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	Drug Enforcement Administration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency tasked with suppressing the sale of recreational drugs by enforcing the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.
		The DEA was formed from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs of the US Department of the Treasury and the Bureau of Drug Abuse Control of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1973.
		The DEA's relatively firm stance on this issue is in contrast to that of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is considering relaxing its hiring policy on drug use[2].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Agency (883 words)

	Drug-Law Enforcement Efforts
		Drug enforcement is unlike most other types of police enforcement activities where generally a crime is committed and reported and the police investigate, gathering evidence and making their case.
		There are two ways American law enforcement agencies have sought to control the supply of illicit drugs: intercepting them as they come into the country, and destroying them at their source in other countries.
		It also highlights the difficult position of drug law enforcement in attempting to enforce the law justly without overstepping constitutional safeguards.
	www.drugtext.org /library/reports/fada/fada2.htm (12197 words)

	FRONT LINE DRUG WARRIOR CALLS FOR PEACE
		From October 1996 to April 1999, I worked in New York, Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico with various federal, state and local law enforcement groups in the war on drugs.
		Our national drug war leaders say their goal is a "drug-free America." But three decades of the drug war have proven that goal is unrealistic, and our strategy must be replaced.
		Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey recognizes that winning the war in Colombia is improbable and is already making excuses.
	www.lightparty.com /Misc/FrontLineDrug.html (1482 words)

	Drug Enforcement Administration
		Through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), engage the talent and resources of all of the federal law enforcement agencies to identify and target the major trafficking organizations responsible for the U.S. drug supply across the nine OCDETF regions.
		On March 19, 2002, the Attorney General announced a six-part drug strategy for the Department of Justice, focused on reducing the availability of illegal drugs.
		Reduce the supply of drugs available in the United States by 10 percent.
	fas.org /irp/agency/doj/dea (237 words)

	Brudirect.com - Local News
		Drug enforcement agencies of Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia have joined hands to quell the menace of drugs through prevention education and rehabilitation besides sharing information and formulate strategies to curb smuggling activities.
		When asked on the level of drug problem in Brunei, he said, that it is under control and urged for cooperation from all members of the public in alerting the Bureau of drug-related activities.
		The 7th Work Group Meeting was aimed at enhancing the bilateral cooperation between the two agencies and, at the same time, expanding the scope of their cooperation to include treatment, recovery and education on drug prevention.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Aug04/110804/nite08.htm (417 words)

	A/RES/43/122. International campaign against drug abuse and illicit trafficking
		Notes with satisfaction that the Second Interregional Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies is to be held in 1989 and encourages it to consider the reports and achievements of all the regional meetings; 8.
		Urges the Interregional Meeting to discuss ways and means of enhancing law enforcement training, especially in those areas that would require new knowledge and skills for the implementation of the provisions of the new convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; 9.
		Endorses Commission on Narcotic Drugs resolution 4 (S-X), the implementation of which is essential for the adequate functioning of the Division of Narcotic Drugs and the secretariat of the International Narcotics Control Board; 12.
	www.un.org /documents/ga/res/43/a43r122.htm (660 words)

	Drug Enforcement - MT Dept of Justice
		The Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Narcotics Bureau is a statewide drug enforcement agency that initiates and conducts all types of dangerous-drug investigations throughout the state.
		In Montana, HIDTA funds are being used to fund five, new multi-jurisdictional drug task forces that will consolidate drug enforcement efforts in Yellowstone, Lewis and Clark, Cascade, Missoula and Flathead counties.
		In addition, the bureau provides investigative assistance and resources to local, state and federal drug enforcement agencies operating in Montana and neighboring states.
	www.doj.state.mt.us /enforcement/drugenforcement.asp (539 words)

	Australasian Centre for Policing Research
		The report also concludes that specialist drug law enforcement agencies experience considerable difficulties in uniquely defining and targeting major figures in the illicit drug trade and that as a result, their investigations and prosecutions often involve relatively minor offenders.
		One of the specific aims of drug law enforcement in Australia is the targeting of major as opposed to minor offenders.
		This report examines whether the reality of drug law enforcement in Australia is consistent with this aim.
	www.acpr.gov.au /compendium2.asp?Comp_ID=30 (136 words)

