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Says Mullen: "If we can marry the DEA's street savvy with the FBI's talents and its 1,100 accountants-and bring in the Internal Revenue Service as well-then...
...long as their cash flow remains relatively unimpeded-the DEA seized only $3 million last year-big-time drug dealers will not worry much about being arrested. They can easily post million-dollar bails and walk away never to be seen again (TIME, July 6). The forfeited bail is considered a normal business expense...
...paraquat to eradicate marijuana crops remains a top priority of the DEA, even though the public is less concerned about pot than it is about hard drugs. The spraying in Mexico became a cause celebre after traces of the toxic chemical were found in pot smuggled into the U.S. When smoked in heavy doses, the tainted weed caused vomiting, hemorrhaging and, in a few cases, irreversible lung damage. Republican Senator Charles Percy's 1978 amendment to the Foreign Assistance Authorization Act prohibited the U.S. from providing money or materials to foreign countries for paraquat spraying. House and Senate committees...
Colombia, like other drug-producing countries, is not about to kill off its lucrative marijuana crops until the U.S. sprays its own fields. The DEA is quietly planning a paraquat program that would involve Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Conspicuous by their absence on this list are California, Oregon and Hawaii, the top marijuana producers. The DEA fears political fallout in the two Western states and rules out the islands because of logistical problems. If the DEA gets its way, the first state to be sprayed will be Florida. Although not a leading marijuana grower, Florida...
...DEA officials hope the drug can be controlled by limiting the manufacture of Talwin. A pessimistic view comes from St. Louis Police Narcotics Chief Charles McCrary. Says he: "I'm afraid that when high-grade white heroin, which is beginning to reach the East Coast cities from Southwest Asia, starts coming in, the junkies will go back to that...