Transcription of The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 1980-1985
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 1980-1985
DRUG Enforcement Administration History 1980-1985 During the early 1980s, international drug trafficking orga-nizations reorganized and began operating on an unprecedented scale. The rise of the Medellin cartel, the influx of cocaine into the , and the violence associated with drug trafficking and drug use complicate the task of law Enforcement at all levels. Violent crime rates rose dramatically during this period and continued to rise until the early 1990s. The normalization of drug use during the previous two decades continued as the population rediscovered cocaine. Many saw cocaine as a benign, recreational drug. In 1981, Time magazine ran a cover story en-titled, High on Cocaine with cover art of an elegant martini glass filled with cocaine.
Florida and Georgia placed methaqualone in Schedule I, elimi nating its medical use in those states. At the peak of the U.S. methaqualone problem in the early 1980s, an estimated 85 percent of the methaqualone tablets that were being abused in the U.S. were counterfeit quaalude tablets from overseas sources. In response, the DEA Diversion Control
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