	Texas National Guard Counterdrug
		During fiscal year 1999, the Texas National Guard supported federal, state, and local drug law enforcement agencies (DLEAs) in Texas with 382 full-time personnel of which sixty percent were on the border.
		These resources and capabilities are available to drug law enforcement agencies in Texas at no cost.
		Soon after, Congress approved military assistance to law enforcement in counterdrug operations.
	www.agd.state.tx.us /cd/AboutCd.htm (302 words)

	Computer Based Training for Drug Law Enforcement
		Training and subject experts from various drug law enforcement agencies around the world designed paper based training modules which were then converted into multimedia interactive training packages by multimedia production companies based in Thailand.
		An in depth training needs analysis revealed that drug law enforcement agencies needed to improve basic skills, particularly frontline staff who form the first line of defence against drug and precursor trafficking.
		The UNODC Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific based in Bangkok is delivering training to the drug law enforcement community in 6 countries in East Asia.
	www.unodc.un.or.th /cbt (715 words)

	DOJ: JMD: MPS: Functions Manual: Drug Enforcement Administration
		In 1973 the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was created by merging the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Office for Drug Abuse Law Enforcement, the Office of National Narcotics Intelligence, elements of the U.S. Customs Service that worked in drug trafficking intelligence and investigations, and the Narcotics Advance Research Management Team.
		Coordination and cooperation with federal, state, local, and foreign law enforcement officials on mutual drug enforcement efforts and enhancement of such efforts through exploitation of potential interstate and international investigations beyond local or limited federal jurisdictions and resources.
		Enforcement of the provisions of the Controlled Substances Act as they pertain to the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of legally produced controlled substances.
	www.usdoj.gov /jmd/mps/manual/dea.htm (321 words)

	News conference on Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement
		A news conference on the 24th Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies of Asia and the Pacific Region (HONLEA) which was co-sponsored by United Nations Drug Control Programme and Myanmar, was held at the Hotel Equatorial in Yangon on 17 November, 2000.
		Drug Law Enforcement Agencies of the Asia and the Pacific Region (HONLEA).
		On the other hand, the law enforcement programme which is executed by my office in Bangkok, is covering six countries including Myanmar and we love similar activities in Myanmar as in the other five so-called MoU Countries, China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.
	www.myanmar-narcotic.net /HONLEA/NewsConfer.html (728 words)

	Re: The Function of the Drug War
		Addicted to this flow of money are law enforcement agencies, drug producers and distributors, covert agencies who use it as a source of black funding, and politicians and bankers who are hired to protect the drug revenues.
		Addiction to drug revenues requires that the drug war be fought so as to be lost.
		The Drug Crisis involves billions of dollars of hidden cash flow.
	www.truthtree.com /Drugs/posts/581.html (164 words)

	U.S Embassy - Rangoon - DEA
		The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is the lead U.S. Federal agency responsible for the investigation of narcotic and precursor chemicals used in manufacturing illicit drugs.
		Presently, due to U.S. Government law and policy toward Burma, the secondary mission of DEA Rangoon, to assist foreign Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in their counter-narcotic effort, to include technical assistance, logistical support and training is not being met at this time.
		The primary mission of DEA Rangoon is to disrupt, dismantle and destroy major narcotics trafficking organizations, which produce, transport and distribute illicit drugs destined for the United States and other international markets.
	usembassy.state.gov /rangoon/wwwh-dea.html (279 words)

	Just the Facts
		The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), within the Justice Department, is the U.S. government's "lead agency" for the enforcement of drug laws.
		U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 1998, (Washington: Department of State: February 1999): .
		DEA has also opened offices along the border between Bolivia and Brazil, at Puerto Suárez, and near the Argentine border at Yucuiba.
	www.ciponline.org /facts/dea.htm (806 words)

