Drugs - Page 166

May 19, 2023

Florida parents face charges for death of toddler who spent 15 hours in hot car: police

A Florida couple faces criminal charges after allegedly leaving two children, ages 2 and 4, in a hot car, leading to the 2-year-old's death, police said.

May 19, 2023

Survey shows Oregon voters regret decriminalizing drugs

Portland-area attorney Kristin Olson weighs in on liberal city decriminalizing drugs with no plans for detox and rehab.

May 19, 2023

7 Washington inmates treated for fentanyl overdoses

A male inmate already in custody in a jail north of Seattle, Washington, is facing additional charges of drug possession after seven inmates showed signs of fentanyl overdoses.

May 18, 2023

West Virginia woman sentenced to over 60 years for meth, fentanyl trafficking

A West Virginia woman has been sentenced Tuesday to over 60 years for the trafficking of meth and fentanyl. The woman was in charge of a drug trafficking ring in Fayette County.

May 18, 2023

Texas bill would enforce murder charges for fentanyl deaths

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, on what the state is doing to address the border crisis following the expiration of Title 42 and his plan to sign legislation to ban transgender medical care for minors

May 18, 2023

Mississippi Gov Tate Reeves sends National Guard to US-Mexico border: ‘Every state has become a border state’

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has blamed the crises at the southern border on the Biden administration's "unwillingness to put public safety over politics."

May 18, 2023

San Francisco residents tired of city's drug crisis launches 'Fentalife' ad campaign

TogetherSF Action member Cedric Akbar discusses the colorful 'That's Fentalife!' ad campaign in response to the city's drug 'enablement.'

May 18, 2023

VOTERS’ REMORSE: Blue state survey shows majority want to re-criminalize drugs: 'We made an enormous mistake'

Oregonians overwhelmingly voted to decriminalize hard drugs in 2020, but many voters told researchers Measure 110 has made addiction, homelessness and crime worse.

May 17, 2023

Common Ground: Joint effort against Mexican cartels and traffickers

Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Tim Kaine, D-Va., join 'Special Report' Common Ground to discuss the 'bicameral, bipartisan' efforts to push back against Mexican cartels and fentanyl smuggling.

May 17, 2023

Tennessee sheriff suspects drug overdose in deaths of 2 high school students

Tennessee police suspect that a drug overdose is responsible for the two teenagers who were found dead at a high school and a third who was hospitalized.