The United States is set to set a grim record of 106,699 drug overdose deaths in 2021, a 16% increase over 2020, the CDC said in its final report released this week. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin, is driving the increase. The CDC said that drug overdose deaths are set … Read more
Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization measure has been highly scrutinized since it was passed by voters two years ago, but as state funding finally begins to make its way to addiction service providers, Supporters say they are starting to see results. “It’s going to take a long time to fully see what’s happening,” said Hannah Studer, … Read more
This will get you higher than Air Force One. A New York City man was caught with $300,000 worth of cocaine — some in packages bearing President Biden’s picture — stashed inside his sports car, authorities said Wednesday. Reynaldo Almonte, 29, was indicted on drug-related charges in Manhattan Supreme Court after police found Biden-brand Coke … Read more
A disgraced former Brooklyn prosecutor faces federal charges that he helped run a nationwide marijuana distribution ring — including while he was still trying cases for the DA’s office. Remy Joudeh, 36, admitted in Brooklyn federal court Thursday that he used his cell phone to arrange crates of marijuana to be shipped from a New … Read more
He went from locking up gangsters to spending nights behind bars. An Arkansas sheriff was arrested in a neighboring county on drug and weapon possession charges, according to local reports, Sheriff Jimmy Stephens, State police said the man, who represents Johnson County in the state’s northwest corner, was arrested Saturday in nearby Crawford County. Stephens … Read more
This drug bust was Cocoa-Nuts! Officials said police in Mexico found 660 pounds of fentanyl stuffed into coconuts and possibly transported to the US. Photos from the Office of the Attorney General of Mexico show a white box truck With a mound of coconuts next to it. Police in Mexico found 660 pounds of fentanyl … Read more
Colorado authorities seized nearly 1,000 marijuana plants and dried weed worth nearly $1 million in the arrest of a Florida man accused of running an illegal grow operation. The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office said its investigators took Lazaro Piloto-Gomez into custody last Wednesday after receiving a tip about possible illegal drug activity in a rural … Read more
three Salisbury, Maryland resident The charge was made this week in connection with a drug distribution operation involving a 14-year-old girl who stored and distributed the substances. According to a press release from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, members of the Community Action Team were called to a home on Pine Way where drugs were … Read more
The tech CEO who founded online shoe store Zappos was high on drugs and was worried that he was turning into a crystal before he died two years ago. Tony Hsieh’s state of mind was revealed in court records this week as his surviving family members fight for his $500 million estate. According to a … Read more
Ginny Burton, who was addicted to drugs, convicted of 17 felonies and served three separate terms in prison, told “Tucker Carlson Tonight” why law enforcement needs to change its perspective on crime. He changed her life and graduated from the University of Washington, but she said she felt obligated to do it all. Now, Burton … Read more