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Kansas teen’s fentanyl death spurs bill to hold social media accountable

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The death last year of a Johnson County, Kansas, teenager poisoned by fentanyl has led to a congressional effort to make social media companies report illegal drug activity on their platforms.

Tribune News Service

‘Rainbow fentanyl’ looks like candy, and children may be the intended targets

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The extremely potent synthetic opioid fentanyl is appearing in a new form — colorful pills and powders that look like candy or sidewalk chalk, and officials are cautioning that children may be the intended target of the potentially lethal disguise.

Tribune News Service

Man sentenced to life in prison for distributing fentanyl that caused deaths of 11 people

Aaron Rhy Broussard, 31, was found guilty in March for the 2016 overdose deaths

The Independent UK

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'The Government Needed a Scapegoat': 75-Year-Old Man Charged With Opioid Conspiracy Cleared

Plus: FIRE sues to stop the Stop WOKE Act, processing times for skilled immigrants skyrocket, and more...

Reason

Fear-mongering about fentanyl for kids

One expert characterized the DEA's claims as propaganda that was "divorced from reality"

Salon

A father on a mission says single fentanyl-laced pill killed his son at college

Federal officials are visiting Chicago-area campuses to spread the word about fake prescription pills that could be deadly.

Chicago Sun-Times

Drug dealers targeting children with candy-colored fentanyl pills, DEA says

Fentanyl is one of the deadliest drugs on the street — and now it's also pretty.

The Orange County Register

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Senate Candidate Dr. Oz, Who Once Sang Pot's Praises, Now Thinks Supporting Legalization Is Clearly Crazy

The former TV doctor, who two years ago said "we ought to completely change our policy on marijuana," mocks his opponent for agreeing.

Reason

DEA Psychedelic Drugs Banning Attempt: These Are The Two Hallucinogens Under Discussion

The DEA recently abandoned a proposal for placing five tryptamines as Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act.

Benzinga

Bright Green Releases Financial Update, First Cannabis Harvest & DEA Inspection Still Pending

Bright Green Corporation (NASDAQ: BGXX), released its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. Q2 2022 Financial Highlights

Benzinga

A converted RV offers a new hope for fighting opioid deaths in the city’s hardest-hit areas

The mobile center — one of just 2 approved for operation in Illinois — offers a new treatment that could transform narcotics care for users on the West Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

Large-scale gun, drug busts mark latest chapter in federal violent crime crackdown in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — Separate federal raids in the Twin Cities and Rochester this week yielded the seizure of dozens of firearms — including devices to turn them into machine guns — and the takedown of a large-scale meth trafficking group, U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said Friday.

Tribune News Service

BREAKING: Cybin And Clinilabs Receive DEA License For First-In-Human Clinical Trial Of Psilocybin To Treat Depression

Cybin Inc. (NEO: CYBN) (NYSE: CYBN) and Clinilabs Drug Development Corporation (Clinilabs) announced that the U.S.

Benzinga

Walgreens 'Helped Fuel' Opioid Crisis in San Francisco, Says Judge

Plus: Americans want to vote on abortion, why the housing crisis has gone national, and more...

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The Independent UK

Fentanyl is the most dangerous drug in America – but panic over it isn’t helping

This synthetic opioid, 100 times stronger than morphine, is now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45. Kevin E G Perry investigates how misinformation and panic have exacerbated the crisis and what people can do to stay safe

The Independent UK

In Mississippi, a trespasser, a killing and DEA meddling

A veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent has quietly returned to work in Mississippi more than a year after he was charged with murder in the shooting death of his mentally ill neighbor

ABC News

Brittney Griner has been sentenced to jail time in Russia. Could a controversial prisoner swap bring her home?

Brittney Griner's fate could depend on a man imprisoned thousands of kilometres away — an international arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" who could be offered up in a prisoner swap deal between the US and Russia.

The Guardian - UK

Ann Shulgin obituary

Therapist and countercultural figure who explored the use of psychedelic drugs for anxiety and other disorders

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WEKU

New book chronicles how America's opioid industry operated like a drug cartel

Two Washington Post journalists say pharmaceutical companies collaborated with each other — and with lawyers and lobbyists — to create laws to protect the industry. Their new book is American Cartel.

Reuters

Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Moscow?

The life of Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens detained by Moscow, sometimes reads like a far-fetched spy thriller.

The Independent UK

Debunked stories of police ‘overdosing’ from fentanyl are everywhere. They’re causing real harm

Police are not ‘overdosing’ from synthetic opioids by touching them, but the stories are driving more propaganda, fear and the stigma targeting people who use drugs, medical experts tell Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

Inside the quest to recapture Mexican drug lord Caro Quintero

Since 1985, when US DEA agent, Kiki Camarena was killed, a task force has sought to capture the man accused of being involved in the death, now he’s behind bars once again. Kevin Sieff and Mary Beth Sheridan tell the story

Benzinga

DEA Taken To Court Again For Access To Psilocybin For End-Of-Life Care

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has refused once more to a petition from a doctor to treat terminally-ill patients with psilocybin therapy, following federal and state “Right to Try” (RTT) laws. The agency is being takento court in a new case.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: DEA helped in Mexican drug lord’s capture even if AMLO is in denial

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to take full credit for the recent capture of notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero. But the signs point to some degree of cooperation between the U.S. and Mexican governments.

The Independent UK

'Forgotten' US victims of Mexican drug lord want justice

When fugitive 1980s Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested in Mexico last week, it stirred up old, terrible memories for Lannie Walker, the daughter of American writer John Clay Walker

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