DEA Agent Smacked With 78 Month Prison Sentence For Bitcoin Extortion
Steve Ambrose The hits just keep on coming from the Silk Road case. The Department of Justice released a statement Oct. 19 announcing that Carl Force, a former agent for the DEA, will be sentenced to...
View Article‘Adorable Drug Kingpin’ is DEA Official’s Daughter
Sarah Furay has gotten widespread media exposure and had her pictured shared all over the internet. The college-aged drug dealer’s mugshot has to be one of the happiest ever taken. The photo has...
View ArticleDEA’s Sloppy Handling Of Seized Drugs Increased Chance Of Tampering, Theft
By Ethan Barton Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents didn’t always properly track or record information about seized narcotics, which opened the evidence to tampering, theft and loss, a...
View ArticleD.A.R.E. Removes Marijuana From Its List of Gateway Drugs
When it comes to holding up the walls of U.S. cannabis prohibition, the government’s D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program has probably done more than just about any other group to...
View ArticleWhat Obama’s SCOTUS Nominee Said About Marijuana Rescheduling
The internet is abuzz today over President Obama’s announcement that federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland is his selected nominee to fill the vacancy created on the Supreme Court by the death...
View ArticleTLR Interviews Controversial Libertarian Senate Candidate Augustus Invictus
Augustus Invictus is a Libertarian Party senate candidate in Florida and perhaps one of the most notorious figures within the party ranks. He received national press attention last year when he...
View ArticleThe DEA Will Consider Rescheduling Marijuana… Again
The Drug Enforcement Administration says it will make a decision in the coming months about whether to take cannabis off of Schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act. In a letter to U.S....
View ArticleIs the DEA Getting Ready to Reschedule Marijuana?
A few weeks ago we reported on the possibility of the Drug Enforcement Administration allowing the rescheduling of cannabis under the federal Controlled Substances Act. While this is something they...
View ArticleDEA Agent Got Free Flights From Businessmen, Helped Sabotage Their Rivals
By Kathryn Watson A now-former senior Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent stationed in Monterrey, Mexico, accepted free trips on private planes from businessmen, then made sure the Department...
View ArticleDEA Agents Ran Secret Strip Club On Taxpayers’ Dime
By Kathryn Watson Two Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) employees hid a strip club they owned and operated on government time from federal officials, according to court documents obtained by The...
View ArticleNew Report Takes Down DEA for Blocking Scientific Research On Marijuana
A new report from the Drug Policy Alliance and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies is taking the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to task for some four decades of...
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New Study: Obama Administration Creates New Regulation Every 4 Days
By Jordan LaPorta According to a new study from the conservative American Action Forum (AAF), the Barack Obama Administration has issued 600 major regulations totaling $743 billion over the past...
View ArticleDEA Rules That Marijuana Stays Illegal for All Purposes
Despite Hopes from Activists, DEA Reinforces Status Quo by Josh Guckert As reported by USA Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration ruled Thursday that marijuana will remain illegal for all...
View ArticleFDA Seizes Kratom Pain Relievers Because They Are Too Effective
The FDA Seizes Kratom – a Pain Reliever not on DEA Schedule by Aya Katz On August 4, 2016 U.S. Marshals acting under the direction of the FDA seized more than 100 cases of kratom belonging to Nature...
View ArticleLargest Veterans Organization in U.S. Calls for Marijuana Rescheduling
By Joe Klare The American Legion, which has a membership of over 2 million U.S. military veterans, recently called for the rescheduling of cannabis at their national convention in Cincinnati, OH. The...
View ArticleThe DEA Will Not Ban Kratom, Wants Experts To Weigh In
by JP Carroll The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is walking back a proposed ban of Kratom, a plant found in energy drinks and tea that helps fight opioid addiction. DEA reversed its decision to...
View ArticleLaw Group in Colorado Takes Stand Against DEA Over CBD Hemp Oil
By Joe Klare Recent actions by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have sent shock waves of fear and confusion through the cannabis community over the last 2 weeks. For their part, the DEA said...
View ArticleFederal Ban Is Barring Access To Medical Marijuana For Veterans
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Medical marijuana laws are expanding in states across the U.S., but veterans are still struggling to access programs due to the continued federal ban on...
View ArticleStudy: A Daily Dose Of Pot May Make The Elderly Smarter
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr A daily regimen of marijuana for elderly individuals may boost cognitive function, slow the onset of dementia and generally improve their memory. Andreas...
View Article‘Family Physician’ Busted Selling 2.2 Million Painkillers From Upper East...
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Authorities arrested a respected family physician for selling more than $20 million worth of prescription painkillers out of his Upper East Side apartment...
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