Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of U.S. drug related crimes and oddities for the month of September 2018:
Boston Globe: Veterinarians worry that people are taking their pets’ opioids; “People become angry or enraged or belligerent far out of proportion to the level of pain their dog or cat is experiencing. They’re screaming and yelling and using swear words.”-Virginia Sinnott, veterinarian
MedicalExpress: New study says current drug addiction crisis is like “chain reaction that builds to a nuclear explosion.”
Bloomberg: The Secret Drug Pricing System Middlemen Use to Rake in Millions (for more on the failed healthcare system read ObamaCare-ACA death spiral, September 2018: “dangerously low”)
New York Times: Workers Overdose on the Job, and Employers Struggle
The Guardian: Big Pharma nothing but “drug dealers in Armani suits”
BBC: Mexican police turn out to be drug gang (again)
The Seattle Times: Instagram has a drug problem
ALABAMA: mother charged after 5 children test positive for cocaine
police net 27 pounds of pot in drug arrest
Woman charged with smuggling drugs into daughter’s prison
Albertville dog randomly fetches bag full of drugs
ALASKA: report shows Alaska drug problem worsening
Alaska to get 10M taxpayer dollars to combat opioids
ARIZONA: Ten pounds of heroin stashed in soda-pop 20 pack
1000 cannabis vape cartridges seized
State funded Border Strike Force cops capture more than 200 pounds of methamphetamine
U.S. Air Force Airmen caught on drugs after crashing into cop car
Former mayoral candidate in Nogales faces cocaine-trafficking charges
ARKANSAS: Drug task force makes 1260 arrests
Authorities Bust International Drug Trafficking Operation
Arkansas gets 13M taxpayer dollars to fight opioid crisis
CALIFORNIA: 6 Members of L.A. Area Gang Linked to Mexican Mafia Convicted of Racketeering, Drug Trafficking Charges
Reality show doctor charged with California drug rapes
Another doctor accused of illegally prescribing drugs which killed five people
Colombian Drug Ring Kingpin Extradited to Los Angeles
California Senate Passes Drug and Needle Take-Back Program (by calling it a ‘take back’ operation are your elected government officials admitting the drugs originated with the government?)
man sentenced to 35 years for using taxpayer supported Amtrak to trafficking drugs
‘Drug Llama’ woman accused of selling 50000 fentanyl pills over the dark web
San Francisco man documents shocking drug dealing ‘madness’ for months, police refuse to take action
largest drug trafficking bust in recent history
COLORADO: Colorado-based international cocaine trafficking ring busted
Meth makes comeback even as opioid epidemic worsens
Irony; The man who made billions of dollars from OxyContin is pushing a drug to wean addicts off opioids
Colorado gets 30m taxpayer dollars to fight opioids
A closer look at the effects of Colorado’s legal weed industry
CONNECTICUT: 515 Fatal Drug Overdoses just In First Half Of 2018
Dark Web Dealer Shipped Fentanyl From Connecticut
Prescription Drug Kickback Lawsuit Names East Haven Couple
17 Arrested In South End Drug Bust
DELAWARE: deadliest month ever from drug overdoses
running drug operation out of Stanton motel room
Multiple Drug Arrests in Milford
First responders sickened during overdose investigation
FLORIDA: Yet again, six U.S. tons of cocaine was off-loaded by the U.S. Coast Guard which now says “…the entire country must focus on this!” Watch official video:
Use of Florida’s drug database increases
Giant marijuana bundles wash up on Florida beaches
GEORGIA: Edible drugs sold on church property, 2 arrested
Alleged Columbus drug traffickers arrested in Marietta
Homer Simpson- and Hello Kitty-shaped ‘candies’ actually drugs
largest meth seizure in Banks County history
rapper Ty Dolla $ign faces drug charges
rapper Columbia BT charged with trafficking $4M worth of cocaine
GUAM: Cocaine an ‘alarming problem’
Man on release in drug case arrested again
Department of Corrections officer’s meth use detailed in federal case
HAWAII: Escaped drug dealer sought
Hawaii gets 8M taxpayer dollars to fight opioids
IDAHO: drug and hate crimes see double-digit rate increase
Lethal injection drug source is secret for now
California sheriff’s deputies convicted of drug crimes arrested again, this time in Idaho
Twin Falls police arrest man for using fake money in drug deal
ILLINOIS: Official video explaining why the Illinois National Guard is ramping-up Counter Drug Operations:
Drug task force, feds scores big
Freeport police arrest 20 people in one day
Psychedelic Drug Lab Found In Man’s Bedroom
Feds want to confiscate $500000 in cash found in RV
INDIANA: 10 people arrested in Johnson County after search found stolen gun, drugs
Ten people arrested in Washington County
Shooting investigation leads to drugs
Indiana University offers classes to general public on how to treat overdoses
Do Indiana’s Civil Forfeiture Laws Violate The State Constitution?
