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Man Caught Smuggling Cocaine Disguised as Candy in Traffic Stop Near Texas-Mexico Border
U.S. Border Patrol agents working with Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers discovered cocaine disguised in candy wrappers during a vehicle traffic stop in Mission.
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NH Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Children's Prescriptions, Replacing With Fake Pills
A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty Monday to stealing medications, some of which were prescribed to children under the age of 13, while working at a residential care facility two years ago. Thomas John Ball Poirier, 41 of Tilton, was working at Spaulding Academy and Family Services in Northfield, New Hampshire when he stole prescription drugs, according to Attorney General…
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$7 Million Worth of Heroin, Fentanyl Found Hidden in NYC Apartment Coffee Table
A Bronx man is facing serious drug charges after police said they uncovered $7 million dollars worth of fentanyl and heroin concealed in a coffee table.
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Parents Sue Over Son's Death After He Took Popular Kratom Supplements
The parents of a 23-year-old Georgia man who died after using kratom have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against about a dozen people, companies and organizations connected to the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the herbal supplement
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No, You Don't Need to Worry About Drugs in Your Kids' Halloween Candy. Here's Why
The concern that parents have to worry about finding drugs in their kids’ Halloween candy goes back much further than the myth around rainbow fentanyl.
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Vermont to Recognize International Overdose Awareness Day
Vermonters will come together Wednesday evening to remember relatives, friends, and neighbors who died from overdoses. The lawn of the Vermont State House in Montpelier will be the setting for a gathering from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday August 31, marking International Overdose Awareness Day. In 2021, the Vermont Department of Health recorded a record high number of deaths from overdoses…
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8 Charged With Drug, Money Laundering Operation in Boston's Chinatown
Eight people from Massachusetts and New Hampshire have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for their alleged roles in an elaborate money laundering operation in the city’s Chinatown neighborhood.
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US Study Says Cocaine Production Remains High in Colombia
Cocaine production in Colombia remained near record levels in 2021, according to estimates released by the White House, raising the stakes for bilateral cooperation between the United States and Colombia’s next administration.
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Lowell Mail Carrier Accused of Bribing Supervisor, Pushing Cocaine Distribution Scheme
A Lowell postal worker is accused of trying to bribe and sell cocaine to a postal supervisor as part of a cocaine distribution scheme. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, John Noviello of Nashua, New Hampshire, was working as a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in February when he approached a supervisor looking for help to divert...
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Long Drug-Smuggling Tunnel Found Linking San Diego, Tijuana
The entrance of a “narcotics tunnel” was found at a home in Tijuana and was used to discretely cross the U.S.-Mexico border to carry out acts of organized crimes and other illicit activities, authorities in Mexico said.
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Virginia Toddlers Exposed to THC Found in ‘Gold Fish Crackers' at Day Care: Sheriff
The Office of the Stafford County Sheriff said that three one year olds were taken to the emergency room after their parents observed “lethargic and uncoordinated behavior, as well as glassy, bloodshot eyes.”
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Man Accused of Running Sex Trafficking Operation Out of Tent at Mass. & Cass
A Boston man is accused of sex trafficking women out of a tent at Massachusetts Avenue and Melna Cass Boulevard, the troubled area of the city known as Mass and Cass. Jonathan Vaughan, 35, was indicted on three counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, two counts of transportation of an individual for purposes of prostitution and one…
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Cannabis Stocks Are Hot Ahead of a House Panel Hearing on a Federal Legalization Bill
Investor optimism over the possibility of federal cannabis legalization has contributed to a strong rally in beaten-down pot stocks.
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Pfizer Planning to Submit Data on 4th Covid Shot Soon, While Working on Vaccine for All Variants
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla appeared on CNBC exactly two years after Covid was declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11, 2020.
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Russian Customs Detains American WNBA Player
The Russian Federal Customs Service said they have detained WNBA star Brittney Griner after finding vape cartridges that contained hashish oil in her luggage at the Sheremetyevo airport near Moscow
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Maine Authorities Warn of Dangerous Drugs Pressed Into Pills & Candy-like Shapes
Over the past year, federal drug enforcement investigators have found more and more illegal and potentially deadly drugs pressed into pills, some of which look like they’re meant for children.
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Dangerous Drugs Pressed into Candylike Shapes
In one example, pills shaped like grenades and alien heads in bright colors like purple and green have turned up in southern Maine during what officials at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s New England Division call “normal,” case work that occurred within the past few months.
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Drug Overdoses Are Costing the U.S. Economy $1 Trillion a Year, Government Report Estimates
U.S. government officials said synthetic opioids are akin to “a slow-motion weapon of mass destruction.”
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Safe Consumption Sites Are Coming to New England This Year
NBC10 Boston traveled to Rhode island where a new law was recently passed that will allow people to use illegal drugs like heroin in a safe environment and out of the public eye.