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South Florida DEA agents charged in scheme to peddle info about drug investigations

MIAMI — A current Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a retired agent — both of whom had worked in the agency’s Miami field office for years — surrendered Friday on corruption charges involving the payment of thousands of dollars in bribes for confidential investigative information about drug-trafficking suspects.

Miami Herald

Patents In The Psychedelics Space: Good Or Bad? It's Complicated, Here's What The Experts Say

Patents are the golden eggs of the booming psychedelic space.

Benzinga

Veteran Miami DEA agents charged in bribery conspiracy

A current U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a former supervisor were charged Friday with leaking confidential law enforcement information to defense lawyers in Florida in exchange for cash and gifts

The Independent UK

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The Trials And Tribulations Of Psychedelic Research

This article by Natasha Sumner was originally published on Microdose and appears here with permission.

Benzinga

DEA-Endorsed Cannabis Grower Makes History As First 'Plant-Touching' Firm On NASDAQ, Shares Soared

Bright Green Corporation (NASDAQ: BGXX), one of the very few companies selected by the US government to grow, manufacture and sell cannabis and cannabis-related research products, went public on the NASDAQ Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. plant-touching company to list on a major U.S.

Benzinga

Federal indictment tossed after ex-DEA supervisor says Latinos ‘typically’ supply drugs in Chicago

The unusual move came more than a month after the testimony of Keith Billiot, now retired, a former supervisory special agent for the DEA. He later walked back his comment, telling a judge race was “irrelevant” to the DEA’s work.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Blurry Legal Line Between Doctors and Drug Dealers

Xiulu Ruan, a pain specialist, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for prescribing opioid analgesics "outside the usual course of professional medical practice."

Reason

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U.S. extradites former Honduran police chief on drug charges

A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plane took off from the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa on Tuesday morning carrying the country's former police, Juan Carlos "El Tigre" Bonilla, who is being extradited to the United States on drug-trafficking charges.

Reuters

End of COVID-19 emergency endangers substance use treatment

WASHINGTON — Members of vulnerable and hard-to-reach groups could find it more difficult to get treatment for substance use disorders if the end of the public health emergency also brings the end of policies that allow health care providers to prescribe medications through video or audio calls, experts say.

Tribune News Service

Psyched: Protesters At DEA HQ Demand Access To Psychedelics, Connecticut Approves Budget Bill With MDMA & Psilocybin Programs

Psychedelics policy action took center stage this week.

Benzinga

End of COVID-19 emergency endangers substance use treatment - Roll Call

The end of the pandemic may make it harder for vulnerable populations to have access to medication-assisted treatment for drug addiction.

Roll Call

Activists Protest At DEA HQ, Demand Legal Access To Psychedelics For Terminally Ill Patients

Activists held a protest, including a die-in outside of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters in Virginia.

Benzinga

Plot twist: Crime novelist Winslow retires from writing to take up political activism

SAN DIEGO — In Don Winslow's crime novels, characters regularly face dangers they should have seen coming. Those who ignore the warning signs often wind up dead.

Tribune News Service

Marijuana Trafficking Is Changing At US-Mexico Border — Here's How

This article was originally published on The Fresh Toast and appears here with permission.

Benzinga

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Al Jazeera

Otoniel shipped ‘outrageous’ amounts of cocaine to US: Prosecutor

Accused Colombian drug trafficker pleads not guilty to two charges after being extradited to the US from Bogota.

Axios

The trouble with telehealth prescriptions

Cerebral told clinicians it will stop prescribing Adderall and other controlled substances to treat ADHD for new patients.

Benzinga

'DEA Has Blown It Again' - MMJ Request Federal Court Action For Emergency Motion To Expedite

Megan Sheehan of Sheehan & Associates, Attorneys representing MMJ International Holdings and MMJ BioPharma Cultivation etal, scheduled to execute on clinical trials in Huntington's disease and multiple sclerosis, filed a motion in federal court against the Drug Enforcement Administration, asking the federal court for "an emergency motion for irrepa

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Controversial ADHD startup Cerebral stops prescribing Adderall

The company you've seen all over your TikTok feed is also being investigated by the DEA.

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Evening Standard

British Virgin Islands premier Andrew Fahie claims immunity from cocaine smuggling case

Fahie was arrested last week by members of US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents posing as Mexican drug traffickers

Benzinga

Cannabis Regulatory Update: Florida's Debate On Gun Rights & Cannabis, New Legalization Highlights In OH, PA & ME

Firearms Rights & Marijuana: Florida Official Sheds Light On Lawsuit Around Legal Marijuana Users & Background Checks

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘He’s a little crook’: As British Virgin Islands chief faces US drug charge, his government faces crackdown

As the top politician in the sun-soaked British Virgin Islands, Andrew Alturo Fahie had spent 20 years in the trenches of the tiny British overseas territory near Puerto Rico to become its “head coach.” And he wasn’t about to lose it all in 20 minutes.

The Independent UK

UK should control British Virgin Islands, says report as premier arrested on drug charges

BVI’s constitution should be suspended for up to two years, a report by a British judge recommends

The Independent UK

British Virgin Islands premier accused of smuggling cocaine

The premier of the British Virgin Islands appeared in federal court in Miami on Friday after his arrest on cocaine-smuggling charges

Reuters

British Virgin Islands premier to appear in Miami court after drug bust

The premier of the British Virgin Islands was due to appear in a Miami courtroom on Friday, accused of money laundering and conspiring to import cocaine in a case that has embarrassed the British overseas territory.

The Guardian - UK

‘Head coach wants to play’: the US drug sting that led to BVI premier’s arrest

Andrew Fahie is due in court on drug charges in Miami after arrest following months-long undercover operation

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