<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration: News &amp; Videos about U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Drug_Enforcement_Administration</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:27:23 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration: News &amp; Videos about U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Drug_Enforcement_Administration</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Bodies' arrival 'sobering reminder,' Obama says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/29/dover.bodies/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/29/dover.bodies/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Obama said Thursday that watching the arrival of 18 flag-draped cases containing bodies of Americans killed in Afghanistan was a "sobering reminder" of U.S. sacrifice as he prepares to decide on sending more troops there.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Marines in fatal copter collision named</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/afghan.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/afghan.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Pentagon on Tuesday identified four U.S. Marines who died in one of two helicopter collisions Monday in Afghanistan.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama: Americans killed in Afghan crash 'doing this nation proud'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/26/afghanistan.chopper.crashes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/26/afghanistan.chopper.crashes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fourteen Americans died in two helicopter crashes in Afghanistan on Monday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said: 10 in one incident and four in the other.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top Mexican cartel leader arrested, military says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/22/mexico.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/22/mexico.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Mexican soldiers have captured a top leader of one of the nation's most ruthless drug cartels, the government's military announced.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. attorneys told to go after pot traffickers, not patients</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/19/medical.marijuana/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/19/medical.marijuana/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Justice Department has provided federal prosecutors "clarification and guidance" urging them to go after drug traffickers, but not patients and caregivers, in the 14 states that have medical marijuana laws.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Latin American drug cartels find home in West Africa</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/21/africa.drug.cartels/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/21/africa.drug.cartels/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Colombian and Mexican drug cartels have jumped the Atlantic Ocean and expanded into West Africa, working closely with local criminal gangs to carve out a staging area for an assault on the lucrative European market.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arrest made in slayings of U.S. citizens in Mexico</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/06/mexico.us.slayings.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/06/mexico.us.slayings.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Mexican military has detained a suspected leader of a notorious drug-trafficking family in connection with the July slayings of two U.S. citizens.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DEA searches pharmacy as part of Jackson investigation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/21/jackson.pharmacy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/21/jackson.pharmacy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Drug Enforcement Administration agents searched a 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A top chef at a trendy L.A. restaurant, he served dinner to the Hollywood stars, including A-listers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police have high hopes for new interviews in couple's killing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/16/florida.couple.slain/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/16/florida.couple.slain/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police plan to interview at least two more people in the killing of a Florida couple who adopted 13 children, many of them with special needs, the lead investigator said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DEA might tighten restrictions on sedative propofol</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/15/propofol.dea.jackson/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/15/propofol.dea.jackson/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Drug Enforcement Administration said Wednesday it's considering tighter restrictions on propofol, a drug reportedly found after Michael Jackson's death in the Holmby Hills, California, mansion he rented.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Generic version of drug linked to Michael Jackson recalled</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/14/jackson.drug.recall/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/14/jackson.drug.recall/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two tainted lots of a generic version of a drug reportedly taken by Michael Jackson have been recalled by the drug maker.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jackson memorial to be Tuesday at Staples Center</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/jackson.wednesday/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/jackson.wednesday/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Michael Jackson's memorial service will take place Tuesday morning in the Staples Center, the 20,000-seat coliseum in downtown Los Angeles where Jackson rehearsed his show the night before he died, according to a person who has been briefed by a representative of the family.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stakes rise as drug war threatens to cross border</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/18/mexico.us.cartels/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/18/mexico.us.cartels/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, a 54-year-old drug cartel leader whose nickname means "Shorty," is the most wanted man in Mexico. He's also one of the most wanted men in the United States.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 15:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Drug smugglers becoming more creative, U.S. agents say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/16/creative.drug.smugglers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/16/creative.drug.smugglers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Drug traffickers are throwing everything they've got at getting drugs into the United States any way they can.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-DEA agent: Treatment, education key in drug war</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/26/strang.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/26/strang.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues high-level talks with Mexico's leaders this week, her comments about responsibility in the U.S.-Mexico drug trade have struck a chord with officials familiar with U.S. anti-drug efforts.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Legalize drugs to stop violence</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/miron.legalization.