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An example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly after a news conference about deaths from fentanyl exposure, at DEA Headquarters in Arlington Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Watchdog finds DEA was ‘slow to respond’ to opioid epidemic

By MIKE BALSAMO and GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

In this Sept. 11, 2019, photo, narcotics detective Will Pfeiffer shows a stored evidence bag that containing methamphetamine before it is destroyed in Barberton, Ohio. The tentative settlement involving the opioid crisis and the maker of OxyContin could mean that thousands of local governments will one day be paid back for some of the costs of responding to the epidemic. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Obama administration bungled opioid crisis response: IG report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

US narcotics agent admits role in drug trafficking scheme

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 15, 2019, photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DEA proposes lowering opioid production quotas, expanding marijuana research

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) ** FILE **

Feds to allow more medical marijuana testing

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This June 2, 2018, file photo provided by the Chicago Police Department shows weapons turned in by residents in a gun buyback program co-sponsored with the New Life Covenant Church Southeast in the 6th Police District. More than 400 guns and rifles were handed over in exchange for $100 gift cards. (CPD via AP) ** FILE **

DEA lost 26 firearms; OIG report warns to be more careful

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Key witness against DEA agent sentenced in conspiracy case

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo, oxycodone pills are displayed in New York. Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation’s addiction crisis accelerated from 2006 to 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) **FILE**

Q&A: Newly public data maps opioid crisis across US

By GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo, oxycodone pills are displayed in New York. Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation’s addiction crisis accelerated from 2006 to 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) **FILE**

Data shows flood of opioids across U.S., many of them generics

By Geoff Mulvihill and Matthew Perrone - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2014 file photo released by the U.S. Department of Defense, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, left, listens to U.S. Marine Gen. John Kelly, commander of U.S. Southern Command, during Hernandez's official visit to the command's headquarters in Miami, Florida. U.S. federal court documents on Tuesday, May 30, 2019 show the Honduran leader, and some of his closest advisers, were among the targets of a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation. (Juan Chiari/U.S. Department of Defense via AP, File)

Honduras: US has no drug proof against Honduran president

By CLAUDIA TORRENS - Associated Press

Judges: Feds must act if asked to take a fresh look at pot

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Security Fence Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Stronger borders save lives

By Joe Arpaio

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Drug Warrior’ by Jack Riley with Mitch Weiss

By Paul Davis

Fake DEA agent arrested after stopping real federal agent

Associated Press

DEA: Meth pills stamped with Minions, Trump, Kool-Aid logo

Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaks to Drug Enforcement Administration employees at their headquarters in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mike Pence makes case for border wall in speech at DEA

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Flathead reservation pharmacy fined $95K for missing opioids

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009 file photo, Joseph Rannazzisi, the Drug Enforcement Administration's Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Office of Diversion Control, testifies during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary crime and drugs subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The former top Drug Enforcement Administration official has ripped into Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s suggestion that a 2016 law she co-sponsored amid the opioid crisis may have had &quot;unintended consequences.” Rannazzisi said he told U.S. House staffers Blackburn worked with during a July 2014 call that the bill would hamper DEA’s ability to go after illicit opioid distribution. Blackburn faces Democratic ex-Gov. Phil Bredesen for Senate. She said she’s working with both parties to solve the crisis.(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Ex-DEA official says Blackburn had warning on opioid law

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Investigators look at a small plane that crashed just west of Highway 6, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Sugar Land, Texas. Authorities say a small plane operated by the Drug Enforcement Administration crashed on the street in suburban Houston, hitting two vehicles and injuring one person. (Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP)

1 injured after DEA plane crashes in suburban Houston

Associated Press

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

More opioids prescribed after tighter controls by DEA

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times