Drug Enforcement Administration

Cultural

An agency in the United States Department of Justice that enforces federal laws and regulations dealing with narcotics and other dangerous drugs. It cooperates with the FBI and with local law enforcement agencies.

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Between 2015 and 2024, their records indicate Customs and Border Protection and the Drug Enforcement Administration requested 14 permit applications for “law enforcement surveillance devices.”

From Los Angeles Times

But in a 1989 profile by the US Drug Enforcement Administration, he has frizzy hair and rougher features.

From Barron's

The government is currently in the middle of the formal rulemaking process, which is handled both by the Drug Enforcement Administration and HHS.

From Salon

Handcuffed and in sandals, Maduro was escorted by federal agents through a Manhattan US Drug Enforcement Administration facility late Saturday, a video posted by the White House on social media showed.

From Barron's

A video posted Saturday night on X and retweeted by the White House shows Maduro in custody in New York, flanked by Drug Enforcement Administration agents.

From The Wall Street Journal

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