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'Scouse Escobar' in Columbia is being hunted by top US authorities

The American Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) played a central role in the dismantling of the crime syndicate

Liverpool Echo

‘A deadly combination’: excessive heat adds to Arizona opioid epidemic’s toll

Opioid fatalities – driven by synthetics such as fentanyl – in the state were up 80% last year compared with 2018 and punishing heat is making things worse

The Guardian - US

Congress Urges USDA & FDA To Resolve 'Hot' Hemp Difficulties, Addresses CBD Advertising, Veterans & Cannabis Research, Psychedelics

Congressional lawmakers updated several spending bills and reports dealing with important issues in the cannabis and hemp industries. New documents published by the House Appropriations Committee address hemp manu

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DEA Reports Uptick In Marijuana-Related Seizures & Arrests: Why Is This Happening? NORML Has An Idea

Federal law enforcement agents and their partners seized over 5.5 million cultivated marijuana plants and made more than 6,600 marijuana-related arrests in 2021, according to annual

Benzinga

Cannabis Reg. Update: FDA To Review CBD Again, DEA Wins In Hemp Extract Case & More

FDA To Review CBD Once Again The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Science Board is expected to review the idea of incorporating cannabinoids into dietary supplements on Tuesday at the public advisory committee meeting.

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Congressional Report Says Mexican Cartel Profits Dropping Due Marijuana Legalization Advance

According to an updated Congressional report, demand for illicit marijuana from Mexico continues to drop since cannabis is legal in the U.S. and Canada. Apparently, the international drug trade is shifting as the legalization movement expands.

Benzinga

DEA Stonewalling MMJ's MS & Huntington's Disease Clinical Trials For 3 Years

MMJ companies are building a center of marijuana excellence in Rhode Island and has filed for FDA sanctioned clinical trials in multiple sclerosis and Huntington's disease. MMJ was awarded the much coveted orphan drug designation from the FDA for its planned Huntington's disease trials, and has also received a D

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Nova Mentis NM-1001 Psilocybin Compound Gets DEA Approval For Export, Here's What Happened

Nova Mentis Life Science Corp. (OTCQB: NMLSF), also known as NOVA, a biotech company developing psilocybin-based therapeutics and complementary diagnostics for neuroinflammatory disorders, recently received the required controlled substances export approval from the U.S.

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Weeding Out The Illicit Market

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To Promote Public Safety, Michigan Authorizes Cops To Rob Travelers at Airports

The change represents a substantial reversal of civil forfeiture reforms aimed at protecting innocent property owners.

Reason

DEA Delays Medical Marijuana Clinical Trials Yet Illicit Market Continues To Thrive

As states legalize marijuana, some as long as 10 years ago, many are beginning to realize the public health and safety implications of a variety of new high-potency products

Benzinga

Reputed leader of Mexican drug cartel charged and extradited to Chicago, federal prosecutors announce

CHICAGO — A reputed leader of a notoriously violent Mexican cartel has been extradited to Chicago and arraigned on charges that he trafficked heroin in the Chicago area and sent hundreds of thousands of dollars in proceeds to Mexico.

Chicago Tribune

Idaho residents allege DEA, Canyon County agencies used excessive force in drug search

Two years ago, the Drug Enforcement Administration, with the help of two Canyon County law enforcement agencies, searched a home west of Caldwell for drugs. The officers didn’t find any, according to court documents obtained by the Idaho Statesman.

Tribune News Service

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

Reason

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."

Reuters

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

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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.

Roll Call

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.

Benzinga

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.

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