DEA Administrator's Remarks on the Arraignment of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia

"Defeating the Sinaloa cartel is DEA’s top operational priority and today, with the capture and additional charges filed against Ismael Zambada Garcia we are that much closer. Better known as ‘El Mayo’, Zambada Garcia is the co-founder and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most ruthless and dangerous cartels in Mexico and responsible for the unprecedented drug crisis facing the United States. With Zambada Garcia no longer in power we have struck at the heart of the Sinaloa cartels’ operations. He may have eluded capture for three decades, but today he is seeing what it means to face justice in America. Let this be a reminder to his associates and others, American lives depend on DEA remaining laser focused on destroying the cartel, their networks, and their global supply chain and that is what we will continue to do." - DEA Administrator Anne Milgram

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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM): Proposed Rescheduling of Marijuana

Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Marijuana - (NEW)
PROPOSED RULE:  Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Marijuana 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Proposed Rescheduling of Marijuana 
Basis for the Recommendation to Reschedule Marijuana into Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act
Denial of Petition to Initiate Proceeding to Reschedule Marijuana Docket No. DEA-427
Denial of Petition to Initiate Proceeding to Reschedule Marijuana Docket No. DEA-426
Questions to OLC Related to the Potential Rescheduling of Marijuana