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/miron.legalization.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Over the past two years, drug violence in Mexico has become a fixture of the daily news. 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</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1856153,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1856153,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Accusing the US of trying to oust his regime, President Morales kicks out the DEA -- but promises to repair ties with post-Bush Washington</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Morales: Government will take over for DEA in Bolivia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/01/bolivia.dea/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/01/bolivia.dea/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bolivian President Evo Morales said Saturday that he was suspending the work of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Bolivia and that the government will take control of its activities in the war on drugs.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mexico arrests alleged Arellano Felix member</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/26/mexico.cartel.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/26/mexico.cartel.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Mexican authorities have arrested a reputed senior member of a major Tijuana-based drug cartel after a shootout, U.S. authorities confirmed Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cocaine smugglers turn to submarines, feds say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/19/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/19/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The capture of two cocaine-laden semi-submarines in the past week has highlighted the increasing use of the vessels, which now transport one-third of illicit drugs in the eastern Pacific, a major route between Colombia and the United States, U.S. authorities said Friday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Audit: ATF Lost Weapons, Laptops</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1841838,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1841838,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The ATF lost 76 weapons and hundreds of laptops over five years, the Justice Department reported Wednesday, blaming carelessness and sloppy record-keeping</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alleged Colombian Druglord Arrested</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839207,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839207,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Spanish police have arrested a suspected Colombian drug trafficker listed among the most wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the police force said in a statement Friday</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Heath Ledger Drug Inquiry Dropped</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1830163,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1830163,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained the powerful painkillers that contributed to his overdose death this year</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Actress Silent on Ledger Death</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1829523,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1829523,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Federal investigators want to question actress Mary Kate Olsen about how Heath Ledger got two lethal painkillers, but she wants immunity or she won't talk, officials said</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/30/frank.marijuana/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/30/frank.marijuana/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quarter-pound, of the substance.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Websites Offer Addictive Meds</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1821921,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1821921,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>More than three-quarters of Web sites that offer highly addictive
  medications do not require a prescription, according to a study
  released Wednesday</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spain extradites alleged arms dealer to U.S.</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/13/spain.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/13/spain.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suspected arms dealer accused of conspiring to sell weapons to Colombian guerrillas was extradited Friday from Spain to the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Grass-Roots Marijuana Wars</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811992,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811992,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>How one California man is organizing the opposition to the feds' crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries that are legal by state law</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Customs agents charged with smuggling at JFK airport</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/28/customs.agent.bust/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/28/customs.agent.bust/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two U.S. customs agents were arrested on charges they helped smuggle drugs and other contraband through New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 01:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Widow: My husband died from online drugs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/21/online.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/21/online.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>She found her husband on their bed in a pool of his own vomit, dead from an accidental overdose of drugs he received from an online pharmacy.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 18:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>College drug sting snags justice, security majors, scores of others</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/06/sdsu.bust/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/06/sdsu.bust/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>About 100 people, including students majoring in homeland security and criminal justice, were arrested Tuesday in an undercover drug sting at San Diego State University, officials said. </description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 01:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Friends Remember Heath Ledger on his 29th Birthday</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20188829,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20188829,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>"He'll always be in people's thoughts," says his Brokeback costar Kate Mara
