Monday evening, federal law enforcement officers arrested 58-year-old Miguel Andres Gutierrez Diaz with illegal drug trafficking, following the official’s international flight from the Dominican Republic to Miami. While some drugs are legally bought and sold in the United States, some… Read More ›
Twenty-one people face federal charges because of a taxpayer-funded investigation into the sale of drugs on or near college campuses in North Carolina. The drug trafficking investigation, conducted by a United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force and the… Read More ›
In August, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released a final interim regulation to implement the Agriculture Improvement Act (AIA) of 2018’s provisions on hemp. With its regulation came an open period for the public to comment, and U.S. Senator Rand… Read More ›
Manhatten, New York — James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division (“DEA”), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Charles Gardner, the… Read More ›
Tyler, Texas — Two Tyler, Texas men have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Stacey Godsey, 44, and Joseph Shay Burton, 39, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to… Read More ›
The American Kratom Association (AKA) has come out strongly condemning the recent actions taken by LegitScript and hosting providers to shut down the Internet domains of legitimate businesses who are selling safe Kratom products to consumers in the United States…. Read More ›
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General released a report critiquing the department’s cash seizure and forfeiture activities. Among the report’s findings are that the DOJ “cannot effectively assess whether asset forfeiture is being appropriately used”… Read More ›
Brooklyn, New York – An indictment and two complaints were unsealed yesterday in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging nine defendants for operating their business in Staten Island, New York. Eight defendants were… Read More ›
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A long-awaited analysis by one of the world’s leading experts on drug abuse and addiction concludes that there is “insufficient evidence” for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to ban or otherwise restrict the coffee-like herb kratom under… Read More ›
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Organizers of a march and rally in Lafayette Park here on September 13, 2016, presented the Obama White House with a “We The People” petition signed by 120,000 Americans opposed to a rushed and unjustified effort by… Read More ›
