The DEA Tightened the Rules for Legal Opioid Sales. Did That Drive the Market to the Dark Web?
After the 2014 rule change, sales of prescription painkillers went up among U.S. sellers on dark Web marketplaces.
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Some Officials Worry a Cocaine Epidemic Is About to Hit the U.S.
Farmers in Colombia have been ramping up their coca planting and now seem ready to produce cocaine in unprecedented amounts, according to the DEA.
Will the DEA's Plan to Get Rural Americans Better Access to Addiction Treatment Work?
The DEA's rule change allows other health-care professionals aside from just doctors to prescribe buprenorphine, an effective—but potentially addictive—treatment.
Who Holds the DEA Accountable When Things Go Wrong?
The DEA has been criticized for its role in several high-profile foreign drug operations gone awry.
Everybody's Juicing
The latest raids of undercover steroid labs suggest the market for steroids goes way beyond the world of elite athletes.
Featherweight Champions: The Annual World Chicken Festival in Kentucky
In every issue, we fix our gaze on an everyday photograph and chase down facts about details in the frame.
Why Is the DEA Tracking License Plates?
The DEA's license plate tracking program is just the latest case of surveillance gone wrong.