THE ISSUE: More Americans are dying from opioids than at any time in recent history, with overdose deaths hitting a peak of 28,000 in 2014. That amounts to 78 Americans dying from an opioid overdose every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Why it Matters: Opioid epidemic
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Stealing bitcoins with badges: How Silk Road's dirty cops got caught
DEA Special Agent Carl Force wanted his money-real cash, not just numbers on a screen-and he wanted it fast. It was October 2013, and Force had spent the past couple of years working on a Baltimore-based task force investigating the darknet's biggest drug site, Silk Road.
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Prince's death: What we know, don't know four months later
Prince's death: What we know, don't know four months later Questions still outnumber answers months after beloved star's drug overdose. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2bC9OPb We know how Prince died but we don't know why.
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Tell it to Sun.Star: Are we battling illegal drugs correctly?
WHILE the campaign against illegal drugs is a fight we all share, the relentless killings of persons allegedly linked to the illegal drug trade has raised an important question that every Filipino, regardless of social status, education, political beliefs, or religious affiliation, ought to confront: Are we doing this right? The drug menace in the country is not something we can close our eyes to. It is real, it is happening.
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Parents Accused of Leaving Kids in Hot Car While High on Kush
Parents have been charged this week with felony endangerment of a child after keeping kids in a hot car while high on kush.
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Editorial: Schaumburg scandal cleanup a job well done
Another $147,000 for a consultant aimed at cleaning up a police department rocked by the arrests of three Schaumburg undercover officers on charges they stole cocaine and marijuana from dealers and police seizures and resold the drugs on the street through an informant. Three and a half years after a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration investigation led to the arrests of former officers Terrance O'Brien, John Cichy, and Matthew Hudak, Schaumburg has almost finished paying.
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Should marijuana be legal a " or at least more accessible? Government's latest move sparks debate
Marijuana proponents have had momentum of late, believing the debate over legalization is at a "tipping point ," but U.S. officials just dealt a major blow to their quest to seek government reclassification of the drug. The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Thursday that cannabis will remain a Schedule I controlled substance, placing it in the same class as drugs like Ecstasy and heroin, among others.
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Westford drug lab suspects want charges dismissed
Defense attorneys want drug and conspiracy charges against two women arrested in connection with an alleged drug lab in a Westford home dismissed, saying it is merely a case of guilt by association. In Ayer District Court on Thursday, attorneys MaryEllen Cuthbert and John Morris argued that co-defendants Prachi Joglekar, 22, of Groton, and her friend, Lyndsey Holston, 20, of Westford, were at the home at 2 Mountain View Lane, but there is no proof they participated in any drug activity.
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FDA fast-tracks club drug ketamine as possible antidepressant
FDA fast-tracks club drug ketamine as possible antidepressant Known as a club drug and date-rape drug, ketamine could be a breakthrough for people with suicidal thoughts. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2bFWSHK The Food and Drug Administration has approved expedited development and review of the drug esketamine, commonly called ketamine, in treating major depression.
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PDEA: Campuestohan not under surveillance
PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Regional Director Julius Navales said on Thursday that their agency is not conducting a surveillance of Campuestohan Highland Resort in Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City. Reports had earlier circulated that the resort was raided by PDEA-NIR personnel due to the alleged existence of a drug laboratory.
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Abu Sayyaf member PDEA-detainee killed in Zamboanga
A SUSPECTED member of the Abu Sayyaf Group and a detainee of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency was killed when he attacked a Pdea official in Zamboanga City. Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula spokesman Rogelio Alabata disclosed that the incident occurred around seven p.m. Thursday, August 18, at the PDEA regional office in the village of Upper Calarian, west of this city.
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DEA: Many More Drugs Looted In Baltimore Riots Than Reported
Officials say the amount of drugs looted from Baltimore pharmacies during riots last year was substantially higher than initially reported. An U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official tells The Baltimore Sun that 80 percent more doses of drugs were taken than previously thought during the riots following the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who was critically injured while in police custody.
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Manchester man pleads guilty to federal drug, money laundering charges
Zakee Stuart-Holt, 34, of 129 Winter St., Apt. 2, in Manchester, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Concord to a federal indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and one count of money laundering.
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Carmel doctor found not guilty of charges from 2014 DEA raid
A Carmel doctor has been found not guilty of charges stemming from a high-profile Drug Enforcement Administration raid involving several medical clinics. The Indianapolis Star reports that Judge Steve Nation found that Dr. Larry Ley had met all of the standards for prescribing medicine for drug addiction after a bench trial in Hamilton County Superior Court.
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Five arrested in Carson City in major meth bust
Omar Herrera, 21; Noe Galvan-Olmos, 54; Celina Ramirez-Diaz, 34; Sergio Herrera, 36; and Javier Herrera, 34 were arrested near the 1400 block of Monte Rosa Drive after Tri-Net obtained several search and arrest warrants for the occupants inside the residence. The warrants came from a three month investigation from Tri-Net, however Sgt.
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Aiken doctor pleads guilty to federal charges involving illegal distribution of oxycodone
Dr. Mackie James Walker Jr., 63, of the 400 block of Lake Murray Drive in North Augusta, pleaded guilty to one count of the indictment which charged "conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance," according to court documents.
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Mexican drug lord's kidnapped son potential bargaining chip
In this Jan. 8, 2016, file photo, Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is made to face the press as he is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican soldiers and marines at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Mexico. The son of the imprisoned drug lord may be among the half-dozen men abducted by gunmen at a restaurant in the Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta, authorities said Tuesday, Aug 16, 2016.
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Mexican drug lord's kidnapped son potential bargaining chip
" For the ambitious Jalisco New Generation cartel, it must have seemed like a gift: Imprisoned Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's son, partying at a gourmet restaurant deep in their territory. Seven gunmen swept into La Leche restaurant in Puerto Vallarta's hotel district early Monday, taking the 16 people gathered there by surprise.
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Marijuana researchers cautiously optimistic about future of drug dspite DEA's refusal to reclassify | Colorado Springs Gazette, News
The Drug Enforcement Administration seemingly squashed medical marijuana last week when it refused to reclassify the drug, mainly citing a lack of research supporting its benefits. The news was salt in a wound to researchers in Colorado who have been striving to do such studies but feel thwarted by the entities that say no good research exists.
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The DEA: Judge and Jury on Marijuana
Last week, the DEA decided not to reschedule the classification of marijuana as a legal drug. According to federal drug codes, cannabis is still as deadly and addictive as heroin, with no known medical value.
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