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May 6, 20221 min read
Accused Colombian Drug Trafficker Arraigned in New York City
A Colombian drug-trafficking kingpin was arraigned in New York on federal charges of overseeing multi-ton shipments of cocaine imported...
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Crime and Justice News
May 4, 20222 min read
Bill Allowing Cannabis Firms To Use Banking Services May Pass Senate
Senators of both major parties are supporting a proposal to tuck key marijuana banking legislation into a larger package aimed at...
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Crime and Justice News
May 3, 20221 min read
WA Settles For $518M In Opioid Case With Three Drug Distributors
Washington state reached a $518 million settlement with drug distributors McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health, ending a...
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Crime and Justice News
May 3, 20222 min read
Afghanistan Becoming a World Leader In Meth Trade
Afghanistan’s fastest-growing drug industry operates from desert outposts in plain view. One of its most bustling hubs, five hours west...
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Crime and Justice News
May 2, 20222 min read
Equal Act To End Racial Disparity In Drug Sentences Stuck in Congress
The Equal Act. which aims to end a longstanding racial disparity in federal prison sentences for drug possession, passed the House...
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Crime and Justice News
May 2, 20221 min read
Safe Syringe Sites Promote COVID Vaccines For Addicted People
People of grandparent ages recorded the highest rates of vaccination against COVID-19, while people who suffer from drug addictions fell...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 29, 20222 min read
States: Highly Potent Weed May Need Health Regulation
States that legalized recreational marijuana over the past decade are now confronting some unfinished regulatory business as they study...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 29, 20221 min read
Rash of Stabbings at Site of Boston Drug Market
Boston authorities responded to a series of daytime stabbings around an open-air drug market by clearing the area of people and...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 29, 20222 min read
U.S. Charges Island's Leader in Drug Conspiracy
The premier of the British Virgin Islands was arrested at a Miami airport on charges of agreeing to accept large payoffs to protect...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 28, 20222 min read
Groups Helping Drug Users Push For Cheaper, Available Antidotes
As the Biden administration calls for overdose antidotes to be provided closer to where illicit drugs are consumed, there is a chronic...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 27, 20221 min read
Garland Defends DOJ Border Policies While Seeking Budget Increase
With the Justice Department asking for a seven percent budget increase for the next fiscal year, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) tried to paint...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 22, 20222 min read
Ex-Honduras President to Face Drug Trafficking Charges in U.S.
Only three months after Honduran presideent Juan Orlando Hernández left office, Honduras extradited him to the United States to face...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 21, 20222 min read
National Drug Control Strategy Emphasizes Expanding Treatment
The Biden administration sent its National Drug Control Strategy to Congress amid a record level of drug overdoses. The Centers for...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 21, 20222 min read
Ohio Doctor Acquitted of Murder in Fentanyl Death Cases
An Ohio doctor who caused the death of numerous intensive care patients under the auspices of "comfort care" was found not guilty of...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 19, 20221 min read
Mexico Disbands Anti-Narco Unit That Worked Closely With DEA
Mexico has disbanded a select anti-narcotics unit that for a quarter of a century worked hand-in-hand with the U.S. Drug Enforcement...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Johnson & Johnson Settles WVA Opioid Claims for $99M
Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had agreed to pay $99 million to settle opioid-related claims by the state of West Virginia and its...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 15, 20221 min read
L.A. Political Donor Gets 30 Years For Overdosing Men On Meth
Ed Buck, a wealthy, gay, white California political donor, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for injecting two men with lethal doses of...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 15, 20221 min read
Senate Weed Bill Delayed Until Summer, Still Faces Opposition
Democratic senators spearheading the move to legalize marijuana in federal law say they are on track to introduce legislation before the...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 13, 20221 min read
Teen Drug Overdose Deaths More Common Amid Fentanyl Crisis
Drug overdose deaths among high school-aged teens have more than doubled since 2019, driven by a rise in the deadly opioid fentanyl, a...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 12, 20222 min read
Opioid Suit Payouts Reach $47 Billion as Deaths Continue
Businesses involved in the sale, distribution, and dispensation of opioids have collectively paid more than $47 billion in settlements,...
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