Editing Drug Enforcement Administration (section)

===Incarceration of Daniel Chong===
{{Main|Incarceration of Daniel Chong}}
In April 2012 in [[San Diego, California]], DEA agents detained a student, Daniel Chong, and left him locked in a holding room for five days. The cell contained no food, water or bathroom facilities.<ref name="MSNBC">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120505234650/http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/04/11527375-students-ordeal-how-was-daniel-chong-lost-in-dea-detention?lite "Student's ordeal: How was Daniel Chong lost in DEA detention?"], MSNBC, May 4, 2012</ref> When he was found, he had to be hospitalized for several days for a variety of medical problems. The incident touched off a national furor, resulting in several investigations. The incident has been described as a "[[Kafkaesque]] nightmare,"<ref name="NYT">[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/us/daniel-chong-left-for-days-in-holding-cell.html "California Man's ‘Drug Holiday’ Becomes Four-Day Nightmare in Holding Cell"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310173817/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/us/daniel-chong-left-for-days-in-holding-cell.html|date=2017-03-10}}, New York Times, May 2, 2012</ref> a "debacle," and "one of the worst cases of its kind."<ref>Watson, Julie, and Freking, Kevin, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/01/national/a215603D99.DTL&tsp=1 "Federal lawmaker: DEA debacle suggests breakdown"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503091921/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/01/national/a215603D99.DTL&tsp=1|date=2012-05-03}}, San Francisco Chronicle, May 3, 2012</ref> Chong subsequently sued the DEA; the government settled the suit for $4.1 million.<ref name="Wilson">Stan Wilson, [https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/30/justice/california-dea-settlement/index.html Daniel Chong, forgotten in DEA cell, settles suit for $4.1 million] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229032020/https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/30/justice/california-dea-settlement/index.html|date=2018-12-29}}, CNN (July 30, 2013).</ref>