March 27, 2021 Drug overdoses an unintended consequence of COVID stimulus payments, experts say Substance abuse has surged across the U.S. as a result of coronavirus-induced isolation, but there is also a correlation between stimulus payments and overdoses, experts say.
March 26, 2021 Jason Rantz: Border crisis and legalizing drugs – perfect storm slams Seattle, Portland ... your town next? Drug culture threatens to consume the Pacific Northwest. I know the reality. I live here and have seen firsthand how it’s ravaged communities, worsened the homelessness crisis, and torn families apart. This is a crisis of our own making.
March 25, 2021 San Francisco on track to see higher accidental drug overdose deaths than in 2020, medical report says San Francisco drug overdose deaths for January and February this year were nearly 70% higher than the same time period in 2020, according to a Monday report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
March 24, 2021 Black leaders say Miami Beach overreacting with curfew Black leaders and activists are criticizing Miami Beach officials and police over the city's response to large crowds of college students who have converged on the area for spring break, accusing authorities of aggressively breaking up large crowds of mostly African Americans.
March 24, 2021 National Guard troops patrolling border found sleeping in vehicle while migrants wait to turn selves in Footage captured exclusively by Fox Business Network shows National Guardsmen sleeping inside a Border Patrol truck while a group of migrants newly arrived in the U.S. wait to surrender to authorities
March 24, 2021 New York officials reach agreement to legalize marijuana New York State officials have reached a deal to legalize marijuana, legislative sources told The New York Post on Wednesday — just hours after Gov. Andrew Cuomo called it “essential” to the state’s social and economic well-being.
March 24, 2021 Miami Beach spring break horror: Woman found dead in hotel room remembered as 'funny and beautiful' Loved ones of the 24-year-old Pennsylvania woman who was reportedly drugged and raped and was later found dead in a Miami Beach hotel room are remembering her as an "amazing human being" and a "beautiful girl."
March 22, 2021 Mexican drug cartels using kids as decoys in to smuggle its members into US: sheriff Mexico’s ruthless drug cartels are using helpless children as decoys to smuggle their members into the U.S. — courtesy of the Biden administration’s relaxed immigration policies, law enforcement told The New York Post.
March 21, 2021 Kat Timpf: White House weed whack – Biden team's firings over pot use unjust but not surprising. Here's why On Friday, The Daily Beast reported that dozens of Joe Biden’s White House staffers "have been suspended, asked to resign, or placed in a remote work program" because of past marijuana use, despite the fact that they’d previously been told that past use likely would not disqualify them.
March 20, 2021 Cubs prospect Jesus Camargo-Corrales arrested after police find 21 pounds of meth in team bag Chicago Cubs prospect Jesus Camargo-Corrales was arrested in Colorado this week after police say they found 21 pounds of methamphetamine and 1.2 pounds of oxycodone pills in a team bag after he was pulled over for reckless driving.