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...Later joined the predecessor to the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of Narcotics, after being told they needed Italian-American agents to pursue members of the Mafia. Stayed with the agency for 32 years and worked around the world, retiring as head of the DEA's Arizona office...
...with little thought of abuse potential. But even before the recent mainstream media coverage, the FDA was "hearing from health-care professionals about abuse by other professionals, long before Michael Jackson," says FDA spokeswoman Karen Riley. "[The Jackson news] just means I am answering a lot of propofol questions." DEA spokesman Rusty Payne says his agency was petitioned two years ago to "schedule" propofol - which would make it a controlled substance. While the research process is under way, Payne would not give a timetable on the process...
...This was not a raid," says DEA special agent and media spokeswoman Violet Szeleczky. "At 10:15 we knocked on the door of the clinic, went in and said we had a search warrant for the premises. They cooperated fully...
...spokesperson for Chernoff's office says Murray was not in the office but in Nevada. Murray has another practice in Las Vegas. According to Szeleczky, the search included members of DEA's tactical-diversion unit, which looks into "doctors' and pharmacists' use of controlled prescription drugs." She declined to comment on persistent media reports that agents were focusing on the powerful anesthetic Propofol, which has been widely linked to Jackson's final days. (Read "Did Drugs Kill Michael Jackson...
...long process," he says. "No one is going to cut any corners on this." He says he has spoken to Jackson family members who are "following this closely. They are eager but satisfied so far." As far as the look into Murray's office, Oxman says he believes the DEA was searching for something specific and "significant. This was not a fishing expedition." (Read "How Medicated Was Michael Jackson...