“a state of near death.”: Drugs, the American Way, July 2018

Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of U.S. drugs related crimes and oddities for the month of July 2018.

“If we don’t get tough on the drug dealers, we are wasting our time. And that toughness includes the death penalty.”-President Donald Trump, Manchester, New Hampshire, 19MAR2018

On 01 July, somewhere in the eastern Pacific the U.S. Coast Guard captured a drug boat, three smugglers and 2,263 pounds of cocaine.

ALABAMA: Drug roundup results in 40 arrests; 30 cars seized

19 Arrested as Part of “Operation Street Sweeper”

ALASKA: Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Drug and Money Laundering Crimes

33 pounds of meth in backpack

Shooting in Mountain View started with fight over drugs

ARIZONA: 12 arrested in 13-month investigation

Border Patrol seize $1.4M in illegal drugs in tractor-trailer from Mexico

Union Pacific train derailment turns into drugs crime

New prosecution policy targets marijuana backpackers

ARKANSAS: Prisoners want information on execution drug

Prisoner dies of suspected overdose

Pulaski County Circuit Judge admits to rude and unprofessional behavior during Drug Court hearings

Drug crimes so numerous that taxpayers forced to build New State Crime Lab in Northwest Arkansas

CALIFORNIA: “Medical students, residents and even doctors in practice don’t recognize the addictive potential of benzodiazepines. There’s been all this awareness on opioids but very little focus on benzodiazepines and yet people are dying from them.”-Anna Lembke, Stanford University Medical Center, about the Next Drug Crisis

In San Diego, the U.S. Coast Guard off-loaded 8.5-U.S. tons of cocaine on 16 July.

DEA Arrests Eight People Linked to Coachella Valley-Based Meth Gang

Doctor and His Assistant Charged in Scheme to Illegally Distribute Prescription Drugs and Commit Health Care Fraud

Demi Lovato hospitalized for apparent drug overdose

COLORADO: Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Growing Marijuana on an Island in the Colorado River

Legal marijuana caused emergency room visits to skyrocket?

Despite legal ganja, Colorado still has an illegal immigrant run black market marijuana problem

Just because you legalize ganja it doesn’t reduce other drug crimes as A Surge In Meth Use In Colorado Complicates Opioid Recovery

CONNECTICUT: Hartford Man Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Crack

10000 bags of heroin seized in Hartford

10 arrests in Waterbury area

9 Arrests During Thompsonville Crackdown

Cop contaminated by Dangerous Drug: “This officer, from all we can understand, merely picked up a packet of drugs. That’s all it took to send him into a state of near death.”-Sergeant Chris Fry, Meriden Police

DELAWARE: Nearly Half of Overdoses Were in Sussex County

FLORIDA:

On 03 July, the U.S. Coast Guard, and Tactical Law Enforcement Team South, captured a drug boat and more than 7-U.S. tons of cocaine.

Miami-Dade County Resident and Haitian Immigrant Charged with Cocaine Trafficking in South Florida

Four Foreign Nationals Indicted for International Cocaine Smuggling

Dark Web Vendor Sentenced to 108 Months in Prison for Narcotics Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges

new opioid-prescription law

Synthetic marijuana K2 most prevalent drug in Florida

Drug-smuggling operation at Florida jail uncovered

‘excited delirium’

GEORGIA: 18 homes raided in drug busts across Gwinnett County

Meth, cocaine are the most commonly seized drugs

Majority of those killed by cops tested positive for drugs

Judges across Georgia are releasing non-violent drug offenders

Deadly drugs ending up in counterfeit pills

GUAM: Woman pleads guilty to selling meth to U.S. military personnel

Attorney General employee sentenced to 3 years for smuggling drugs into prison

Recycling center ‘finds’ five pounds of cocaine

HAWAII: Drastic drop in drug supplies for hospitals

Opiate and cocaine use is climbing among workforce

medication drop-box program launched

IDAHO: Idaho State Police, Lewiston Police Department, Nez Perce County Sheriff’s Office and Nez Perce Tribal Police Department conducted a seven hours long vehicle stop & search op resulting in six felony drug charges, 25 misdemeanor drug charges and made one outstanding warrant arrest.

State senate candidate confronted cops with knife during drugs search

Major court case screw-up as jury member admits they know (and possibly hated) accused meth dealer defendant, resulting in an unfair conviction!

Nampa police arrest 20 for drugs in one week!

Who’s tracking opioids in the Treasure Valley?

