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[[Medical practitioner|Practitioner]]s who legally prescribe medicine however must possess a valid DEA license. According to federal law, the budget of the DEA Diversion Control Program is to be paid by these license fees. In 1984 a three-year license cost $25. In 2009 the fee for a three-year license was $551. Some have likened this approach to license fees unreasonable, "like making pilot licenses support the entire [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) budget." The renewal fee for 2020 as of October 1, 2020, is $888 for a three-year license.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cda.org/Home/News-and-Events/Newsroom/Article-Details/deas-prescriber-registration-fees-will-increase-oct-1|title=DEA's prescriber registration fees will increase Oct. 1|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018082757/https://www.cda.org/Home/News-and-Events/Newsroom/Article-Details/deas-prescriber-registration-fees-will-increase-oct-1|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Medical practitioner|Practitioner]]s who legally prescribe medicine however must possess a valid DEA license. According to federal law, the budget of the DEA Diversion Control Program is to be paid by these license fees. In 1984 a three-year license cost $25. In 2009 the fee for a three-year license was $551. Some have likened this approach to license fees unreasonable, "like making pilot licenses support the entire [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) budget." The renewal fee for 2020 as of October 1, 2020, is $888 for a three-year license.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cda.org/Home/News-and-Events/Newsroom/Article-Details/deas-prescriber-registration-fees-will-increase-oct-1|title=DEA's prescriber registration fees will increase Oct. 1|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018082757/https://www.cda.org/Home/News-and-Events/Newsroom/Article-Details/deas-prescriber-registration-fees-will-increase-oct-1|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
In 2005, the DEA estimated that it had over 4,000 informants without which they "could not effectively enforce the controlled substances laws of the United States."<ref name="usatoday.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/10/07/informants-justice-crime/1600323/|title=Crimes by ATF and DEA informants not tracked by feds|website= | In 2005, the DEA estimated that it had over 4,000 informants without which they "could not effectively enforce the controlled substances laws of the United States."<ref name="usatoday.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/10/07/informants-justice-crime/1600323/|title=Crimes by ATF and DEA informants not tracked by feds|website=USA Today |date=October 7, 2012}}</ref> To gather information, agents permitted their informants to buy and sell drugs, engage in Medicaid fraud rings, and other illicit acts.<ref name="usatoday.com"/> Despite this, the DEA claims that they are "in compliance" with the rules for using informants to gather information about illicit activities.<ref name="usatoday.com"/> | ||
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