March 29, 2022 Florida warns of new drug much more powerful than fentanyl Isotonitazene, also known as ISO, is creating problems for spring breakers in Florida and even leading to second-hand overdoses.
March 24, 2022 Seattle is in ‘a criminal and humanitarian emergency,’ baker says as rampant crime forces businesses to close An immigrant bakery owner told Fox News she suspended operations at her downtown Seattle businesses out of fear for her employees' safety.
March 23, 2022 Arizona men get prison time after cops find nearly 300 pounds of meth, other drugs worth over $1M Cipriano Arturo Rojas-Armenta, 44, and Diego Bernal-Robles, 29, were convicted of being involved in a drug trafficking operation after police seized 230 pounds of methamphetamine, 25 pounds of cocaine, and 25 pounds heroin inside their home in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said.
March 21, 2022 Fentanyl found in ventilation system of Ohio juvenile detention facility; 7 victims rushed to hospital At least seven people have been taken to the hospital after fentanyl was discovered in the air ventilation system of an Ohio juvenile detention facility, forcing an evacuation.
March 19, 2022 Firing-squad executions get green light in South Carolina South Carolina has given the green light to firing squad executions, a method codified into state law last year after a decade-long pause in carrying out death sentences because of the state’s inability to procure lethal injection drugs.
March 18, 2022 Alabama mom accused of shooting heroin while giving birth An Alabama woman who continued to use hard drugs while pregnant admitted to using heroin while in labor just before the infant died, authorities said.
March 17, 2022 San Francisco issues warning amid fentanyl overdose deaths San Francisco health officials issued a warning Thursday following a spike in fentanyl overdoses in which users were exposed to the opioid while using cocaine.
March 17, 2022 CBP seizes over $1M in meth at Texas border Border Protection officers in Texas intercepted more than $1 million in methamphetamine that was being smuggled across the border from Mexico on Sunday, authorities said.
March 16, 2022 UN commission moves to control fentanyl precursors, after urging by Biden administration The U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs on Wednesday voted to control three chemicals used to create fentanyl, after a request by the Biden administration.
March 16, 2022 Journalist killed in Mexico, eighth so far this year Another journalist was shot and killed at a home in Zitacuaro, Mexico, making this the eighth journalist murder this year.
