Fentanyl Test Strips Form Common Ground in Overdose Fight
As the nation grapples with a deadly overdose crisis, mostly driven by illicit fentanyl, a consensus is developing — from the Biden White...
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- 1 day ago
- 2 min
NY Drug Court Enrollment Undercut by State Reforms
New York state drug courts' caseloads have shrunk by almost half in the three years since lawmakers changed the state's laws on bail and...
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Crime and Justice News
- 2 days ago
- 2 min
LA County Sheriff Knew of 'Tranq' Risk Long Before Public Warned
Just two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Department of Public Health warned in a news release that the animal tranquilizer xylazine, known as...
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By Heaven LaMartz
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
Could Justice System Use Diversion, Deflection In More Drug Cases?
At least two-thirds of U.S. prison inmates have substance abuse problems. Would many of them do better outside of custody under criminal...
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Crime and Justice News
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
Fentanyl Politics Rage as Mayorkas Touts New Crackdown
Hundreds of U.S. agents and officers have been assigned to a new Department of Homeland Security program to interdict fentanyl shipments...
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Crime and Justice News
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
State Legislators Seek Harsher Penalties For Fentanyl Possession
State lawmakers are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Cocaine Production Skyrockets After Pandemic Dip
Cocaine production is the highest it's been since 2016 because South American cartels took advantage of the retreat of the Covid-19...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 14
- 2 min
U.S. Says Rite Aid Ignored 'Obvious Red Flags' in Opioid Prescriptions
The U.S. government is suing Rite Aid, alleging that the drugstore chain and its employees ignored “obvious red flags” in opioid...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 13
- 2 min
Patients Find It Hard To Get Drugs Under Opioid Settlement
Nearly a year after a sweeping opioid settlement imposed requirements on the companies that provide medications to pharmacies, patients...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 10
- 2 min
U.S. Boosts Screening At Mexican Border To Find Fentanyl
The trucks packed with produce moved in a long, looping line, waiting to come into the U.S. at the Mariposa port of entry, one of the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Drug Executive Gets Prison Time For Involvement in Fueling Opioid Crisis
In a landmark case that examined the role of drug distributors in fueling the opioid epidemic, the first pharmaceutical executive found...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Drug Cartel Infiltrates Oregon Towns, Trying To Increase Its Scope
A Portland-based drug network stretching into affluent suburbs and westbound to Oregon's quaint coastal cities and north into...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 8
- 2 min
New Federal Rules Allow Prisons To Use Medicaid For Drug Treatment
As the opioid epidemic kills tens of thousands each year, new federal guidelines will allow states to use Medicaid to pay for drug...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Oklahoma Voters Reject Marijuana Legalization
Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly rejected recreational marijuana legalization on Tuesday, hitting the brakes on what’s become the wildest...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Biden Administration Struggles With Opioid Crisis Policies
Physicians scrambling to stop people from dying in the unyielding opioid crisis say Biden administration officials are working at cross...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 6
- 2 min
Should Congress Expand Access To Methadone Amid Opioid Crisis?
Krystal Parker, a former heroin user, spent years making long daily bus trips with other patients to a methadone clinic in southwest...