December 5, 2021 San Francisco crime surge prompts city to suspend cannabis tax to help dispensaries versus drug dealers City supervisors in San Francisco unanimously approved an ordinance suspending the city's business tax on cannabis retailers last week.
December 1, 2021 Rep. Malliotakis rips de Blasio as drug injection sites open in NYC: 'Violation of federal law' Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., slammed NYC for opening supervised drug consumption centers, calling them a 'violation of federal law.'
November 30, 2021 El Chapo's wife sentenced to three years in prison Federal prosecutors sentenced Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, to three years in prison.
November 28, 2021 Rep. Katko: Biden 'not doing anything' to stop the flow of drugs coming across border, killing Americans Republican New York Rep. John Katko said President Biden is “not doing anything” to stop the flow of drugs coming across the border
November 24, 2021 Opioid crisis: Ruling against CVS, Walgreens and Walmart could be beginning of long legal battle A jury's finding this week that three major pharmacy chains are responsible for contributing to the scourge of opioid addiction in two Ohio counties may be just the beginning of a protracted legal battle that ultimately could leave the communities no better off.
November 23, 2021 Record-breaking drug bust made at Mexico border in California, Mexican citizen arrested: 'Staggering' A Mexican citizen was busted trying to enter the U.S. with nearly 18,000 pounds of meth and fentanyl combined on Thursday, a seizure that U.S. Customs and Border Protection called record-breaking.
November 19, 2021 Penn State student dies after falling down trash chute A 19-year-old Pennsylvania State University student from New Jersey was found dead after falling down an 11-story trash cute at an off-campus apartment building. Justine Gross, who entered the semester as a sophomore, was reported missing Nov. 10. Her body was found the next day.
November 17, 2021 Mississippi executions resuming; man killed estranged wife A man who killed his estranged wife and terrorized their family is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening in Mississippi and become the first person executed in that state since 2012.
November 15, 2021 Washington attorney general takes on nation's biggest drug manufacturers After rejecting a half-billion-dollar settlement, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday took the state's case against the nation's three biggest drug distributors to trial, saying they must be held accountable for their role in the nation's opioid epidemic.
November 15, 2021 Arizona trooper busts 2 men with 30,000 fentanyl pills during traffic stop Manuel Carrillo Serrano and Alan Aguilar, both 25, were arrested last week after a state trooper conducted a traffic stop in Casa Grande, Arizona, and discovered approximately 30,000 fentanyl pills in their vehicle, authorities said.