ILLINOIS: Overdose deaths on the rise in Winnebago County

6 charged in drug-trafficking ring, including 2 previously acquitted

$1M coke, meth bust

Operation Fat Chance: More than 50 people facing criminal charges for heroin and fentanyl sales on Chicago’s West Side

INDIANA: police jail 129 in 6-day drug take-down event!

police seize orange ecstasy pills featuring Trump’s face

$750K worth of drugs, guns and cash seized

IOWA: Meth, marijuana, opioid tests rising at crime lab

Decorah parents charged with possessing meth around kids

Two major drug bust arrests in one week for Clear Lake

Two hospital nurses charged with drug theft

Halfway house prisoner accused of selling drugs

KANSAS: Increase in violent crimes comes with growing drug problem

Mexican Drug Cartels Sending Drugs Directly To Kansas

Drugs maker Cingulate Therapeutics raised $16-million

Prescription drug with marijuana to be sold in Kansas for the first time

KENTUCKY: Mexican illegal immigrant Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Methamphetamine

Drug Overdose Deaths up 11.5 Percent

Boyd County 3rd in state for OD deaths; suicides also up

Couple accused of kidnapping kids, having drugs, owning pet squirrel

LOUISIANA: Massive drug bust yields 221 felony charges!

more than $14,000 in marijuana seized

Drug roundup leads to 13 arrests

prison employee accused of trying to smuggle drugs in a sandwich

100-plus officers, K9s at Angola after drugs kill 2 prisoners

Amid Ringgold drug turmoil, residents pray

MAINE: State cop Accused of Selling Drugs makes Plea Agreement

$200000 worth of crystal meth

Operation SOS could mean harsher sentences for drug dealing

School district wants to punish “who are knowingly in the presence of prohibited substances”.

MARYLAND: U.S. Navy Academy’s biggest drug bust involving taxpayer funded students!

2472 Bags of Heroin From Worcester County Home

MASSACHUSETTS: Revere Men Sentenced for Oxycodone

Prison Guard Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Smuggle Opioids Into Prison

Fentanyl-Laced Heroin, Cocaine, $60K Seized in Drug Raid

Fire Call Results in Unlikely Stoughton Drug Bust

MICHIGAN: Residents Sentenced for Oxycodone Distribution

Woman Sentenced for Pill Charge

MINNESOTA: Controversial ketamine trial sparks ethics complaint

Law officers nab 7 in what they say is first fentanyl operation in Duluth

Woman’s Airbnb home becomes drug-dealing venue

Parasite Drugs Its Hosts With the Psychedelic Chemical in Shrooms

MISSISSIPPI: Rankin County Man Sentenced to Five Years for Cocaine

Traffic stop leads to $2.5 million drug bust

Woodlands Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center nurse arrested for stealing drugs

MISSOURI: Details of Years of Drug Trafficking, Homicide, and Deadly Drug Overdoses at Clinton-Peabody Housing Complex

Drug crimes so bad that taxpayers forced to spend and extra 37% on funding for the 2nd Judicial Circuit’s Drug Court program!

Psychotropic Drugs Given To Missouri Foster Kids

Drugs maker TrialCard hiring 225 people to take drug orders

MONTANA: Men Sentenced to Federal Prison on Drug and Gun Charges

HIV on the rise in drug users

Special anti-drug Highway Patrol team seizes record amount of drugs in first year

Drugged up fugitive buries alive five months old baby

NEBRASKA: 11 pounds of heroin strapped to man

168 pounds of marijuana

Drug company accuses taxpayer funded Nebraska Prisons of lying about what it was going to do with $20-million worth of killer drugs!

NEVADA: Las Vegas Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegal Distribution of Hydrocodone and Oxycodone

Nevada prison execution connected to Drug company accusing Nebraska Prisons of lying about planned use of drugs.

Bail set at $1.5-million USD for two Canadians caught trafficking drugs

NEW HAMPSHIRE: What to do with a sudden increase in federal taxpayer funding to fight opioids

New Drug Enforcement Surge to Focus on Hillsborough County

K-9 Units Sniff Out Drugs in Prisons

NEW JERSEY: Mercy County drug bust nets heroin, guns and cash

More than 8 people are dying from overdoses each day

Operation Red Raider: 21 Busted

NEW MEXICO: State Police Officer Arrested on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges, accused of using drugs from evidence lockers to influence females, could lead to dismissals of 68 pending drug cases because the arrested cop probably falsified evidence against innocent people!

