When the federal drug czar visited Oregon he got an earful about the misguided priorities of the federal drug policy.

A Manhattan jeweler lauded by hip-hoppers for his showy diamond creations was among 16 people arrested yesterday on federal drug and money-laundering charges.

A federal drug advisory panel yesterday rejected pleas from members of Congress and drug enforcement officials that sales of the widely abused painkiller OxyContin be severely restricted.

The New Jersey State Police determined that this rubout had federal drug and racketeering implications and contacted the FBI.

Most imported drugs are counterfeit knockoffs that could seriously endanger the health of those taking them, say federal drug and customs officials who conducted a spot inspection over the summer that they disclosed yesterday.

Since then, the drug agency has paid Mr. Magid more than $77,000, helped to have the federal drug charges against him dismissed, and vouched for his reliability to other government agencies.

But reading the extensive medical information enclosed in the drug's package, the same doctor would not learn that federal drug regulators had rejected Diflucan for ringworm use.

In October 2011, Juan Oscar Garza-Alanis and Josue Ruperto Garza as well as their sister Cantalicia Garza plead guilty to federal drug and money laundering charges.

Mr. Caro Quintero faces four federal drug- and money-laundering indictments in Arizona and Colorado, although none in Mexico.

The average offender at FCI Lompoc is serving between one and fifteen years for federal drug and or other non-violent offenses.