July 13, 2021 Biden taps new drug czar as illicit substances continue to pour across the border President Biden nominated former West Virginia health official, Rahul Gupta, as the nation’s new head of U.S. drug policy as overdoses and drug trafficking surge.
July 12, 2021 Border expert: 'Terrorist' labels for Mexican drug cartels long overdue A new Fox News Investigates podcast, "Alchemy of Violence: Narcos, Reapers, and Survival," launches Monday, exclusively on Fox News Podcasts Plus on Apple Podcasts.
July 11, 2021 NYC parks worker exposes himself at playground while high on PCP: NYPD The on-duty, uniformed worker, Jeremy Soto, 36, told cops, “I’m high on PCP,” after he was arrested for exposing himself in May in Fort Tryon Park in Inwood, according to a copy of the police complaint.
July 10, 2021 Texas Gov. Abbott slams feds for 'complete abandonment' of border laws amid 'unprecedented' migrant surge Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday tore into the Biden administration for what he described as a "complete abandonment" of enforcing the country’s immigration laws, as he warned of an "unprecedented" migrant surge that was forcing his state to take drastic action.
July 10, 2021 Harvard to study pyschedelics and the law as decriminalization gains steam Harvard University has plans to study "equity in psychedelics research, commerce and therapeutics," thanks to a new search grant.
July 8, 2021 CBP shares images of massive meth hauls at border as seizures of the drug increase Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been sharing images of massive quantities of methamphetamine caught by agents patrolling the southern border, as the amount of the drug being apprehended is creeping up.
July 7, 2021 Los Angeles-area officials announce ‘historic’ bust of more than $1B of illegal marijuana Raids targeting illegal marijuana growing operations in the desert near Los Angeles saw the “historic” seizure of more than $1 billion of marijuana, though the amount is only a fraction of the illicit grows in the region, authorities said Wednesday.
July 6, 2021 Guilty plea entered in drug death of Vine founder Colin Kroll The leader of a drug-trafficking organization pleaded guilty Tuesday in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine and fentanyl, including the drugs that caused the 2018 death of Colin Kroll, the co-founder of the video-hosting service Vine and the trivia game application HQ Trivia.
July 6, 2021 Pennsylvania dad charged after son, 4, dies of overdose A Pennsylvania dad is facing charges in connection with the accidental overdose death of his 4-year-old son, according to reports.
July 4, 2021 Texas prison inmates escape on Fourth of July A pair of drug felons rang in the Fourth of July early Sunday by busting out of a federal prison in Texas.
