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Posts by Michael Brown (15)
Michael Brown
Michael W. Brown is the global director of counter-narcotics technology at Rigaku Analytical Devices. He has a distinguished career spanning more than 32 years as a Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He served as the country attaché in India and Myanmar; During his tour in Myanmar, he provided foreign advisory support for counter narcotic enforcement that, to date, has resulted in the interdiction of over US$250 million in precursor chemicals and implementing the regions first use of Raman spectroscopy to degrade the supply chain for narcotics production. He was also part of a special specialized counter narcotics unit operating in the jungles of South America tasked with locating and destroying drug labs and narcotic supply chains. Most recently he was the DEA Headquarters staff coordinator for the Office of Foreign Operations for the Middle East-Europe-Afghanistan-India. Michael is a graduate of the United States Ranger Training Battalion and has a master’s degree in interdisciplinary technology and management from the University of Eastern Michigan.

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Discussing the Increased Threat Posed by Transnational Criminal Organizations in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Jul 14, 2022

Welcome to The Opioid Matrix: A Journey Into The Rabbit Hole. In this episode, we take a deep dive...

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How Fentanyl Changed the Paradigm by Deceiving a New Customer Base

Jul 14, 2022

Welcome to The Opioid Matrix: A Journey Into The Rabbit Hole. In this episode, we take a deep...

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The Role of the Taliban in the International Drug Trade

Jul 7, 2022

Welcome to The Opioid Matrix: A Journey Into The Rabbit Hole. In this episode, we take a deep dive...

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Finding the Weak Links: How to Target Cartel Capabilities

Jun 30, 2022

Welcome to The Opioid Matrix: A Journey Into The Rabbit Hole. In this episode, we take a deep dive...

The Opioid Matrix
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Fruit of The Poisonous Tree: Origins of the Fentanyl Problem

Jun 27, 2022

Welcome to The Opioid Matrix: A Journey Into The Rabbit Hole. In this episode, we take a deep dive...

The Opioid Matrix
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The International Drug War: Breaking Down the Fentanyl Supply Chain

Jun 16, 2022

Welcome to The Opioid Matrix: A Journey Into The Rabbit Hole. In this episode, we take a deep dive...

The Opioid Matrix
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The Opioid Matrix: The U.S. Domestic Drug War-Is this battle a lost cause?

Jun 7, 2022

Jen Lynch, Marketing Director at Rigaku Analytical Devices, talks with Michael W. Brown the host of...

The Opioid Matrix
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The mortal imperative of reliable drug screening at overdose prevention centers

Feb 18, 2022

February 18, 2022 - Drug screening isn’t the first thing people think about when spectroscopy comes...

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The Evolution of Synthetic Opioid Overdoses from Fentanyl to Nitazenes

Feb 11, 2022

February 11, 2022 - This chemical compound may look harmless enough, but it represents the...

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Law Enforcement Today Podcast with Special Guest Michael Brown

Feb 2, 2022

February 2, 2022 - Michael W. Brown sat down with John Jay Wiley of Law Enforcement Today Radio...

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