WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) this week kicks off its annual Red Ribbon Campaign, the nation’s largest drug prevention effort. The National Red Ribbon Campaign began after drug traffickers in Mexico tortured and brutally murdered Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in March 1985. Officially, Red Ribbon Week...

LOS ANGELES - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide. The service is...

LOS ANGELES - Two Colombian drug kingpins have been extradited to Los Angeles on federal charges of overseeing shipments of thousands of pounds of cocaine from Colombian laboratories to Central American distribution hubs, ultimately destined for sale in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the United States, including more than $70...

WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) has reduced the amount of almost every Schedule II opiate and opioid medication that may be manufactured in the United States in 2017 by 25 percent or more, according to a being published in the Federal Register tomorrow and available for public...

WASHINGTON - In an effort to prevent drug use while educating youth, the National Family (NFP), invites families and schools across America to participate in its 6th Annual National Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest. The contest, which is co-sponsored by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), will be held in conjunction with...

WASHINGTON - This week the heads of the national drug-control agencies for the United States and the People’s Republic of China, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg and Director (DG) Hu Minglang from the Narcotics Control (NCB) of the Ministry of Public Security, met at DEA Headquarters in Arlington...

LOS ANGELES - John S. Comer, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today an indictment charging Alejandro Javier Rodriguez-Jimenez, Jesus Rodriguez-Jimenez, Eloy Cardenas-Moreno, Sergio Urbina...

WASHINGTON - DEA has issued a public warning to the public and law enforcement nationwide about the health and safety risks of carfentanil. Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl, which itself is 50 times more potent...

WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced its intention to place the active materials in the kratom plant into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act in order to avoid an imminent hazard to public safety. Mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine are found in kratom, which is a tropical tree indigenous...

LOS ANGELES - Two doctors who each operated medical offices in Lynwood have been arrested on federal drug charges that allege they issued prescriptions for narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose. The doctors - Sonny Oparah, 75, of Long Beach, and Edward Ridgill, 64, of Ventura - surrendered to...