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Cannabis

Marijuana

January 22, 2025
Mind-altering psychoactive drug. Dry, shredded, green/brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds and leaves from the cannabis sativa plant. THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main ingredient that produces the psychoactive effect. Addictive.
January 22, 2025
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China Announces Scheduling Controls Of Carfentanil And Other Fentanyl Compounds

… represent a significant and deadly component of the current opioid crisis.  These actions will undoubtedly save American …
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DEA Aims For Record Removal Of Unused Pills Through Its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative

… Take Back Day is an effective tool for addressing the opioid crisis in America.” This initiative addresses a vital …
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Federal Jury Convicts St. Louis County Man of Dealing Fatal Dose of Heroin and Fentanyl

… killed him quickly. The victim had been battling heroin addiction and had just been in the hospital for treatment. …
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DEA Operation Overdrive Targets Fentanyl Traffickers on the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation, Thirteen Charged, Thousands of Pounds of Drugs Seized

… “In late 2024, escalating drug-related activity—including opioid trafficking, overdose fatalities, and an alarming …
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Montgomery Man Found Guilty of Selling Fentanyl Pills that Resulted in Another Man’s Death

… due to the toxic effects of fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid. The jury heard expert testimony stating that the …
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Montana Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Through Idaho

… two cases are prime examples of its far-reaching effects.  Addiction to fentanyl was a contributing factor behind both …
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Multi-state international drug trafficking organization targeted in 18-month investigation

… in Charge Keith Weis. “Those profiting from pushing illicit opioids such as fentanyl and heroin into our most vulnerable … tainted with fentanyl, a powerful and potentially deadly opioid.  Following one seizure from a vehicle, Washington …
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Steilacoom, Washington, Couple Sentenced to Prison for Leading Drug Trafficking Ring Tied to Aryan Prison Gangs

… being distributed.” Noting that Bailey grew up with drug addicted parents, the Chief Judge said, “You know the damage …
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Former BVI Premier Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Import Cocaine into the U.S.

… and violent crime threats to public safety, as with the opioid epidemic, fentanyl, and the cocaine threat to our …
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DEA and USPS unveil Drug Free USA Forever stamp

… of Americans have had their lives hijacked by the impact of addiction. Families are destroyed and communities are …
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U.S. Attorney and Federal Law Enforcement Officials Assemble with State Law Enforcement Officers and Local Dignitaries in Show of Unity Against Fentanyl Trafficking in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco

… drug dealers accountable for the unprecedented death and addiction that their trade has wrought on our city,” said …
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Powerful Stories and Connections During DEA Washington Division’s 3rd Family Summit on Fentanyl

… by raising her voice to educate others about the dangers of opioids and prescription drugs.  Furthermore, her mom, … and got acquainted with updated information regarding local opioid settlements and opportunities for the families to get …
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Twenty-Five Individuals Charged In Southeastern Massachusetts Heroin Ring

… on Friday in Waltham on how the misuse of prescription opioids is driving demand for narcotics such as heroin and … and fentanyl.  Fentanyl is an extremely potent synthetic opioid, which, by weight, is 30-40 times deadlier than …
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Armed Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to Life in Prison for Causing Fatal Overdose

… Kelly was a supplier of fentanyl in Pasco County. He used addicts to sell the drug for him and yielded profits of …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 5 Years' Probation for Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Deception

… not use that authority as a means to fuel their own addiction.  As shown by this case, this Office will take …
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Mom Pleads Guilty to Providing Fentanyl That Killed Her Sons’ Father

… than 500 miles cross-country with a highly lethal synthetic opioid stashed inside their suitcase, knowing full well how …
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DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort-- A Big Success

… More than half of those are from heroin and prescription opioids,” said Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg.  …
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Narcotics Investigation Nets 2 Arrests, Guns and Drugs

… the sale of narcotics putting our communities in danger of addiction, overdoses and poisonings. I applaud the hard work …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Set for Saturday

… Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine and …
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Business Owner Who Trafficked Pounds of Meth and Cocaine Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… also became hotbeds for methamphetamine distribution and addiction. On October 14, 2021, law enforcement executed …
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California Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Meth Conspiracy in Southwest Missouri

… while armed, possession of a controlled substance, felon/addict in possession of a firearm, manufacture/import of a …
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Former member of Venezuelan National Assembly charged with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons offenses

… States with cocaine and inflict the drug’s harmful and addictive effects on users in the United States.  The Cártel …
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Americans Flock To National Drug Take Back Day

… Domestic Safe disposal of unused medications addresses opioid epidemic OCT 28 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Six years after …
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Leader of Guatemalan Drug Trafficking Organization that Smuggled Multi-Ton Quantities of Drugs Sentenced to 17.5 Years

… “International drug trafficking organizations are driving addiction and overdose deaths in the United States,” said …
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Member of Fentanyl Trafficking Ring is Sentenced for Distributing Deadly Fentanyl Pills to Members of the Lummi Nation

… knew what the devastation would be since you had a drug addiction yet you still continued to distribute fentanyl …
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Columbus, OH Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… purpose of obtaining pain medications to support their drug addictions.  Based on the preceding factors and others, …
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… to Fight Drug Trafficking May 20, 2009 Prescription Opioid-related Deaths Increased 114 Percent from 2001 to …
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DEA St. Louis Division Hosts Families with Loved Ones who Died from Illegal Drugs

… has decreased, while the number of deaths from synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, has remained steady. DEA uses …