Fact Checking
Drugs entering the US by sea down 97% since vessel strikes?
[ad_1] 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…
Tag: fentanyl
Denver, Colorado Local News
8 indicted in metro Denver drug trafficking, weapons scheme
[ad_1] 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…
Fact Checking
What’s driving down US overdose deaths?
[ad_1] The public health numbers were cause for celebration: U.S. overdose deaths fell for a second year in a row. After two decades of…
Washington DC Local News
Frederick County installs new health vending machine, featuring naloxone, fentanyl test strips – WTOP News
[ad_1] 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…
Fact Checking
Maduro didn’t flood the US with fentanyl
[ad_1] A White House social media post misleadingly links deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro with the U.S. fentanyl crisis. The X post includes a…
Sacramento, California Local News
Get the Facts: Is Venezuela a primary drug trafficker to the United States?
[ad_1] Get the Facts: Is Venezuela a primary drug trafficker to the United States? OK, thank you very much. This is big stuff. And…
Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News
Officers seize 67,000 fentanyl pills, other drugs in Adams County; 2 men face felony charges
[ad_1] Two men face multiple felony drug charges following searches of Adams County apartments and the seizure of what authorities said were an estimated…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
State touts progress keeping drugs out of prisons
[ad_1] BOSTON — Massachusetts corrections officials say they’re making progress curbing the amount of illegal drugs being smuggled into the state’s prisons. A report…
Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News
Agents discover fentanyl stash in I-5 search, latest in series of San Diego Sector drug seizures
[ad_1] A Border Patrol SUV. (File photo courtesy of OnScene.TV Border Patrol agents stopped a vehicle this week that contained nearly 17 pounds of…
Fact Checking
Should fentanyl be considered a weapon of mass destruction?
[ad_1] With a Dec. 15 executive order, President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to classify a narcotic as a weapon of mass…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
After 8-year legal battle, Dracut doctor pleads guilty in landmark opioid case
[ad_1] WOBURN — A case that stretched more than eight years reached its conclusion this week, as retired Dracut physician, Dr. Richard Miron, pleaded…
Orlando, Florida Local News
Florida Republican files bill to decriminalize drug testing tools
[ad_1] Florida Rep. Michelle Salzman, a Republican from Pensacola, has filed a bill for consideration in 2026 that would aim to help curb drug…
Orlando, Florida Local News
Storage unit bought at Colorado auction contained 1.7 million fentanyl pills, police say
[ad_1] A Coloradan who purchased an abandoned Douglas County storage unit found that it contained 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills, plus several pounds of…
Entertainment
5 arrested in connection with overdose death of Robert De Niro’s grandson
[ad_1] Five people have been federally charged in connection with the 2023 overdose death of actor Robert De Niro’s grandson and two others, authorities said…
Los Angeles, California Local News
NY Fentanyl Ring Charged in Deaths of Robert De Niro’s Grandson
[ad_1] Federal prosecutors say five men ran a New York drug network that sold counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl to teens; including Robert De…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
MBTA balks at expanding overdose prevention kiosks
[ad_1] BOSTON — MBTA officials are pouring cold water on a legislative push to make the opioid overdose reversing drug naloxone available at subway…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Police/Fire: 3 face fentanyl trafficking, other charges
[ad_1] A Saturday morning traffic stop by a Gloucester Police sergeant resulted in the arrest of three people on charges of trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine…
Fact Checking
Have U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats saved 25,000 lives?
[ad_1] President Donald Trump said U.S. military strikes on five Venezuelan boats have saved more than 100,000 lives because the maneuvers thwarted drug smuggling.…
Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News
Minneapolis author aiming to help people battling drug addiction with new book
[ad_1] The number of opioid-involved drug overdose deaths in 2023 decreased for the first time in five years. Minnesota health officials say 54 people…
Houston, Texas Local News
Dead Girls Don’t Talk
[ad_1] A man charged with murder for poisoning two women tells a friend, “dead girls don’t talk.” Brave survivors speak out on their behalf.…