November 4, 2021 Pennsylvania pharmacist, 81, allegedly traded drugs for sexual favors Martin Brian, an 81-year-old pharmacist, was arrested Monday after investigators alleged he traded drugs for sexual favors in the small community of Media, Pennsylvania.
November 2, 2021 Detroit residents voting on whether to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms' and other psychedelic drugs Detroit could be the latest big city to decriminalize “magic mushrooms” and other psychedelics drugs as residents take to the polls Tuesday.
November 2, 2021 Texas Border Protection officers seize over $50M in meth being smuggled into US Border Protection officers in Brownsville, Texas, within a week seized over $50 million in methamphetamine being smuggled over the southern border in two separate incidents, leading to the arrests of an American citizen and a Mexican national, authorities said.
November 1, 2021 NYC drug kingpin-turned-federal witness killed in Harlem drive-by shooting A notorious former New York City drug kingpin turned federal witness was shot and killed Sunday after returning to his home turf in Harlem, according to several reports.
October 28, 2021 New York authorities charge 5 with drug smuggling operation using children's lunchboxes to ship cocaine Five individuals were charged with smuggling “millions of dollars” in cocaine using school binders and children's lunchboxes.
October 28, 2021 US sees 18.4% rise in traffic fatalities in first half of 2021, largest 6-month increase on record More than 20,000 people died in car accidents throughout the United States in the first six months of 2021, an 18.4% increase over the same time period last year, according to the Department of Transportation.
October 27, 2021 Boston-area sheriff plans to move homeless from tent encampment into former ICE detention facility Boston’s area sheriff wants to move some 100 homeless addicts from deteriorating conditions at a tent encampment into a nearby empty jail building once used for ICE detainees within the next three weeks, as he rushes to finalize plans for a controversial “mobile courtroom" at the facility.
October 27, 2021 Biden admin to release new overdose prevention strategy to combat evolving 'public health crisis' The Biden administration on Wednesday is releasing a comprehensive Overdose Prevention Strategy focusing on primary prevention, harm reduction, evidence-based treatment and recovery support to combat, what officials call, an evolving "public health crisis."
October 26, 2021 150 people arrested, over $31M seized in international drug trafficking sting: Department of Justice U.S. and European law enforcement officials have arrested 150 people and seized more than $31 million in an international drug trafficking investigation stemming from sales on the darknet, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday.
October 26, 2021 Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos legally 'people': US judge The offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people or “interested persons” with legal rights in the U.S. following a federal court order.