The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was formed in 1973 to combat drug smuggling. The DEA nickname “Drunk Every Afternoon” has been cited in print since at least 1993. “DEA—Drink Every Afternoon” has appeared on T-shirts since at least 2003.
 
The DEA has also been nicknamed “Don’t Expect Anything” (cited in print since at least 1988).
       
   
Wikipedia: Drug Enforcement Administration
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice, tasked with combating drug smuggling and use within the United States. Not only is the DEA the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act, sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing U.S. drug investigations abroad.
 
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DEA
drink every afternoon.
DEA! FUCK YEAH!
by yeeeeebaby Jul 30, 2009
 
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DEA Drink Every Afternoon Gifts
   
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Swordfish:
A true story of ambition, savagery, and betrayal
By David McClintick
New York, NY: Pantheon Books
1993
Pg. 25:
DEA agents called FBI agents “Fucking Blithering Idiots,” “Famous But Incompetent,” “fibbies,” and “feebs” for “feebleminded.” FBI agents called DEA agents “Drunk Every Afternoon” “Don’t Expect Anything,” and “cowboys.”
     
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Special Agent:
My life on the front lines as a woman in the FBI
By Candice DeLong and Elisa Petrini
New York, NY: Hyperion
2001
Pg. 217:
“DEA— doesn’t that stand for ‘Don’t Expect Anything’? Or is it ‘Drunk Every Afternoon’?”
 
The DEA agent shot back: “FBI — doesn’t that stand for ‘Famous but Incompetent’?”
       
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From: The Makule Guy

Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:37:29 -1000
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I do have a very nice DEA T-shirt…  That’s “Drink Every Afternoon”...
 
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Laconian   
02-13-2006
 
DEA: Don’t Expect Anything
Drunk Every Afternoon
 
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Midnight on the Line:
The secret life of the U.S.-Mexico border
By Tim Gaynor
New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books
2009
Pg. 64:
One ubiquitous shirt is stamped FBI, which in Tijuana stands for “Female Body Inspector,” another is marked DEA. The kicker? “Drunk Every Afternoon.”