December 17, 2020 Sacklers apologize for harm caused by OxyContin, deny personal responsibility Former Purdue Pharma board members Dr. Kathe Sackler and David Sackler apologized for the harm caused by OxyContin but denied any responsibility for the country's opioid crisis.
December 15, 2020 Mexico passes bill that could set back US partnership in drug war by decades Lawmakers in Mexico on Tuesday approved a controversial reform to the National Security Law to "regulate and monitor all activities of foreign agents," which critics say will dramatically set back U.S. and Mexico relations and hamper efforts in the battle against drug cartels.
December 15, 2020 CBP sees 'alarming uptick' in fentanyl seizures at southern border There has been an “alarming uptick” in the seizure of hard drugs like fentanyl at the southern border, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials said Monday -- with a 225% increase in seizures of the deadly drug compared to the same time last year.
December 12, 2020 Seattle considers excusing misdemeanors, including assault, for homeless, drug addicts Seattle's City Council is mulling a new criminal code regulation that would make it the first in the nation to excuse misdemeanor crimes if they can be linked to poverty, addiction, or mental disorders.
December 10, 2020 Michael Levin: COVID lockdowns – substance abuse spikes will hurt us for decades. Don't politicians get that? By focusing primarily on the desire to arrest the pandemic, we may have caused far more human suffering than the novel coronavirus ever could have.
December 3, 2020 Jason Rantz: Seattle, Portland effectively legalize drugs -- this movement could be coming to your town next The Pacific Northwest has effectively legalized the use of hard drugs like meth, cocaine, and heroin and other opioids despite an alarming uptick in overdoses.
November 12, 2020 Chinese 'cartels' quietly operating in Mexico, aiding US drug crisis From nondescript buildings in the industrial nucleus of Wuhan, across wavy seas to dusty tented super laboratories in the heart of Mexico, and then across the jagged southwest border and dispersed like a wild bomb ripping through every crevice of the United States, the growing presence of Chinese drug lords and cartels below the border is one that is killing an unprecedented amount of Americans.
November 12, 2020 Utah man nabbed in high-speed chase tells police he planned to kill Claire McCaskill A Utah man who was arrested Wednesday after a high-speed chase reportedly told law enforcement officers he was driving to Missouri to kill former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill "if she wasn’t dead already.”
November 10, 2020 'Diseases of despair' on the rise across the US Though the COVID-19 pandemic has captured the country's attention, the U.S. has also been facing another deadly, but less visible, public health crisis.
November 4, 2020 Oregon becomes first state to decriminalize hard drugs like heroin and cocaine Oregon just became the first state to decriminalize hard drugs like heroin, cocaine, and meth in a 59-41% vote as of 12:30 AM ET Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.