Noun
federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
Source: WordNetAlderete is charged in federal court in Chicago with selling heroin to an informant for the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Source: Internet
Baktash and Ibrahim had been arrested in Kenya on November 9, 2014, after providing 99 kilogrammes of heroin and two kilogrammes of methamphetamine to a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent who had posed as a buyer. Source: Internet
Beginning in 1982 the Drug Enforcement Administration turned increased attention to marijuana farms in the United States, and there was a shift to the indoor growing of plants specially developed for small size and high yield. Source: Internet
Brent 1988, p. 14. Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–present) UH-1Hs have been used by the American Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in counter-narcotics raids in the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. Source: Internet
Outpatient treatment programs must be certified by the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and registered by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in order to prescribe methadone for opioid detoxification. Source: Internet
For example, officials of the US Drug Enforcement Administration praised the role of Manuel Noriega prior to his falling-out with the US over his own drug dealing. Source: Internet