World Sep 03 WATCH: Trump says boat near Venezuela targeted by U.S. ‘had massive amounts of drugs’ By Associated Press
Health Aug 23 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 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 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 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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 6:32 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,… Continue watching