the database, which Oregon uses to help healthcare providers identify abuse.
A Colombian and two Ecuadoreans have appeared in Miami federal court accused of conspiring to transport cocaine on a boat intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard near the Galapagos Islands in South America. It's only the latest of many similar cases involving boats intercepted at sea, far from Miami, whose crew members are then brought here for trial.
There is a lot of inaccurate information about marijuana in circulation. For instance, during a recent conversation with an older friend, she said that that marijuana itself isn't so bad, but "it leads to hard drugs."
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. announced a dividend on Friday, February 24th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 7th will be given a dividend of 0.24 per share by the real estate investment trust on Wednesday, March 22nd.