DEA
Drug Enforcement Administration.
DEA
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DEA is commonly found in industrial, agricultural, and consumer products.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
“It’s almost laughable for the president of Mexico to feign ignorance” about CIA activities in Mexico, said Gilberto Gonzalez, a former DEA agent who worked here in the 1980s and 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
“The DEA doesn’t have a choice. They have to reschedule it in three months. So that’s already pretty fast.”
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
He was handed to DEA agents, who flew him to the United States, where he will stand trial.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The DEA launched Operation Pipeline in 1984 as part of the Reagan administration’s rollout of the War on Drugs.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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