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March 21, 2019

Wisconsin woman gives out marijuana-laced cookies during St. Patrick’s Day parade, police say

A Wisconsin woman was caught with her hand in the cookie jar on Sunday when St. Patrick’s Day parade attendees reported she was handing out marijuana-laced treats, police said.

March 19, 2019

Mugshot of 'Mama June' released after drug arrest

The arrest of "Mama June" — a reality star who gained fame on TLC's "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" — went down just like every other carried out by the Macon County Sheriff's Office in Alabama, the sheriff said Tuesday.

March 15, 2019

Former NYPD officer, special education aide wife sold drugs out of their home, police say

A former officer with the New York Police Department and his wife have been arrested after police discovered a large stash of drugs and cash at their home, which is located across the street from an elementary school.

March 14, 2019

Don't be fooled - Marijuana legalization is not about advancing social justice

Legalizing marijuana will only further undermine poor communities and foster addiction. It is time for progressives to choose between social justice and legalizing marijuana.

March 13, 2019

Obama administration slow to answer early alarms about fentanyl: report

A failure by the Obama administration to react to numerous warnings by state officials, and even its own federal drug investigators, about the growing public health crisis of illicit fentanyl allowed it to fester and claim tens of thousands of lives over the years, according to the Washington Post.

March 10, 2019

Cop poses as dead man to nab Tampa woman, 28, accused of distributing heroin, fentanyl

A 28-year-old Tampa woman was charged with distributing heroin and fentanyl leading to a death, according to investigators -- who said they nabbed her with the help of an undercover officer who posed as a dead man.

March 10, 2019

Boy, 7, picks of bag of cocaine, Fentanyl dropped by man in Subway, police say

A man was arrested Thursday more than a year after he dropped a bag of drugs inside a Connecticut Subway that a 7-year-old boy later picked up, police said.

March 7, 2019

Woman 'dressed like a nun,' husband arrested for fentanyl trafficking, officials say

A couple was arrested Monday in Arizona on suspicion of trafficking nearly 10 pounds of fentanyl, officials said.

March 6, 2019

Iowa officer exposed to suspected fentanyl during traffic stop: police

An Iowa police officer was carrying out a traffic stop over the weekend when he was exposed to an unknown substance that’s suspected of being fentanyl, authorities said Monday.

March 6, 2019

Son of smuggler for Pablo Escobar turning members of Congress on to support legal pot

Meet native South Floridian attorney Brady Cobb, the son of one of Pablo Escobar’s top US cannabis couriers who, over the past two years, has managed to flip almost all of Washington’s Republican top brass into voting in support of legalizing cannabis