DEA
Drug Enforcement Administration.
DEA
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Example Sentences
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The researchers discovered that an environmental contaminant called diethanolamine, or DEA, can sometimes replace a sugar alcohol in a molecule produced by M. morganii in the gut.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
President Joe Biden proposed downgrading marijuana to a lesser category in 2024, which drew 43,000 public comments, and the DEA was reviewing the process, The Wall Street Journal reported External link.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 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
In October 1985, the DEA sent Robert Stutman to serve as director of its New York City office and charged him with the responsibility of shoring up public support for the administration’s new war.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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