Police Find More Fentanyl At NYC Daycare Where Boy Died
Police found a large amount of fentanyl, other narcotics and drug paraphernalia hidden under the floorboards of a daycare where a...
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- 1 day ago
- 2 min
New THC Breathalyzer Could Detect Driver Impairment More Quickly
A Virginia Commonwealth University professor and a partner are developing a new THC breathalyzer that could be used to detect quickly if...
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Crime and Justice News
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
New Homeland Security Fentanyl Plan Ramps Up Presence In Mexico
A newly announced Homeland Security Department plan to address the U.S. fentanyl crisis includes an expanded presence in Mexico and...
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Crime and Justice News
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Child Dies From Fentanyl Near Nap Mats at NYC Home Day Care
A kilogram of fentanyl found near a children's nap mat at a Bronx, N.Y., home day care site resulted in the death of one toddler and the...
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Crime and Justice News
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
El Chapo’s Son Pleads Not Guilty To Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering
Ovidio "El Ratón" Guzmán López, son of the Sinaloa Cartel boss known as "El Chapo," pleaded not guilty to multiple drug trafficking and...
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Crime and Justice News
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Experts Call GOP Candidates' Views On Mexican Drugs Misguided
Former president Trump proposed a naval blockade of Mexico. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged to send drones and Special Forces over the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 15
- 2 min
Senate Prospects Good For Expanding Marijuana Banking
A Senate committee hearing on a bipartisan bill to expand banking services for legal marijuana businesses is expected this month, NBC...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 15
- 2 min
Philadelphia Council Votes To Ban Most Drug Consumption Sites
The Philadelphia City Council overwhelmingly approved what amounts to a ban on facilities where people can consume illegal drugs under...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 14
- 2 min
Many Standard Drug Tests Do Not Show Kids' Exposure To Fentanyl
A young Baton Rouge, La., boy, Mitchell Robinson, spent much time outside before his third birthday in July 2022. He also spent a lot of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 13
- 2 min
Opioid Overdoses Rose Despite Pain Pill Shipments Decreasing
The number of prescription opioid pain pills shipped in the U.S. plummeted nearly 45 percent between 2011 and 2019, new federal data...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 12
- 2 min
What Will Other States Learn From OR Drug Decriminalization Backfire?
Oregon voters in 2020 passed Measure 110, a first-in-the-nation law decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of controlled...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 12
- 2 min
ACLU Assails NM Gov's Public Health Order As 'Criminalization'
The New Mexico governor's new public health order suspended open and concealed firearms in Albuquerque. The executive action by Gov....
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 11
- 2 min
Afghanistan Is World's Fastest-Growing Meth Producer
Afghanistan is the world’s fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, a report from the United Nations drug agency said Sunday. The...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 8
- 1 min
States Charging Parents With Murder In Youth Fentanyl Deaths
Children's deaths from fentanyl are on the rise, and some states are charging parents with murder, the Associated Press reports. They are...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 6
- 2 min
Counterfeit Prescribed Pills Fuel Overdose Death Rate, CDC Says
A flood of counterfeit prescription pills has added to record levels of drug overdose deaths in the U.S.. according to a new study by the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 6
- 2 min
Oregon's Decriminalizing Drug Policy Backfiring Two Years Later
In November 2020, Oregonians overwhelmingly passed referendum Measure 110, the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, which...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 5
- 2 min
Overdoses Now Leading Cause of Death In U.S. Residents Under 40
A new analysis shows that U.S. residents under 40 were relatively unscathed by COVID-19 in the pandemic but fell victim to another...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 5
- 2 min
Opioid Overdose Medication Now Available Over-the-Counter
Narcan, a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose within minutes, will imminently be available over-the-counter in drugstores,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Legal Conflict Looms for NYC Safe-Injection Sites
New York City's two supervised drug consumption sites, the only facilities of their type operating openly in the U.S., appear headed on a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 22
- 1 min
CDC Says Drug Overdose Rates Higher In Injury-Prone Job Sectors
A new Centers for Disease Control report says Americans who worked in multiple specific industries, including construction and...
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