DEA
1 Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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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
"We are investigating with the DEA, we are exchanging information."
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
During that same period, DEA antidrug spending grew from $86 to $1,026 million, and FBI antidrug allocations grew from $38 to $181 million.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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