Hamilton County given 100-thousand state taxpayer dollars to fight opioids in just two cities
IOWA: Ambulance call leads to arrest
Lawn mower heist, mall lawsuit, meth
men used storage locker for drug distribution
KANSAS: Nurses charged with Medicaid fraud, stealing patients’ drugs
Kansas Expanding Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Man tortured over $185 in lost drug money
Restaurant manager says she caught boss doing drugs in kitchen
KENTUCKY: U.S. Attorney declares war on gangs, guns and drugs in Louisville
Drug-addled and out of work. Here’s how much opioids have hurt Kentucky’s economy.
LOUISIANA: 5 arrested in Ascension Parish
30 pounds of marijuana recovered by police (by using the word ‘recovered’ this Fox15 news outlet implies the ganja came from the police to begin with)
deputies seize $850k+ in illegal drugs
Louisiana Congressman Wants to Drug-Test All of Congress
MAINE: Five arrested in drug raid
Five arrested in Bucksport, Orland
Man sentenced to prison for selling drugs that killed
restaurant sedates lobsters with marijuana
fifth-highest in nation in prescribing psychotropic drugs
Overdose deaths averaged nearly one per day
MARYLAND: What-the-hell is the taxpayer funded SAMSHA?
Here’s a video of the U.S. Navy’s Health Clinic Annapolis explaining how to track prescription opioid drug users (the government knows who you are), note that it’s labeled “not for public distribution”:
13 indicted In $400K Drug Ring
University of Maryland president admits illegal drug use in football programs!
Are the cops on drugs? Two stupid cops shot after they conducted a drug raid on the wrong house!
Female security guard kills 3 at Rite Aid drug distribution center
MASSACHUSETTS: 67 baggies of heroin in Whitman
148 bags of heroin in Bernardston
Deadly Hep-A outbreak blamed on drug users
Japanese drug giant will move its U.S. headquarters to Boston
Drug crimes number one reason for incarceration
MICHIGAN: Legal marijuana would ‘change the landscape of Michigan’
Raids at ‘White Boy Justin’ homes seize vast amount of drugs
Canadian trucker busted with 41 kilograms of cocaine, kilo of heroin
Quitting junk food produces similar withdrawal-type symptoms as drug addiction
MINNESOTA: 170 pounds of meth seized in record bust
‘Pink Death’: Synthetic Opioid Returns
$345K worth of marijuana found in southern ditch
Operation Ghostbusters Leads to 11 Charged With Drug Crimes
MISSISSIPPI: $70M in marijuana in Jefferson Davis County
Teenager admits to using drugs in an attempt to end pregnancy
12 arrested during Laurel drug roundup
MISSOURI: KC pharma CEO under fire after asserting ‘moral requirement’ to raise legal drug price 400%!
Massive fentanyl bust in Saint Charles County
Cops capture 20 pounds of meth, because the drug smuggler was driving too slowly
Mom stole dying daughter’s painkillers to feed her opioid addiction
MONTANA: sheriff facing felony charges after drug evidence goes missing
Hidden epidemic: Drug-addicted infants
‘Alcohol, drugs and stupidity’: A day in the life of a sheriff’s deputy
NEBRASKA: 1000 pounds of marijuana seized
80 years old parents of county prosecutor guilty of trafficking marijuana, claimed it was xmas present!
NEVADA: prisons drug buyer knew firms opposed execution use
teacher arrested on drug charges
NEW HAMPSHIRE: 25 arrested in Grafton County
Rochester fentanyl bust may be biggest ever
NEW JERSEY: 27 charged in South Jersey
At Least 430 Doses Of Heroin, 31 Arrested
19 Arrests, $100000 In Heroin In Union County
NEW MEXICO: teenager arrested for murder after drug deal
Convicted murderous drug gang leader reveals “It’s all politics. Dirty politics.”
