February 22, 2022 Fentanyl test strips can detect deadly opioid hidden in recreational drugs Health professionals hope Fentanyl detecting test strips will help reduce the number of deaths related to the dangerous drug.
February 21, 2022 Colorado police recover fentanyl from home where five people fatally overdosed on Sunday afternoon Detectives with the Commerce City Police Department recovered narcotics that tested positive for fentanyl from a home where five adults suffered fatal overdoses on Sunday afternoon.
February 18, 2022 CBP sees 'substantial increase' in fentanyl seizures, confirms 153,941 migrant encounters in January Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Friday said it had seen a "substantial increase" in fentanyl seizures at the southern border in January, just as it confirmed that there were 153,941 migrant encounters last month.
February 17, 2022 Coast Guard offloads over $1 billion in cocaine, marijuana at Florida port The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) offloaded an enormous amount of seized drugs worth more than $1 billion at a port in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday.
February 14, 2022 Arizona CBP officers arrest Mexican national with $85K worth of fentanyl pills U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers have arrested a Mexican national who was allegedly attempting to smuggle $85,000 worth of fentanyl pills.
February 14, 2022 Russian skater Kamila Valieva cleared to compete at Olympics Russian teenager Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test, setting her up for an attempt at a second gold medal in Beijing.
February 11, 2022 Philadelphia SWAT officer shot in bulletproof vest, suspect in custody, police say A Philadelphia police SWAT officer was briefly hospitalized Friday after his bulletproof vest stopped a bullet while he was serving an afternoon search warrant, according to authorities.
February 11, 2022 Republicans introduce 'HUNTER' Act to ban taxpayer funds for crack pipes A pair of Republican lawmakers authored new legislation to ban federal taxpayer dollars from funding crack pipes, needles and other drug paraphernalia, following a firestorm over a viral report that alleged the Biden administration would be funding crack pipes for addicts.
February 10, 2022 Amir Locke shooting warrants unsealed, Derek Chauvin trial judge signed off on no-knock raid The judge who presided over the trial of Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of George Floyd’s murder, signed off on the no-knock warrant that resulted in an officer shooting and killing Amir Locke.
February 10, 2022 Over 100 Republicans call on Biden to label fentanyl-related drugs as permanent 'Schedule 1' substance Wisconsin Rep. Bryan Steil, a Republican, led a letter with nearly half of the House GOP Caucus to Biden, calling on the president to make fentanyl’s highly-illegal status permanent under the Controlled Substances Act.
