WASHINGTON - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration this week placed all illicit fentanyl analogues not already regulated by the Controlled Substances Act into Schedule I-the category for substances with no currently accepted medical use-for two years, with the possibility of a one-year extension. This action is expected to reduce these...

CINCINNATI, Ohio - Five Southern Ohio men and one woman have been charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess and distribute more than 1,000 grams of heroin. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Timothy J. Plancon, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Gregory Jerome Mitchell, a.k.a “Jimmy Jombo Kalu,” 33, was sentenced on January 19, 2018 by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 262 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the DEA and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox...

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions travelled to the FBI Academy on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on Friday, January 26, 2018, to deliver remarks to graduates of the Drug Enforcement Administration Basic Agent Trainee class. Attorney General Sessions was hosted by DEA’s Acting Administrator Robert Patterson and Training Division...

WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today announced a deregulatory measure that will make it easier for residents of underserved areas to receive treatment for opioid addiction. As published today in the Federal Register, nurse practitioners and physician assistants can now become DATA-Waived qualifying practitioners, which gives them...

WASHINGTON - A member of the Honduran National Congress faces U.S. charges for drug trafficking, weapons and conspiracy thanks to a DEA-led international drug investigation, federal law enforcement officials announced today. Honduran Congressman Fredy Renan Najera Montoya has been charged in Manhattan federal court with conspiring to import cocaine into...

WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration is streamlining the application process for researchers who study or wish to study Schedule I substances not currently approved for medical use. Schedule I drugs are defined as drugs, substances, or chemicals with no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse, such...

WARREN, Mich - Drug overdoses are the leading cause of injury-related death here in the United States. In an effort to address the opioid epidemic, there will be a town hall meeting discussing the heroin and opioid prescription epidemic. This meeting is open to the public and the following law...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Joy McShan Edwards, 37, of Steubenville, was convicted in U.S. District Court today of retaliation against a witness. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Marshal Pete Tobin announced the...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Alfonzo Dewayne Johnson, 43, of Muskegon, was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release. Johnson pled guilty last year to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and...