The Drug Enforcement Administration
Introduction
Issue Identification
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency. Their purposes in law enforcement is to stop the sale of illegal drugs, drug trafficking, investigate major crimes within the United States and internationally, and to secure and protect our communities from ever confronting drugs. DEA also cooperates with many major law enforcement agencies such as federal, state, local, and foreign law enforcement agencies to stop criminals from smuggling drugs in our neighborhoods and help the people from getting involved with drug substance. Other responsibilities include carrying out missions and responsibilities in investigating major crimes, and detain drug traffickers operations in interstate and international levels. This agency has a headquarters office, and 21 domestic field divisions throughout the United States and its territories, and 86 foreign offices in 62 countries. With a budget exceeding 2.415 billion dollars, the DEA has over 5,500 Special Agents trained for dangerous missions around the globe.
The DEA faces a great issue in preventing and ending the war on drugs. Wood states, “Mexico, a country all too familiar with violence as a way of life, is today a stark example of how crackdowns on drug cartels by American and local law enforcement agencies have utterly failed” (Wood, 2010, ¶ 7). Drugs, violence, and guns are the main influence to a never-ending drug war. The war created by the United States by demand of drugs has been a major issue for the government and citizens of the United States. The United States have declared that it is doing its best to combat the war on drugs. The drug problem has not stopped and the people continue to buy drugs no matter what circumstances they are obtained. With drugs prices rising, people are willing do anything to get drugs even if it leads them to become involved in criminal activities such as robbery. The money and military
Issue Identification
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency. Their purposes in law enforcement is to stop the sale of illegal drugs, drug trafficking, investigate major crimes within the United States and internationally, and to secure and protect our communities from ever confronting drugs. DEA also cooperates with many major law enforcement agencies such as federal, state, local, and foreign law enforcement agencies to stop criminals from smuggling drugs in our neighborhoods and help the people from getting involved with drug substance. Other responsibilities include carrying out missions and responsibilities in investigating major crimes, and detain drug traffickers operations in interstate and international levels. This agency has a headquarters office, and 21 domestic field divisions throughout the United States and its territories, and 86 foreign offices in 62 countries. With a budget exceeding 2.415 billion dollars, the DEA has over 5,500 Special Agents trained for dangerous missions around the globe.
The DEA faces a great issue in preventing and ending the war on drugs. Wood states, “Mexico, a country all too familiar with violence as a way of life, is today a stark example of how crackdowns on drug cartels by American and local law enforcement agencies have utterly failed” (Wood, 2010, ¶ 7). Drugs, violence, and guns are the main influence to a never-ending drug war. The war created by the United States by demand of drugs has been a major issue for the government and citizens of the United States. The United States have declared that it is doing its best to combat the war on drugs. The drug problem has not stopped and the people continue to buy drugs no matter what circumstances they are obtained. With drugs prices rising, people are willing do anything to get drugs even if it leads them to become involved in criminal activities such as robbery. The money and military
References: CNNPolitics.com. (March 26, 2009). Ex-DEA agent: Treatment, education key in drug war. Retrieved from http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/26/strang.qanda/index.html Drug Enforcement Administration NEWSMAX.com. (21 Apr 2009). Sen. Lieberman: We Need More DEA Agents On Border. Retrieved from http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/lieberman-DEA-border/2009/04/21/id/329604 Violence Reaches New Peak in Mexican Drug War Wood, E. (June 3, 2010). ‘War on drugs’ Behind Endless Misery. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/06/03/wood.jamaica.drug.war/index.html?iref=allsearch