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BOOK REVIEW: ‘No Way Back’

By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times

**FILE** A bar code is seen attached to a marijuana plant at a grow house in Denver on Jan. 26, 2013. The bar codes are assigned to each plant and follow it through the growing and distribution process. (Associated Press)

Ex-DEA chiefs, czars urge action against states legalizing pot

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Government won’t probe of DEA raid in Honduras

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. speaks July 26, 2012, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

House Democrats seek probe of DEA role in lethal Honduras raid

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Marijuana plants flourish under the lights at a grow house in Denver on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Petition to reclassify marijuana rejected

By Frederic J. Frommer - Associated Press

Medical marijuana advocates want drug reclassified

By FREDERIC J. FROMMER - Associated Press

Police examine drums of chemicals for meth that were seized in Queretaro, Mexico. Mexican cartels are flooding U.S. cities with extraordinarily pure meth made in factorylike “superlabs,” a surge in production that has all but negated the nation’s effort to curb meth production at home with tighter controls on key ingredients. (Associated Press)

Mexican cartels flood U.S. with cheap meth

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

**FILE** A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration technician holds several pounds of Mexican meth confiscated in the St. Louis area on Sept. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)

Mexican drug cartels flood U.S. with cheap meth

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

James Chaparro, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), speaks July 26, 2012, at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters in Arlington, Va., during a DEA announcement of a nationwide synthetic drug takedown. In the background is Michele Leonhart, DEA administrator. (Associated Press)

Federal raids take ‘designer drugs’ off rack

By Sarah Freishtat - The Washington Times

Illustration Brian Terry by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

NIEVES: The Brian Terry exception

By Robert J. Nieves

Drug Enforcement Administration officers escort a handcuffed suspect after his arrest on drug smuggling charges in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Puerto Rico-based cartel indicted for cocaine smuggling

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Economy Briefs: IMF chief raises possibility of Greece’s euro exit

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

DEA apologizes to college student left in cell

By Julie Watson - Associated Press

Inside Politics: Romney says Chinese activist should be protected

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Makenzie Emerson, 19, of East Islip, N.Y., who was addicted to painkillers, recently completed treatment at the Daytop Suffolk Outreach center in Huntington Station, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Dunn)

Painkiller sales soar around U.S., fuel addiction

By Chris Hawley - Associated Press

Painkiller sales soar around US, fuel addiction

By CHRIS HAWLEY - Associated Press

Murder charges against Calif. doc seen as warning

By LINDA DEUTSCH and GREG RISLING - Associated Press

Murder charges against Calif. doc seen as warning

By LINDA DEUTSCH and GREG RISLING - Associated Press

**FILE** Firefighters battle a blaze from a shake-and-bake meth lab explosion, in Union, Mo., on Jan. 29, 2010. (Associated Press/Franklin County Sheriff's Department)

National meth lab busts up in 2011

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

Millions of dollars forfeited by Mexican drug cartel kingpin Osiel Cardenas-Guillen, serving 25 years in prison for threatening U.S. agents, has been given to a dozen local Texas law enforcement agencies. (Associated Press)

Kingpin’s cash goes to fight drug cartels across Texas

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times