July 10, 2021 Texas Gov. Abbott slams feds for 'complete abandonment' of border laws amid 'unprecedented' migrant surge Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday tore into the Biden administration for what he described as a "complete abandonment" of enforcing the country’s immigration laws, as he warned of an "unprecedented" migrant surge that was forcing his state to take drastic action.
July 10, 2021 Harvard to study pyschedelics and the law as decriminalization gains steam Harvard University has plans to study "equity in psychedelics research, commerce and therapeutics," thanks to a new search grant.
July 8, 2021 CBP shares images of massive meth hauls at border as seizures of the drug increase Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been sharing images of massive quantities of methamphetamine caught by agents patrolling the southern border, as the amount of the drug being apprehended is creeping up.
July 7, 2021 Los Angeles-area officials announce ‘historic’ bust of more than $1B of illegal marijuana Raids targeting illegal marijuana growing operations in the desert near Los Angeles saw the “historic” seizure of more than $1 billion of marijuana, though the amount is only a fraction of the illicit grows in the region, authorities said Wednesday.
July 6, 2021 Guilty plea entered in drug death of Vine founder Colin Kroll The leader of a drug-trafficking organization pleaded guilty Tuesday in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine and fentanyl, including the drugs that caused the 2018 death of Colin Kroll, the co-founder of the video-hosting service Vine and the trivia game application HQ Trivia.
July 6, 2021 Pennsylvania dad charged after son, 4, dies of overdose A Pennsylvania dad is facing charges in connection with the accidental overdose death of his 4-year-old son, according to reports.
July 4, 2021 Texas prison inmates escape on Fourth of July A pair of drug felons rang in the Fourth of July early Sunday by busting out of a federal prison in Texas.
July 2, 2021 Nevada's execution drugs expiring as legal battle continues Nevada prison officials say one of the drugs they originally planned to use this month in the state’s first execution of an inmate in 15 years expires July 31 and another expires six weeks after a new evidentiary hearing a judge has scheduled in October to decide if or when four-time convicted killer Zane Floyd will receive a lethal injection.
July 1, 2021 Florida man, 18, allegedly held gun to friend's head and forced him to flee traffic stop An 18-year-old Florida man allegedly held a gun to his friend's head and forced him to flee from police on Tuesday when officers tried to initiate a traffic stop.
June 30, 2021 Texas sheriff: Fentanyl a 'clear and present threat' to Americans as border crisis grows A sheriff in Texas, who will be meeting with Donald Trump on Wednesday during the former president’s trip to the southern border, said he will be discussing the “threat of fentanyl” and noted that since February, “Texas law enforcement has seized enough fentanyl to kill every man, woman and child in the state of New York.”