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Calls To 'Close the Border' in Response to Fentanyl Deaths Are Misguided

As Biden mentioned fentanyl deaths in his State of the Union address, Republicans called on him to close the border. But "open borders" aren't to blame for overdoses.

Reason · Feb 8, 2023

Fentanyl’s deadly consequences prompt Texas schools to step up drug awareness

DALLAS — A suburban school district southwest of Austin, Texas, shared a video in classrooms that depicts a student performing CPR on his friend for 15 minutes after he suffered from a suspected fentanyl poisoning.

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2023

Two adults charged with dealing fentanyl in Texas schools after 10 teens overdose, three fatally

Luis Eduardo Navarrete, 21, and Magaly Mejia Cano, 29, of Carrollton, have been charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023

‘The worst it’s ever been’: mysterious US Adderall shortage puts ADHD patients at risk

In recent months, patients have reported problems filling nearly every type of ADHD medication prescription – and no one seems to know why

The Guardian - US · Jan 30, 2023

DEA's Mexico chief quietly removed over ties to drug lawyers

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration quietly removed its top official in Mexico last year over improper contact with lawyers for major narcotraffickers

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

In Mexico, a reporter published a story. The next day he was dead

Just after sunset on Thursday, February 10th, two men in a white Dodge Ram pickup pulled up in front of Heber Lopez Vasquez's small radio studio in southern Mexico. One man got out, walked inside and shot the 42-year-old journalist dead. Lopez's 12-year-old son Oscar, the only person with him,…

Reuters · Jan 21, 2023

Arizona-Led Effort Spies on Americans' Financial Transactions

Thousands of local, state, and federal law-enforcers have access to sensitive financial data.

Reason · Jan 20, 2023

Chemicals for possible fentanyl production seized in Arizona

U.S. agents in southern Arizona say they seized up to 440 pounds of what they suspect is a precursor chemical often used to manufacture the dangerous drug fentanyl

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Colombia extradites to US brother of powerful left lawmaker

Colombia has extradited to the U.S. on narcotics charges the brother of a powerful leftist senator who has been a trusted intermediary for armed rebel groups and Venezuela’s socialist government

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Looming pandemic deadline threatens access to some prescription drugs

Prescriptions for controlled substances would require an in-person visit.

Axios · Jan 18, 2023