Fighting What KillsA look into the Drug Enforcement Administration

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The DEA defined

•The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency tasked with enforcing the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.

•Not only is the DEA the lead agency for domestic enforcement of Federal drug laws (sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation), it also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing U.S. drug investigations abroad.

History of the DEA• In the spring and summer

of 1973, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate heard months of testimony on Richard Nixon’s Reorganization Plan Number 2– Proposal– Response.

What the DEA Does• Investigation and preparation for the

prosecution of – major violators– drug gangs

• Management of a national drug intelligence program

• Seizure and forfeiture of assets

• Enforcement of the provisions of the Controlled Substances Act

What the DEA Does• Coordination and cooperation with – federal, state and local law enforcement

officials– foreign governments, in programs

designed to reduce the availability of illicit abuse-type drugs

• Responsible for all programs associated with drug law enforcement counterparts in foreign countries.

• Liaison with the United Nations, Interpol, and other organizations on matters relating to international drug control programs.

Fields in the DEA•Special Agent •Intelligence Research Specialist•Forensic Chemist•Diversion Investigator •INFOSEC Positions•Investigative Technology •Information Technology•Office of Finance Career

My Focus Interests•Drug Trafficking from Latin America–Cocaine

•Domestic Drug Production–Meth

Cocaine in Latin America• While the problem of cocaine is

devastating around the world, it is largely produced out of mere necessity in the Columbian province of Caquetá.

A New and Personal Focus…• While the battle front of drug prevention

remains largely outside of our borders, Domestic drug manufacturing runs rampant.

An Interesting Parallel…

Tactics for Fighting Meth• Restricting and Monitoring

ingredients for homemade methamphetamines has proved to be an exceptional method of fighting the domestic production of this drug.

Tactics for Fighting Meth• Promotions and visuals, as well as other

programs, that assert the negative and disturbing truths of meth usage and production are being widely spread in hopes that the readers will take the alarming problem behind meth to heart.

God Bless the DEA!• Just like our military, the DEA was

created to protect U.S. citizens from foreign invaders and to keep peace at times of war, metaphorically speaking.

• There is acknowledgement of the Degradation of Society.