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Animal Trafficking for Fentanyl—New “Dragon Cartel” Unites Mexican and Chinese Gangs
A most unusual trade in rare fish will lead to misery and death, while an endangered species may disappear entirely.
DRUGS
UK’s First “Consumption Room” Now Open—Europe Surrenders War on Drugs
While drugs and their use remain illegal, law enforcement has abrogated their responsibilities by providing free shooting dens rather than rehabilitation.
DRUGS
Drug Trafficker Used Social Media to Ensnare Youth in His Crimes
Now sentenced to a decade in prison, this Washington man used Snapchat to recruit young drug couriers, showing off his luxurious lifestyle—one built on human misery.
DRUGS
American Lab Rats—New Study Shows Big Pharma Weight-Loss Drugs Cause Blindness
Six percent of Americans have used Ozempic, Wegovy and similar drugs. They’re unwitting experimental subjects.
DRUGS
Numbers Don’t Lie: New Study Confirms Cannabis Kills
A Canadian study, released this month, revealed that marijuana addicts died at almost three times the rate of non-addicts.
DRUGS
Poison-Peddling Chinese Execs Convicted & Jailed in Landmark Fentanyl Case
A House select committee found Chinese companies produce nearly all of “the key ingredients that drive the global illicit fentanyl trade.” But it’s the first time US authorities have prosecuted them.
DRUGS
New Research Finds Dangerous Psychedelic Drugs Misrepresented by Psychiatry
With profit as the most obvious motive, psychiatry is pushing dangerous psychedelic drugs at every turn. New research studies are pushing back.
DRUGS
Epidemic of Flesh-Eating “Tranq” May Be Worse Than Fentanyl
Xylazine is a super-powerful horse tranquilizer that’s cheaper than fentanyl, and often mixed with the drug. It’s a deadly combination.
DRUGS
Europe Flooded by Ecuadorian Cocaine Through Unlikely Albanian Connection
More than $12 billion in cocaine is flooding Europe through an alliance between South American gangs and an Albanian criminal network.
DRUGS
McKinsey Consulting Agrees to Pay $650 Million for Role in Opioid Crisis
According to the DOJ, this is the first time a management consulting firm has been held criminally responsible for advice resulting in the commission of a crime by a client—in this case, Purdue.
DRUGS
Fish Hooked on Drugs Bodes Ill for Humans
“Red-flag” study shows fentanyl and other drugs are making their way into our water and the creatures that use it… including us.
DRUGS
So-Called “Legal” Cannabis Often Covered in Illegal Pesticides, Tests Show
The effect of undeclared pesticides are multiplied when found in dangerous cannabis, which is combusted on use, and burrows deep into human lungs.
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DRUGS
The Opioid Dossier
“The Opioid Dossier” chronicles a yearlong investigation by Associate Editor Michael Brennan into a deadly drug epidemic—spawned by America’s pharmaceutical industry. His in-depth report follows.
THE OPIOID DOSSIER
Almost Heaven, Almost Hell
In West Virginia’s natural paradise pain pills paved a road to perdition.
THE OPIOID DOSSIER
Lawyer
A Southern lawyer tells how we got here, and how he hopes to use a forgotten state law to rescue the country from the opioid epidemic.