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Detective who testified in DEA beating appeals

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:53:31 -0400

WICHITA, Kansas - A former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective has filed an appeal after losing a lawsuit claiming he was punished for refusing to conceal a motorist's beating by federal agents.

DEA settles Walgreens painkiller case for $80M

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:23:47 -0400

MIAMI - Federal authorities have reached an $80 million civil settlement with the Walgreens pharmacy chain over rules violations that allowed tens of thousands of units of powerful painkillers such as oxycodone to illegally wind up in the hands of drug addicts and dealers, officials said Tuesday.

DEA charges a Cochise County detention officer

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:48:01 -0400

FLORENCE, Arizona - The Cochise County Sheriff's Office says one of its detention officers has been arrested on suspicion of drug offenses.

DEA disagrees with firm's meth-resistant claims

Tue, 28 May 2013 18:47:54 -0400

ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration says a suburban St. Louis pharmaceutical company is wrong for marketing its pseudoephedrine product to imply methamphetamine cannot be made with it.