NEW YORK: Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Conspiracy

Clifton Park Doctor Arrested for Unlawful Drug Distribution

Suspected leader of Queens-Based Meth gang Arrested

Drug Bust At Blue Heron Festival

An NYC bathroom set up to stem overdoses

NORTH CAROLINA: doctor wrote phony Oxyco prescriptions

Operation East to West results in 25 arrests

Day-care raided in massive drug bust

15 Arrested On Drug Charges

NORTH DAKOTA: teacher must surrender license because of drug charges

Drug crimes continue rise

new anonymous drug texting tip line

1/2 pound of meth

OHIO: drug dealer gets life sentence

Shooting victim arrested on drug charges

spike in drug-related deaths

highest overdose rate in nation

OKLAHOMA: Mayes County deputy fired after stealing meth

Woman accused of bringing drugs into state prison

Changes to marijuana laws

Woman faces multiple life sentences

OREGON: High demand for legalized ganja turned out to be overblown, prices crash due to lack of buyers!

Dog detected meth, Adults charged with child neglect

$45000 worth of MDMA

Astoria-based Coast Guard crew aids in $260 million drug capture

PENNSYLVANIA: Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison for Trafficking Heroin and Fentanyl Derivative

Man gets Probation for selling Oxycodone

Bad drug batch hospitalizes more than 100 in Philadelphia area

PUERTO RICO: Nationwide legal drug shortage; partly due to hurricane in Puerto Rico

New Zealand news media reveals U.S. police love their state, or territory like Puerto Rico, being designated a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area because it forces U.S. taxpayers to give the cops an extra $3.1-million to $14.6-million USD each year!

RHODE ISLAND: ADHD drugs do not improve cognition in healthy college students

“Three people are accused of running a drug house and holding another man against his will to steal his Social Security disability checks.”

SOUTH CAROLINA: Taxpayers spent $5-million USD on covert state police unit that was supposed to target drug dealers but was actually going after migrant workers!

police chief arrested on drug charge

pill gang used bitcoins, ‘dark web’

‘Operation The Heat is On’ drug roundup

SOUTH DAKOTA: man sentenced to 25 years

man indicted in ‘darknet’ undercover operation

Mother sentenced to 40 years for toddler son’s beating death, after drinking alcohol and taking pain medication

TENNESSEE: Top Narcotics Officer Placed Under Investigation, calls into doubt dozens of drug convictions

Tipton County Public Defender’s investigator arrested for buying marijuana

Nashville warehouse distributing drugs illegally

New laws on the books to fight opioid epidemic

60 Pounds Of Pot Found At Nashville Airport

TEXAS: Federal Jury in Waco Finds Leader of Cartel Del Noreste and Nephew of Los Zetas Leaders Z-40 and Z-42 Guilty on All Charges

35 arrested

Coke, meth and booze: The flip side of the oil industry

These guys smuggled pot to Dallas AFTER they’d been arrested

UTAH: Girl tied to boys’ deaths charged with distributing drugs

teacher convicted of sex with minor charged with selling drugs

battle over pot pits the Mormon Church against its own members

County jail accused of giving newly arrested drug addict (and father) the drugs he used to kill himself with

VERMONT: 10 arrested

Royalton cop who stole heroin from police evidence room goes to prison, for a piddly six months!

Drug use so bad taxpayers forced to hire 9 More ‘Drug Recognition Experts’

Ganja ‘gifting’ is illegal

More bad news on the marijuana law

Metal dealers caught up in drug crimes

VIRGINIA:

At Fort Belvior, scientists with Northwestern and Cornell Universities, in conjunction with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department, spent 2.6-billion of your tax dollars finding a way to manufacture drugs faster, and to make the drugs take effect faster; Glycosylation Sequence Characterization and Optimization by Rapid Expression and Screening.

1,538 people died in Virginia from a drug overdose

Man Dies After Choking on Bag of ‘White Powder’

Prisoners to get treatment for addictions

WASHINGTON: Drug bust at Paradiso Festival

Moses Lake cops find fentanyl disguised as prescription medicine

Feds arrest 11 in alleged heroin, meth trafficking ring

Man acquitted of killing toddler sentenced for drug charges

Drug dealer takes customers hostage for failing to pay

Female prisoner sneaks meth and heroin into jail inside her body

Washington DC: Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Federal Prison for Phencyclidine (PCP)

“U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said in Fargo on Thursday, July 26, that many American Indian tribes are in free fall due to overdose deaths involving opioids.”

WEST VIRGINIA: Charleston Doctor Arrested for Illegal Distribution of Opioids Resulting in Death