</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How the Lord of War Was Nabbed</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1720555,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1720555,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The U.S. and Thailand capture the world's most notorious arms merchant. Now, who gets to put him on trial?</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thai authorities parade alleged Russian arms smuggler</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/russian.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/russian.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>He was considered one of the world's most-wanted international arms traffickers this week. But when Thai authorities produced Viktor Bout at a Friday news conference, there was no swagger -- just a somber man dressed in an orange polo shirt.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Most-wanted' arms dealer arrested in Thailand</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/russian.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/russian.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For years, Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout made millions of dollars delivering weapons and ammunition to warlords and militants, officials say. </description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Doctors Cleared in Ledger Investigation</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20181179,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20181179,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Feds determine that they met with Heath but did not prescribe the most powerful drugs</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Feds Probe Doctors in Heath Ledger's Death</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20180849,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20180849,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Physicians in California and Texas are under investigation by the DEA</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>DEA Subpoenas Heath Ledger's Death Records</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20177120,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20177120,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The Drug Enforcement Administration has subpoenaed Heath Ledger's autopsy records as part of a federal investigation into whether he was over-prescribed medication, a DEA source tells PEOPLE.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Drug flow into country slows</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/08/drug.traffic/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/08/drug.traffic/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States, Colombia and Mexico are slowing the flow of cocaine and methamphetamine into the U.S., according to new figures from the Drug Enforcement Administration.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Farmers sue DEA for right to grow industrial hemp</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/17/pip.hempregulation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/17/pip.hempregulation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The feds call industrial hemp a controlled substance -- the same as pot, heroin, LSD -- but advocates say a sober analysis reveals a harmless, renewable cash crop with thousands of applications that are good for the environment. </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Airline workers among 18 people charged with drug trafficking at JFK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/16/jfk.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/16/jfk.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Eighteen people, including 10 airline workers at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, appeared in federal court Tuesday on international drug smuggling and distribution charges.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DEA makes record steroid raid</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/24/steroids.bust/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/24/steroids.bust/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Federal drug officials say they've arrested 124 people and busted 56 labs in the largest illegal steroid investigation in U.S. history.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>South, Appalachia beset by painkiller abuse</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/21/painkiller.abuse.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/21/painkiller.abuse.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When his craving for painkillers got to be too much, Steve Dotson lay down and let his wife drive a car over his leg. It hurt, but he could dismiss the pain with thoughts of the medicated bliss that would follow.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>AP analysis: Use of pain meds skyrocketing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/21/world.of.pain.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/21/world.of.pain.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Retail sales of five leading painkillers nearly doubled over the last eight years, reflecting a surge in use by patients nationwide who are living in a world of pain, according to a new Associated Press analysis of federal drug prescription data.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tonight's Facts </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/25/dobbs.7.25/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/25/dobbs.7.25/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Here are some facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting.  </description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Special Report: The Mexican Connection</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/07/18/steroids0424/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/07/18/steroids0424/index.html</guid><description>From his parked car, Jack, the special agent from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, had a clear view of the entrance to the Empress Hotel in La Jolla, Calif. It was Dec. 14, an overcast day, and Jack's men were all in place. They were hoping to arrest a key figure in Mexico's steroid industry, a pharmaceuticals executive and trained veterinarian named Alberto Saltiel-Cohen, who, according to a tip, was staying at the Empress. </description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Drug raids yield $50 million in cash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/18/colombia.seizure/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/18/colombia.seizure/index.html</guid><description>Colombian national police recovered close to $50 million in U.S. currency  as well as other money during three raids in the past week on houses used to stash drug proceeds, a U.S. official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>$50 million drug-money seizure may be biggest score ever</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/17/colombia.seizure/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/17/colombia.seizure/index.html</guid><description>Colombian national police recovered close to $50 million in U.S. currency as well as other money during three raids in the past week on houses used to stash drug proceeds, a U.S. official told CNN on Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Drug bust leads to huge police corruption probe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/02/sheriff.indictment/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/02/sheriff.indictment/index.html</guid><description>The investigation that exposed an allegedly corrupt Virginia sheriff's department began with a package containing vials of a date-rape drug.