Drugs - Page 64

January 30, 2025

'Overdose epidemic': Bipartisan senators target fentanyl classification as lapse approaches

Senators came together to reintroduce a bipartisan bill that would permanently classify fentanyl as a Schedule I controlled substance.

January 28, 2025

Mike Lee floats allowing private parties to target drug cartels for profit

Sen. Mike Lee suggests U.S. could use letters of marque and reprisal to combat the drug cartel problem by green-lighting privateers to target cartel assets.

January 28, 2025

Colorado drug bust uncovers cartel-connected illegal aliens, approximately 130k fentanyl pills

Two illegal aliens tied to Mexican cartels and approximately 130,000 fentanyl pills, heroin, cocaine and meth were discovered during a drug bust in the Denver, Colorado, area.

January 24, 2025

Ross Ulbricht, founder of darknet drug market Silk Road, thanks Trump for pardon: 'I'm a free man now'

Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, a first of its kind in the modern era, thanked President Donald Trump for setting him free and hinted at what he has planned for his future.

January 23, 2025

Biden clemency for 'non-violent' inmates includes Connecticut child killer

Adrian Peeler convicted of conspiracy to murder in case that left a mother and her son dead before they could testify against his brother, another killer.

January 23, 2025

Why China and Mexico are the right targets for Trump's attack on the scourge of illegal drugs

The supply chain for drugs poisoning America has become highly concentrated and vulnerable, depending on illegal activities in Communist China and Mexico.

January 21, 2025

Trump failed to deliver 'Day 1' promise to grant clemency to Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road

President Trump did not pardon or commute the prison sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, despite his promise on the campaign trail to commute his sentence on "day one."

January 16, 2025

80,000 American lives a year: The case for a congressional war on cartels

The fentanyl trafficked into our country by the Mexican drug cartels and their Chinese partners kills around 80,000 Americans per year. That’s the equivalent of 25 9/11 attacks every year.

January 16, 2025

Houston cleaning up 'drug-addicted rats' infestation in evidence property room

HPD and the Harris County District Attorney's office is changing how evidence is stored after a 'drug-addicted rat' problem caused them to revaluate there evidence property room.

January 13, 2025

Illegal immigrant with $1M worth of drugs, guns given free housing courtesy of blue state taxpayers: officials

An illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic was allegedly caught with $1 million worth of fentanyl and an AR-15 rifle in Massachusetts' emergency housing.