Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party and became an important figure in the American conservative movement. His presidency is known as the Reagan era.
Edwin Meese III is an American attorney,law professor,author and member of the Republican Party who served in Ronald Reagan's gubernatorial administration (1967–1974),the Reagan presidential transition team (1980–81),and the Reagan administration (1981–1985). Following the 1984 presidential election,Reagan considered him for the White House Chief of Staff position,but James Baker was chosen instead. Meese was eventually appointed and confirmed as the 75th United States Attorney General (1985–1988),a position he held until resigning in 1988 amidst the Wedtech scandal.
William French Smith II was an American lawyer and the 74th United States Attorney General. After attaining his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1942,Smith went on to join the law firm of Gibson,Dunn &Crutcher LLP in 1946. Smith became acquainted with California governor candidate Ronald Reagan in 1966,after which Reagan appointed him to the University of California Board of Regents. Smith was nominated for U.S. Attorney General shortly after Reagan's victory in the 1980 United States presidential election,assuming the title on January 23,1981,and serving until February 25,1985.
Jackie Presser was an American labor leader and president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1983 until his death in 1988. He was closely connected to organized crime,and allegedly became president of the Teamsters based on the approval and support of the Cleveland Mafia. From 1972 until his death,he was also an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning Mafia influence in the Teamsters union.
Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal was an American commercial airline pilot who became a major drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel. When Seal was convicted of smuggling charges,he became an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration and testified in several major drug trials. He was murdered on February 19,1986,by contract killers hired by the cartel.
John C. "Jack" Lawn served as the 4th Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from 1985 to 1990. On 1 March 1985,Lawn,who had served as Deputy Administrator since 1982,was designated Acting Administrator following the retirement of Francis M. Mullen. On 4 April 1985,he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to be the next Administrator of the DEA. Mr. Lawn was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on 16 July 1985,and sworn in on 26 July 1985.
Donnie R. Marshall is an American federal agent who served as the 7th Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from 1999 to 2001.
Anne Irene McGill Gorsuch Burford,also known as Anne M. Gorsuch,was an American attorney and politician. Between 1981 and 1983,under President Ronald Reagan,she was the first woman to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Her son is sitting Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Neil Gorsuch.
Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol,tobacco,smoking,and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign observed annually in October in the United States. It began as a tribute to fallen DEA special agent Enrique Camerena in 1985. According to the United States DEA,Red Ribbon Week is the nation's largest and longest-running drug awareness and prevention program.
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) is a federal drug enforcement program in the United States,overseen by the Attorney General and the Department of Justice. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify,disrupt,and dismantle the major drug trafficking operations and tackle related crimes,such as money laundering,tax and weapon violations,and violent crime,and prosecute those primarily responsible for the nation's drug supply.
The Buffalo crime family,also known as the Magaddino crime family,the Todaro crime family,the New York State crime family,the Buffalo Mafia,the Upstate New York Mafia,and the Arm,is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Buffalo,New York. Criminal investigators assert that the family operates throughout Western New York,Erie,Pennsylvania,and Hamilton,Ontario,Canada. The Buffalo family is purported to hold strong connections with the Hamilton-based Luppino and Papalia families. According to the U.S. Department of Justice,the current boss of the Buffalo crime family is Joseph A. "Big Joe" Todaro Jr.,having assumed the role after his father,Joseph E. "Lead Pipe Joe" Todaro Sr.,retired.
Salvatore Richard Martoche is an American lawyer and a retired judge of the NYS Supreme Court,Appellate Division.
CIA activities in Nicaragua were frequent in the late 20th century. The increasing influence gained by the Sandinista National Liberation Front,a left-wing and anti-imperialist political party in Nicaragua,led to a sharp decrease in Nicaragua–United States relations,particularly after the Nicaraguan Revolution. In 1981,President Ronald Reagan authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to support the Contras,a right-wing Nicaraguan political group to combat the influence held by the Sandinistas in the Nicaraguan government. Various anti-government rebels in Nicaragua were organized into the Nicaraguan Democratic Force,the first Contra group,at the behest of the CIA. The CIA also supplied the Contras with training and equipment,including materials related to torture and assassination. There have also been allegations that the CIA engaged in drug trafficking in Nicaragua.
Peter B. Bensinger is an American government official who served as the 2nd Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from 1976 to 1981.
Arthur Hull Hayes Jr. was an American pharmacologist,medical educator and administrator who served as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 1981 to 1983.
Chuck Rosenberg is an American attorney who served as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2015 to 2017. He formerly served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) and for the Southern District of Texas;as a senior FBI official on the staff of two FBI Directors;as Counselor to the Attorney General;as the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General;and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk and Alexandria.
The cannabis policy of the Reagan administration involved affirmation of the War on Drugs,government funded anti-cannabis media campaigns,expanded funding for law enforcement,involvement of the U.S. military in interdiction and eradication,reduction in emphasis in drug treatment,and creation of new Federal powers to test employees and seize cannabis-related assets.
William Erwin Mayer was an American government official who served as the Alcohol,Drug Use and Mental Health Administrator from 1981 to 1983. He also served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs from 1983 to 1989.
Ralph C. Bledsoe is an American academic administrator,businessman,and political advisor who served as assistant to President Ronald Reagan and director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 1985 to 1987.
Preston L. Grubbs is an American law enforcement officer who served as the principal deputy administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2017 to 2021.
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