When Loudoun County Public Schools held five fentanyl-awareness sessions in February and March, acting school division spokesman Daniel L. Adams wouldn’t say if any students had overdosed on fentanyl. He cited privacy concerns and not receiving “consistent follow-up information” from hospitals and parents. But in a division-wide email to parents on Nov. 1, LCPS Superintendent Aaron C. … Continued
Minnesota has seen an increase in fatal drug overdoses of 327% over 11 years, state data says. The number of recorded fatal overdoses statewide in 2010 numbered 229, but in 2021, jumped to 978. Opioid-involved overdose deaths among Minnesotans increased by 43% from 2020 to 2021, and deaths have more than doubled since 2019. In … Continued
KENT, Wash. – A nurse tiptoes to one of the cribs and places a stethoscope against a tiny bundle of white blankets. The baby stirs, but doesn’t open her eyes, then falls back into a peaceful sleep. She is one of four drug-exposed infants being cared for at the Pediatric Interim Care Center, located about 20 … Continued
A Florida mayor and her family were on a fishing trip to catch mahi-mahi late last month when they instead reeled in over a million dollars’ worth of cocaine. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, the city’s former police chief, was in the Florida Keys to celebrate her son’s birthday when her younger brother spotted what appeared to be … Continued
Customs and Border Protection personnel at Dulles International Airport grabbed 71 pounds of a new synthetic stimulant similar to amphetamines last week, the agency announced Wednesday. The chemical name for the substance is N,N-Dimethylpentylone hydrochloride, an analogue for the naturally occurring chemical cathinone found in the khat plant. Cathinone chemicals are like amphetamines and can cause stimulant and … Continued
Once the “overdose capital” of the United States, Ohio’s Montgomery County is now championing novel treatments for mental health—specifically of the four-legged, furry variety—and the results are nothing short of dramatic. Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck said bringing therapy dogs into the jail had a positive response “right away.” Inmates are fighting less, detoxing is … Continued
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law designating drug cartels to be “Foreign Terrorist Organizations.” The new law will expand the state’s ability to fight the activities of Mexican drug cartels in connection to human smuggling, drug smuggling, money laundering, and other organized criminal activities. During a ceremony in the Texas Capitol, Governor … Continued
When New York’s first licensed recreational marijuana outlet opened last month, the chief of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, Chris Alexander, proudly hoisted a tin of watermelon-flavored gummies above the crowd. Outside the Manhattan shop, he displayed another purchase — a jar containing dried flowers of a cannabis strain called Banana Runtz, which some … Continued
Voters in five states were deciding on Election Day whether to approve recreational marijuana, a move that could signal a major shift toward legalization in even the most conservative parts of the country. The first result came in Maryland, where voters approved legalization, making it the 20th state to take that step. Measures also were … Continued
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Oct. 13 announced that a seizure in the Bronx, New York state, involved fentanyl that could have killed 850,000 people. The DEA and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York announced that some 300,000 rainbow fentanyl pills, as well as 20 pounds of fentanyl in white and blue powder form … Continued
More than one million fentanyl pills were seized from a home in Avondale, Arizona, in what police call the “single largest fentanyl seizure in Phoenix police history.” Arizona is “the pipeline for the most dangerous, deadly drug this country’s ever seen called fentanyl,” says Trump-Endorsed Gubernatorial Nominee Kari Lake. The deadly drug is pouring into Arizona through … Continued
A California middle schooler brought fentanyl to campus and caused a staff member who searched him to overdose from exposure. The 13-year-old student from Chipman Junior High School in Bakersfield was arrested after being caught with 150 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet. In a statement about the incident, the Bakersfield Police Department said that while they were … Continued
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