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U.S. President Donald Trump meets Polish President Karol Nawrocki in Washington

World Sep 03

WATCH: Trump says boat near Venezuela targeted by U.S. ‘had massive amounts of drugs’

By Associated Press

Health Aug 23

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Mushroom ‘microdosing’ trend has led to increased poison control center calls and ER visits

Greater acceptance of mushrooms and psychedelics has led to a growing market for edible products containing non-hallucinogenic mushroom species with claims that these products improve mental function.

By Joshua Kellogg, The Conversation

Nation Aug 18

FILE PHOTO: Cast member Perry poses at the premiere for the television series "The Kennedys After Camelot" at The Paley Ce...
Woman agrees to plead guilty to selling fatal dose of ketamine to Matthew Perry

Jasveen Sangha becomes the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the “Friends” star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, avoiding a trial that had been planned for September.

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

World Dec 26

Fighter, loyal to Syria's new ruling administration, holds a box containing according to them, captagon pills, on the outs...
Watch 8:31
How the Assad regime made billions producing and exporting party drugs

Now that the Assad regime in Syria has fallen, the full scale of that government’s production and distribution of illicit drugs is coming to light. Leila Molana-Allen reports from the drug factories in Syria.

By Leila Molana-Allen, Abdul Razzaq Al-Shami

Politics Apr 30

Marijuana plants for the adult recreational market are seen inside a greenhouse at Hepworth Farms in Milton, New York, U.S., July 15, 2022. Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP says

The proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.

By Zeke Miller, Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

Apr 16

House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the U.S.

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

A report released Tuesday by a House select committee says China is directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by drug traffickers to make fentanyl outside the country.

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Apr 01

Oregon governor signs a bill recriminalizing drug possession

By Associated Press

The new law rolls back the state's previous decriminalization efforts by making so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor. It also establishes ways for treatment to be offered as an alternative to criminal penalties.

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Sep 19

After a 12-year pause, South Carolina secures drug to resume lethal injections

By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press

South Carolina has had an unintended moratorium on the death penalty ever since its lethal injection drugs passed their expiration date and pharmacies refused to sell the state more because they could be publicly identified.

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Apr 12

Mix of vet tranquilizer, fentanyl ‘emerging threat,’ White House drug office says

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

The U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy is designating the tranquilizer xylazine when mixed with fentanyl as an emerging threat.

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Jan 23

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Mexico’s former anti-narcotics chief on trial in U.S., accused of protecting cartels

By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi

In New York, arguments began in the case of the highest-ranking Mexican official to ever stand trial in the U.S. Prosecutors say the very man responsible for working with the U.S. to enforce the war on drugs, Genaro García Luna,…

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