President Donald Trump has cited dramatic results from U.S. strikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, saying they’ve nearly stopped the flow of drugs trafficked…
Read more Drugs entering the US by sea down 97% since vessel strikes?Eight people from metro Denver were indicted on federal charges related to drug trafficking, weapons and money laundering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado said…
Read more 8 indicted in metro Denver drug trafficking, weapons schemeThe public health numbers were cause for celebration: U.S. overdose deaths fell for a second year in a row. After two decades of rising deaths, fatal overdoses killed…
Read more What’s driving down US overdose deaths?Frederick County’s health department will be installing a new health vending machine at the city’s Department of Housing and Services location and other locations. Maryland’s Frederick County Health…
Read more Frederick County installs new health vending machine, featuring naloxone, fentanyl test strips – WTOP NewsA White House social media post misleadingly links deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro with the U.S. fentanyl crisis. The X post includes a video highlighting parents who lost…
Read more Maduro didn’t flood the US with fentanylGet the Facts: Is Venezuela a primary drug trafficker to the United States? OK, thank you very much. This is big stuff. And we appreciate you being here.…
Read more Get the Facts: Is Venezuela a primary drug trafficker to the United States?Two men face multiple felony drug charges following searches of Adams County apartments and the seizure of what authorities said were an estimated 67,000 fentanyl pills, 521 grams…
Read more Officers seize 67,000 fentanyl pills, other drugs in Adams County; 2 men face felony chargesBOSTON — Massachusetts corrections officials say they’re making progress curbing the amount of illegal drugs being smuggled into the state’s prisons. A report released Wednesday by the Massachusetts…
Read more State touts progress keeping drugs out of prisonsA Border Patrol SUV. (File photo courtesy of OnScene.TV Border Patrol agents stopped a vehicle this week that contained nearly 17 pounds of fentanyl, authorities said, and took…
Read more Agents discover fentanyl stash in I-5 search, latest in series of San Diego Sector drug seizuresWith a Dec. 15 executive order, President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to classify a narcotic as a weapon of mass destruction. Trump used U.S. deaths…
Read more Should fentanyl be considered a weapon of mass destruction?WOBURN — A case that stretched more than eight years reached its conclusion this week, as retired Dracut physician, Dr. Richard Miron, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and…
Read more After 8-year legal battle, Dracut doctor pleads guilty in landmark opioid caseFlorida Rep. Michelle Salzman, a Republican from Pensacola, has filed a bill for consideration in 2026 that would aim to help curb drug overdose deaths by decriminalizing drug-checking…
Read more Florida Republican files bill to decriminalize drug testing toolsA Coloradan who purchased an abandoned Douglas County storage unit found that it contained 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills, plus several pounds of meth and fentanyl powder, law…
Read more Storage unit bought at Colorado auction contained 1.7 million fentanyl pills, police sayFive people have been federally charged in connection with the 2023 overdose death of actor Robert De Niro’s grandson and two others, authorities said Thursday. The five men, all…
Read more 5 arrested in connection with overdose death of Robert De Niro’s grandsonFederal prosecutors say five men ran a New York drug network that sold counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl to teens; including Robert De Niro’s grandson and Blondie co-founder…
Read more NY Fentanyl Ring Charged in Deaths of Robert De Niro’s GrandsonBOSTON — MBTA officials are pouring cold water on a legislative push to make the opioid overdose reversing drug naloxone available at subway stations, citing a lack of…
Read more MBTA balks at expanding overdose prevention kiosksA Saturday morning traffic stop by a Gloucester Police sergeant resulted in the arrest of three people on charges of trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine, and the seizure…
Read more Police/Fire: 3 face fentanyl trafficking, other chargesPresident Donald Trump said U.S. military strikes on five Venezuelan boats have saved more than 100,000 lives because the maneuvers thwarted drug smuggling. “Every boat that we knock…
Read more Have U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats saved 25,000 lives?The number of opioid-involved drug overdose deaths in 2023 decreased for the first time in five years. Minnesota health officials say 54 people have died from suspected drug…
Read more Minneapolis author aiming to help people battling drug addiction with new bookA man charged with murder for poisoning two women tells a friend, “dead girls don’t talk.” Brave survivors speak out on their behalf. “48 Hours” contributor Jonathan Vigliotti…
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