Michele Leonhart

Type: Person

Name: Michele Leonhart (Michele M. Leonhart)

Title: Deputy Administrator

Organization: Drug Enforcement Administration

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Michele Leonhart

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Raymond Kelly

Russia ready to cooperate with U.S. in combating terror - Russian Interior Minister

Speaking at a meeting with New York Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Kolokoltsev said that terrorists made no distinction between their victims along ethnic lines and posed a threat to the entire international community."Young people who ... [Published Voice of Russia - May 21 2013]

Entities: Russia, Raymond Kelly, New York Police Department, Acts of Terrorism

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

US Drug Enforcement Administration

Sen. Warner Presents Congressional Badge of Bravery to DEA Commandos

Senator Warner has long worked to honor the service abroad of our men and women in the armed forces. Today, he had the opportunity to highlight the patriotic service that members of other federal agencies also provide often in the line of fire.Senator ... [Published U.S. Senator John Warner - May 08 2013]

Entities: US Drug Enforcement Administration, Suppressive Fire, Michele Leonhart

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Got Drugs? DEA Hosts Take-Back Day Today

Submitted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), via the Bedford Police Department, which will open its doors from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, for drug collection:WASHINGTON, D.C. – After collecting more than 1,000 tons of expired, unwanted ... [Published Bedford Patch - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: US Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs, Abuse, Controlled Substance

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Prescription drug take-back program designed to thwart pill abuse, theft

MOBILE, Alabama – The Mobile Police Department filled five donation boxes with discarded medications during only the first two hours of Saturday’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.It was not immediately clear how many total prescriptions were ... [Published al.com - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Abuse, Michele Leonhart, Drugs, US Drug Enforcement Administration

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 3 reports

Michele Leonhart

Prescription drop-off to control substance abuse

The DEA said over the last three years over 1,000-tons of prescription drugs have been handed-over to police departments through a national initiative to reduce the amount of substance abuse in the country.As part of the National Take-Back Initiative, ... [Published WQAD - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Drug Abuse, US Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs, Michele Leonhart

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

REP. ENGEL URGES PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY - APRIL 27

Washington, DC--Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-16) urged people to take part in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). It gives the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ... [Published Congressman Eliot Engel - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Eliot Engel, US Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs, Abuse

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 4 reports

FARC

U.S. Charges Coup Leader With Trafficking

The US has charged the coup leader of Guinea-Bissau with drug trafficking and seeking to sell arms to Colombian rebels. Antonio Indjai is now the eighth person accused in the conspiracy.The indictment charges Indjai with narco-terrorism conspiracy, conspiracy ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Drug Trafficking, Conspiracy, Guinea-Bissau, FARC, United States

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

US Drug Czar Toes Strict Line on Marijuana

President Barack Obama's drug czar toed a strict line on marijuana Wednesday, saying federal laws will prevail regardless of state-level efforts to legalize pot.Gil Kerlikowske said enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 -- which ranks marijuana ... [Published Breitbart.com - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Drugs, Gil Kerlikowske, Marijuana, Office of National Drug Control Policy

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

As demonstrators advocate legalizing and taxing marijuana, some lawmakers are looking at smaller changes to state laws.

AUSTIN -- On the Friday before tax day, an annual tradition takes place.A handful of demonstrators take up their position on the 11th Street bridge overlooking IH-35 in downtown Austin, carrying a wide banner reading "TAX HEMP." Supporters with the Texas ... [Published KVUE News Online - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: KVUE, Advocate, Austin

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 2 reports

Republican Congressmen Call on Obama to Stop Legal Pot in Colorado and Washington

hbimedialibrary / photo on flickrThree Republican House members called today for President Obama and the Department of Justice to stop Washington state and Colorado from implementing tax-and-regulate schemes for marijuana, which voters approved in No ... [Published REASON Online - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Michele Leonhart, Andrew Harris, Frank Wolf

First reported Feb 04 2013 - Updated Feb 05 2013 - 2 reports

Two Congressmen Will Introduce Legislation Tomorrow to Radically Overhaul Federal Marijuana Laws

Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Or.)and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) will introduce legislation tomorrow toradically overhaul federal marijuana laws. Basedon a bill previously introduced by former Reps. Ron Pauland Barney Frank, the Blumenauer-Polis legislation would ... [Published REASON Online - Feb 04 2013]

Entities: Marijuana, Jared Polis, Federal, US Drug Enforcement Administration

First reported Jan 17 2013 - Updated Jan 17 2013 - 2 reports

Rolling Stone Lists "Legalization's Biggest Enemies," Somehow Omits President Obama

While I appreciate KristenGwynne linking to something I wrote in her Rolling Stone article" Legalization'sBiggest Enemies ," I can't help but notice a pretty big flaw inher ranking scheme. See if you can figure it out:Biggest enemies of legalization1.) ... [Published REASON Online - Jan 17 2013]

Entities: Rolling Stone, David Frum, Barack Obama, Michele Leonhart, Gil Kerlikowske

Quotes

"everything we do is geared toward protecting american families and communities" said DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart in a prepared statement

Prescription drug take-back program designed to thwart pill abuse, theft [Published al.com - Apr 28 2013]

US Drug Enforcement Agency administrator Michele Leonhart said that Indjai's "sprawling drug and terror regime threatened the national security not only of his own country, but of countries across the globe."

U.S. Charges Coup Leader With Trafficking [Published AllAfrica.com - Apr 19 2013]

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