7/2/2018

DEA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration on Monday [7-2-18] named a top White House lawyer as the new head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration after the agency’s prior acting administrator announced his retirement last month. Uttam Dhillon, who most recently served as deputy White House counsel, was named as the DEA’s acting administrator […]

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4/17/2018

DEA/DRUGS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration Tuesday [4-17-18] proposed changing federal rules to say that officials must consider how badly a drug is being abused in setting quotas for the production of the medication. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the publishing of the proposed rule changes in a speech in North Carolina, saying the […]

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10/19/2017

DEA/DRUGS/LEGAL: “In September 2016, local Rep. Judy Chu met with then-head of the Drug Enforcement Agency Chuck Rosenberg. She was reassured by Rosenberg that recently passed legislation related to the oversight of how opioids are distributed, which she cosponsored, ‘did not interfere with the DEA’s ability to successfully stop bad actors.’ Now, Chu has written […]

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