July 10, 2020 4 children killed in Indiana after semitrailer slammed into their car Four children were killed after the driver of a semitruck – who authorities believe may have been under the influence of drugs – slammed into a car that was slowing in a construction zone on Interstate 70 in eastern Indiana, pushing it into the path of another semi.
July 8, 2020 DEA warns of meth made to look like candy, 'like Flintstone vitamins,' in the Midwest The federal Drug Enforcement Administration is warning of methamphetamines made to look like bits of candy or children’s vitamins cropping up in northern Ohio that could be spreading into more of the Midwest.
July 8, 2020 Massive 'ISIS drug bust' in Italy connected to the Syrian regime, not the terrorist group, analysts argue When Italian authorities announced last week that they had seized 15.4 tons of counterfeit Captagon produced by ISIS in Syria to fund terrorism it was lauded as one of the largest drug busts in history.
July 7, 2020 Alleged Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell hires lawyer who helped take down 'El Chapo' Ghislaine Maxwell has hired the former prosecutor who helped bring down drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to try to get her off child sex-trafficking charges.
July 7, 2020 Slovakia police dog sniffs out $2.26B in methamphetamine seizure A drug-sniffing dog has led to a methamphetamine seizure that authorities in Slovakia are calling the country’s largest ever.
July 4, 2020 Who's first in line for a coronavirus vaccine? New info shows prioritization fraught with peril New information released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows future prioritization for a potential coronavirus vaccine could be fraught with peril.
July 1, 2020 Mexico attack at drug rehab center leaves 24 dead Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said.
July 1, 2020 Italy confiscates $1B worth of amphetamines made by ISIS in Syria Italian police seized 14 tons of amphetamines with a street value of approximately $1.15 billion, which they suspect was headed for the home base of a notorious European crime clan in Naples and outsourced from ISIS drug producers in Syria.
June 29, 2020 Push to legalize psychedelic mushrooms in Oregon picks up steam A petition to give voters in Oregon the option to legalize psychedelic mushrooms has garnered enough signatures to be put on the November ballot, organizers said Monday.
June 29, 2020 Border Patrol agents in Texas spot hundreds of pounds of marijuana stuffed inside pickup truck Border Patrol agents on Friday disrupted a narcotics smuggling attempt, seizing hundreds of pounds of marijuana inside of a pickup truck along the Texas-Mexico border, authorities said.