	News from Agape Press
		The coalition says it is concerned that the zeal of law enforcement is stepping on the constitutional right of privacy in its effort to stamp out drugs.
		He says law enforcement's zeal to stop the flow of illegal drugs has run amok -- and he cited several examples.
		In addition, he says there have been several instances where innocent people have been killed by drug agents in early-morning raids because the agents went to the wrong house or acted on a tip from a questionable source.
	headlines.agapepress.org /archive/9/132001e.asp (339 words)

	Dea - DEA withdraws support of FAQ
		US agency responsible for dealing with the problems of the diversion of controlled pharmaceuticals and the diversion of controlled chemicals.
		In Roman mythology, Bona Dea ("the good goddess") was a goddess of fertility, healing, There was a temple to Bona Dea on the Aventine Hill.
		RWE Dea Norge lanserer et nytt utbyggingskonsept for marginale felt RWE Dea har lang erfaring med utvinning av olje i miljøsensitive områder.
	siteslinks.com /q/dea.htm (443 words)

	BBC News Americas Targeting drug money laundering is wasteful
		An economist has told drug enforcement agencies at a conference in Mexico City that targeting money-laundering as a way of cracking down on drug trafficking is a waste of resources.
		Professor Peter Royte from the University of Maryland said the international drugs trade was much smaller than previously thought, with only about twenty-five-billion dollars flowing across international borders and needing laundering.
		The United States currently spends about thirty-five billion dollars a year on controlling the drugs problem - but most of this is directed towards choking off the supply.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/americas/291602.stm (117 words)

	UNODC - Meetings of Heads of Drug Law Enforcement Agencies
		Report of the twenty-first meeting of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies, Asia and the pacific, held at Manila from 4 to 8 November 1996
		Report of the twentieth meeting of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies, Asia and the pacific, held at Jakarta from 18 to 22 September 1995
		Report of the seventh meeting of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies, Latin America and the Caribbean, held at Havana from 9 to 13 October 1995
	www.unodc.org /unodc/honlea.html (363 words)

	The Backup Law Enforcement Publication's Home Page
		Duncan is a certified law enforcement trainer, and has provided training for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Customs, the FBI, and various national police and international drug-enforcement agencies.
		In 1997, he received the nationally distinguished Operation Pipeline/Convoy Instructor of the Year award from the El Paso Intelligence Center/U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
		He has appeared on several televised news broadcasts, including ABC Nightline, on the subject of drug interdiction.
	www.thebackup.com /bio_marty.html (89 words)

	APPENDIX C: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION....
		The National Interagency Counterdrug Institute (NICI), a federally funded activity of the Department of Defense, was established on 12 December 1990 by the Honorable Stephen M. Duncan, Department of Defense Coordinator for Drug Enforcement Policy and Support.
		NICI supports the National Drug Control Strategy by training representatives of law enforcement and military organizations, analyzing tactics and procedures, maintaining a repository of lessons learned, and disseminating information on counterdrug-related issues, seminars, and conferences.
		The course is designed to enhance the interoperability of military and drug law enforcement agencies.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/call/call_93-5_ap_c.htm (315 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance: Torture on Tennessee Soil
		The largest proportion of Byrne grant funding is used for regional narcotics task forces in which federal, state, and local drug law enforcement agencies and prosecutors coordinate their drug-fighting efforts.
		Siler's case exemplifies a pattern of controversial and corrupt practices by drug task forces across the country in the name of drug law enforcement. The lack of oversight of these drug task forces not only enables abuse but also creates a lack of financial accountability.
		The Bush administration recently proposed to reduce funding for the Byrne grant program, but more work needs to be done to curb the power abuses of drug task forces - for Eugene Siler, whose quick-thinking wife was able to expose the torture he endured, and for others who may not have been so lucky.
	www.drugpolicy.org /news/022505tntorture.cfm (380 words)

	Media Release - Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (HONLEA) Asia and Pacific Region Meeting in Sydney
		The HONLEA forum, and in particular the Asia and Pacific Region meeting, is an important vehicle for fostering and furthering Australia's established international drug enforcement objectives and the cooperation of agencies within our region.
		Participants at the meetings include the operational heads of national law enforcement agencies, and representatives of the Ministries of the Interior, Justice, Health and Foreign Affairs.
		The meeting is one of four regional HONLEA's conducted under the auspices of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (the others are Africa, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean).
	www.afp.gov.au /afp/page/Media/2001/1010honlea.htm (380 words)

	NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER
		In drug investigations, interdiction activities, and especially efforts to dismantle drug trafficking organizations, Federal, State, and local drug enforcement agencies depend on intelligence to understand and effectively combat the illegal drug trade.
		The NIDC's anlayses will be provided as appropriate to drug enforcement agencies at the Federal, State, and local level.
		This intelligence information is crucial for formulating sound policy and conducting drug supply reduction activities because it enables us to learn about the groups that traffic drugs, to discover the points at which they are most vulnerable to attack, and ultimately to disrupt and dismantle them.
	www.globalsecurity.org /security/library/congress/1990_cr/s901015-ndic.htm (790 words)

	The Second Meeting of the SAARC Coordination Group on Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, has begun in Male’ today.
		Discussions on actions to be taken by Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in the SAARC region and the control of chemicals used in fabricating drugs, will be held during the meetings, which will continue until Thursday.
		The Second Meeting of the SAARC Coordination Group on Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, has begun in Male’ today.
		The aim of the meeting organised by the Narcotics Control Board of Maldives is to implement the decisions made in the first meeting which was held in Nepal in 2001 and the “SAARC Legal Advisors Meeting” held in Sri Lanka in 2002.
	www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv /news.php?newsid=3495 (224 words)

	International action to combat drug abuse and illicit trafficking, G.A. res. 47/102, 47 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 182, U.N. Doc. A/47/49 (1992).
		Noting with satisfaction the efforts of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to improve the effectiveness of the regional meetings of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies and of the Subcommission on Illicit Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East in addressing specific drug law enforcement problems of the various regions,
		Emphasizing the need for an analysis of transit routes used by drug traffickers, which are constantly changing and expanding to include a growing number of countries and regions in all parts of the world, particularly those that are vulnerable to illicit transit traffic on account, inter alia, of their geographical location,
		Requests the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, in cooperation with relevant agencies, including the United Nations Children's Fund, to study the involvement of children in drug-related criminal activities and the abuse of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances by children, with a view to recommending measures that may be taken to address this problem;
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/resolutions/47/102GA1992.html (1316 words)

	HEMP MYTHS & REALITIES
		Reality: It is the current refusal of the drug enforcement agencies to distinguish between an agricultural crop and a drug crop that is sending the wrong message to children.
		Sadly, the drug enforcement agencies, by disseminating false information, have created a mythology about Cannabis sativa that ill serves the nation, its farmers, and its industry.
		Indeed, a recent conference held in Jefferson City, Missouri and sponsored by Drug Watch International and the Drug Enforcement Administration was entitled, "Marijuana: Myths, Concerns, Facts"-yet much of the discussion concerned industrial hemp and the legal products made from it.
	www.ecomall.com /greenshopping/hempm2.htm (747 words)

	Appendix D - Goal 4 - Objective 2: (Continued)
		Percentage of field-level, Federal drug law enforcement agencies with dedicated access to a timely, secure means of communicating tactical information with other Federal agencies.
		By 2007, ensure that secure, interoperable communications are available for all U.S. Federal drug law enforcement agencies.
		STATUS: A study was conducted in 1998 by the Federal Law Enforcement Wireless Users Group under the direction of The Interdiction Committee (TIC).
	www.ncjrs.org /ondcppubs/publications/policy/99pme/d4-2c.html (211 words)

	Vol.7 No.2 February - Interview
		While national and international drug enforcement agencies sent their representatives to Rangoon to attend the fourth Interpol conference on heroin, Shan leader Col. Yord Serk warned world experts to be wary of their hosts.
		When we talk about drug problems, there is always a connection or a relationship to the ethnic problems [from the drug problem], you will have no way to solve both these problems.
		What the Burmese [SPDC] are doing is seizing a small amount [of drugs] at one time, but show in their propaganda that they have made three or four seizures.
	www.irrawaddy.org /database/1999/vol7.2/interview.html (1010 words)

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