Reservation cops capture 17 pounds of meth, heroin
high rates of drug experimentation among students
Prisoners caught in jail drug smuggling scheme
producers seeing green on medical pot sales
NEW YORK: At the United Nations U.S. president Donald Trump expressed support for the Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem, where was the leftist main stream news media on this? Watch official UN video:
NYC Drug Dealer brought his kids with him to sell Cocaine At Applebee’s
New Yorkers Who Use Drugs Report Changing Behaviors
John Jay College of Criminal Justice accused of sex and drugs crimes
Dumb police trying to figure out where the crack pipe vending machines came from
fentanyl responsible for 44% of New York City overdose deaths
5 men overdose on K2 on the same street corner
NORTH CAROLINA: More than 130 people face federal drug charges after raid on Reservation
Operation targeting dealers nabs 16 in Harnett County
Correctional officer arrested at women’s prison on drug charges
Increase in meth deaths outpacing growth in opioid-related fatalities
NORTH DAKOTA: $10000 in narcotics, 4 arrests
woman convicted of killing pregnant neighbor and cutting out the baby was high on drugs
Medical marijuana dispensaries chosen for Bismarck and Fargo
University student will not spend time in jail for selling drugs
OHIO: Fatal Drug Overdoses Increase to Record Number
Drug ring used restaurants to launder money
Bar loses liquor license after drugs, lap dances bought with food stamps
quadriplegic indicted again in drug-related case
Issue 1 could make Ohio substance abuse magnet
Drug charges against Cincinnati VA Medical Center dropped
OKLAHOMA: FBI takes down Irish Mob meth suppliers
Dangerous counterfeit drugs reported
City Council approves proposal reducing marijuana possession penalty
Body Cam Video Released In Large Drug Bust
OREGON: Pot in the workplace: Oregon is No. 1 for positive drug tests
23 overdoses in Lane County since weekend
Half-Pound of Meth in Grants Pass, Two Arrests
PENNSYLVANIA: drug deaths increased in 2017
Philadelphia’s weekend overdose spike kills 7, sickens more than 110
Recycling center workers in Bensalem sold discarded ‘take back’ drugs
Prisoners are smuggling medicine to treat their addictions
PUERTO RICO: 
The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos captured three smugglers and approximately $3.3 million dollars of cocaine off Loiza, 16SEP2018.
Transnational Criminal Group Used U.S. Postal Service to Traffic Drugs
RHODE ISLAND: Prison guard sentenced for trying to smuggle drugs into prison
Hemp will be cropping up on farms
SOUTH CAROLINA: 50 People Charged
Guns, drugs, bulletproof vests seized
$116K in Forest Acres drug arrests
felon had drugs in lunchbox, had illegal gun
correctional officers arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs
SOUTH DAKOTA: She reported on the opioid epidemic for years, then, her daughter died of an overdose
Jail guard charged with attempting to help an accused drug dealer escape
TENNESSEE: O-D deaths set another record, upsetting insurance companies
Nearly 100 pounds of marijuana seized in Clarksville
19-year-old Mexican immigrant busted with 10 pounds of meth
Kindergarten school teacher among 6 arrested
TEXAS: 
Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force continues using the War on Drugs as an excuse to demolish houses in poverty stricken areas (as if that will somehow make drug crimes go away, truth is that no body wants to buy a house used by druggies, it’s like buying a house where somebody died), local school children are even forced to watch.
$18 million worth of cocaine hidden in several boxes of bananas headed for Texas prisons
tow truck caught with 63 pounds of Cocaine
‘low risk prisoners’ operating county jail drug smuggling ring
UTAH: Cops sickened after discovering drug lab
corrections officer jailed on drug, alcohol charges after fatal crash
Woman driver fails to yield the right-of-way, gets arrested for drugs
Mexican immigrant known for drug smuggling caught with 5.8 pounds of meth
VERMONT: Woman uses 100 Bags Of Heroin A Day
State-federal Cops capture 14-thousand bags of heroin
VIRGINIA: ‘Operation California Dreamin’
Woman accused of using glitter & crayons to mail drugs
‘drastic spike’ in drug overdoses
WASHINGTON: LEAD program expansion means drugs are legal in King County
Nearly $1M cash, 33 guns and 10-thousand fentanyl pills
Nearly 60 pounds of drugs, 29 guns seized in Pierce County
Washington DC: FDA approves new class of drugs
WEST VIRGINIA: New arrests reveal new multi-state drug pipeline
Half of West Virginians know someone addicted to prescription drugs
Nearly 100 arrested in Fayette County
33 under federal indictment in meth bust
doctor wrote 130 opioid prescriptions a day, seven days per week, says she did nothing wrong.
WISCONSIN: high school student charged for selling marijuana, pills
drug trafficking on interstate 41
140 grams of fentanyl, heroin recovered (by using the word ‘recovered’ this Fox6Now headline makes it sound like the drugs originally came from the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department)
WYOMING: DCI Busts Casper-Area Meth Ring
Cheyenne teens arrested on felony drug charges
Wyoming gets more than 4.8M federal taxpayer dollars to fight opioids
Report of Prostitution Results in Drug Arrests
Drugs, the American Way, August 2018: ‘SEVEN DAYS OF HELL’ ‘1.5 MILLION LETHAL DOSES’