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cartel leader goes fishing, gets caught</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/16/felix.arrest/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/16/felix.arrest/index.html</guid><description>One of the world's most wanted drug lords was captured Wednesday aboard a recreational fishing boat off Mexico's Baja peninsula, federal law enforcement officials said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Drug kingpin nabbed in Brazil, DEA says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/17/drug.arrest/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/17/drug.arrest/index.html</guid><description>A man on the United States' list of most-wanted international drug traffickers was arrested Wednesday morning in Brazil, officials said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 17:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pfizer tries not to be caught napping</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/04/news/companies/indiplon/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/04/news/companies/indiplon/index.htm</guid><description>Pfizer could use a new blockbuster and the sleeping pill industry could use a new drug, and both could happen this summer if the FDA approves Indiplon at its review later this month.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 16:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Narcs nab drug-smuggling puppies</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/01/drug.pups/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/01/drug.pups/index.html</guid><description>A two-year investigation into a Colombian heroin ring netted more than 65 pounds of drugs, resulted in the arrests of more than 20 people and saved the lives of some drug-smuggling Labrador retrievers, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Feds smoke out largest drug tunnel yet</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/26/mexico.tunnel/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/26/mexico.tunnel/index.html</guid><description>Authorities have found what they call the largest and most sophisticated tunnel running into the United States along the Mexican border.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>DEA: Artwork, furniture used to smuggle heroin</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/30/heroin.ring/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/30/heroin.ring/index.html</guid><description>The Drug Enforcement Administration announced the arrest Wednesday of 78 people as part of a probe into a suspected Colombian heroin ring accused of using artwork, furniture and clothing to smuggle drugs into the United States.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Atlanta operation of Mexican drug cartel busted</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/10/14/mexico.drugs.altanta/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/10/14/mexico.drugs.altanta/index.html</guid><description>The Drug Enforcement Administration said Thursday it has wrapped up an operation aimed at shutting down an alleged Atlanta-based hub of a major Mexican drug cartel.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Drug tunnel found under Canada border</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/21/border.tunnel/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/21/border.tunnel/index.html</guid><description>Federal agents have closed down the first known smuggling tunnel under the U.S.-Canada border and arrested on drug charges the three Canadians who allegedly built it, law enforcement authorities said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>It doesn't look good for Karl Rove</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/15/dean.rove/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/15/dean.rove/index.html</guid><description>As the scandal over the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity has continued to unfold, there is a renewed focus on Karl Rove -- the White House deputy chief of staff whom President Bush calls his political "architect."</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S., Colombians bust money laundering ring</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/14/drug.money/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/14/drug.money/index.html</guid><description>A two-year undercover investigation targeting money laundering operations in the United States and Colombia has resulted in 81 indictments and 36 arrests of people allegedly connected to a major drug cartel, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court allows prosecution of medical marijuana</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/06/scotus.medical.marijuana/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/06/scotus.medical.marijuana/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled doctors can be blocked from prescribing marijuana for patients suffering from pain caused by cancer or other serious illnesses.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coffey: Medical marijuana case tests Congress' power</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/29/coffey/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/29/coffey/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether a federal ban on marijuana can be enforced in states that have legalized its use as a medical treatment with a doctor's permission.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Haiti police chief arrested</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/16/haiti.drugs/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/16/haiti.drugs/index.html</guid><description>U.S. federal agents have arrested Haiti's former national police chief in Miami, as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in the Caribbean nation, according to a DEA spokesman and court documents.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2004 06:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court hears arguments on overseas arrests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/30/scotus.foreign.arrests/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/30/scotus.foreign.arrests/index.html</guid><description>A seemingly divided U.S. Supreme Court peppered attorneys with questions Tuesday during oral arguments in a pair of cases that test the government's ability to sneak into foreign countries and kidnap criminal suspects.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2004 01:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>WHICH OFFICES OR STORES REALLY PERFORM BEST? A NEW TOOL TELLS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/10/31/79913/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/10/31/79913/index.htm</guid><description>The modern manager struggles in an informational vortex, buffeted by gales of data on sales, costs, inventories, markets, and demographics. As microchips, modems, and bar codes become more nearly u...</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 1994 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE FBI IS A TOUGH OUTFIT TO RUN Should the biggest push be against drug lords or white-collar criminals? Or glasnost-era spies?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/10/09/72555/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/10/09/72555/index.htm</guid><description>THINK OF the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a service company with 260 lines of business -- the number of laws Congress tells it to enforce -- competing for resources and management attention. ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 1989 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WHAT TO DO ABOUT DRUGS The U.S. needs a new policy: more toughness in fighting the hard stuff, more compassion in treating addic</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/06/20/70694/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/06/20/70694/index.htm</guid><description>DRUGS ARE dangerous. Even users agree on that. Yet the U.S. seems to be getting nowhere in its war against them. In frustration, large numbers of Americans, including academics, members of Congress...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 1988 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>