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 November 2018:
Germany based drugs maker Bayer getting the hell outta the animal health business, as well as selling-off Coppertone and Dr. Scholl’s, 12-thousand jobs worldwide gone due to investor pressure!
Denmark based drugs maker Novo Nordisk cutting 1,300 additional jobs, blaming the U.S. economy
New York Times: ‘The Numbers Are So Staggering.’ Overdose Deaths Set a Record
Marijuana Legalization Threatens Dogs’ Collars
Coast Guard crews are capturing record amounts of cocaine
Wall Street Journal:Pfizer to Raise Prices on 41 Drugs
ALABAMA: CBD products illegal in Alabama
doctor charged with 103-count indictment
Blue Cross changes opioid coverage
Drug thefts at area pharmacies…linked
Woman arrested in largest heroin bust in Marshall County history
Three arrested at state prison for smuggling drugs and guns
County sheriff pleads guilty to corruption, drug charges
ALASKA: A month after being implicated in a massive drug smuggling operation (see October’s report), the National Guard turns over 2 tons of ‘Take Back’ drugs
Soldier at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson dies from mystery drug poisoning
Heroin Disguised as Christmas Package
School employees find package of meth hidden in food shipment
man arrested at airport with suitcase full of meth
drug overdose data from 2013-2017
ARIZONA: Fentanyl Found In All Kinds Of Drugs
Massive O-Ds force Tucson police boss to push for treatment programs
Chapo may be on trial, but his Sinaloa cartel still doing huge U.S. business
7 arrested in connection with Yavapai County marijuana grow
Border Patrol Seizes 30 Pounds of Meth
Border officers seize $812K worth of drugs in Nogales
Celebrities help drive rise in rehab tourism
ARKANSAS: Medical Marijuana Growers Say it’ll be Ready By Spring 2019
Two doctors linked to opioid deaths
political consultant charged in child porn case used meth
Faked drug deal led to shooting
man who revealed illegal police raids now faces felony charges
CALIFORNIA: Drugs maker Pfizer issued a shutdown Worker Adjustment Retraining Notice (WARN) for its San Mateo County factory, 1-hundred jobs gone in February 2019!
Two more blood pressure drugs recalled for potential cancer risk
Couple who lost home in wildfire get pardons for drug crimes
Fire Hits ‘Rehab Riviera,’ Putting Addiction Care in Jeopardy
51 years old cop sentenced to 17 years in prison for providing armed escort for drug dealers
over $140000 in illegal drugs in East Bakersfield
COLORADO: Denver is latest city pushing for 1st U.S. illegal drug injection site
Denver Might Decriminalize Psychedelic Mushrooms
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that prescribed anti-anxiety and anti-psychotic medications make it easier to kill yourself: “…those who used a psychotropic drug in an attempt were 70% more likely to have prescribed access than patients who used other methods in their attempt.”-Talia Brown, Colorado School of Public Health
Colorado State University organic chemists invent way to use phosphorus to make new drugs
CONNECTICUT: 16 charged in connection with drugs sales in Bridgeport area
Groton Youth Survey Overestimated Drug and Alcohol Use
drugs kickstart motivation in rats suffering from apathy
Suspected drug dealer arrested for 2nd time in a month
Doctor accused of illegally selling prescriptions, marijuana
DELAWARE:drug company Incyte wins ‘spying’ case
Drug hallucinations inspired Claymont killing
drug company jacks-up price of O-D rescue drug naloxone by 600%!
Bayhealth pharmacy employee charged with drug thefts
FLORIDA: Drugs pusher Bristol-Myers Squibb issued a WARN for its Tampa ops, 69 jobs gone in January 2019.
Honduran President’s Brother, Arrested in Miami, Is Charged With Drug Trafficking (Honduras is one of the countries flooding the U.S. with illegal immigrants)
FEDS ACCUSE 39 white GANG MEMBERS OF ARMS, DRUG TRAFFICKING
12-year-old gave out THC-laced gummies
cruise ship crew members tried to smuggle cocaine
Seminole County million-dollar heroin, fentanyl drug gangs
Crawfordville Pharmacy prescription drug theft
U.S. Coast Guard delivers 18.5 tons of cocaine to Port Everglades, 15NOV2018. The illegal drug was captured off the U.S. Pacific coast.
20% of those killed by cops test positive for meth (remember, the test has been proven to be faulty)
Fulton Co. jail officer charged with smuggling drugs
metro Atlanta postal workers sentenced for taking bribes to deliver cocaine
drug linked to at least 22 deaths
GUAM: Drugs, $540K seized in raids
Feds accuse woman of selling drugs near school
Murder, drug cases dismissed by Supreme Court due to violation of the Right to a speedy trial, but charges can be refiled
HAWAII: Man Who Got Meth Parcel at Airbnb Pleads Guilty
IDAHO: Four people arrested in Fort Hall following investigation in Montana
Boise joins national lawsuit against opioid manufactures
Police use flash-bang grenades in south Boise drug trafficking arrests
Idaho Falls man sentenced for trafficking 28 pounds of pot
Idaho Drug Trafficking Suspect Identified as Previously Deported Illegal Immigrant
9 crimes, including drug dealing, in Idaho automatically place teens in adult court.
ILLINOIS: Men caught with RV packed full of $400-thousand in cash-drug money
Priest Who Served Time for Drugs Removed From Ministry Again
More arrests in connection to taxpayer funded Amtrak drug smuggling
Drug-induced homicide on the rise in McHenry County
INDIANA: 120 people charged in Johnson County drug bust
Indiana sues Purdue Pharma over opioid drug addiction costs
Fatal quadruple shooting in Indianapolis was a marijuana robbery
IOWA: $2.8M of marijuana in southwest Iowa
Methamphetamine is making a comeback across Iowa.
teacher arrested for meth, marijuana
KANSAS: woman sold drugs to pay bondsman
the owner of L&H Auto Sales accused of working with illegal immigrants to sell cocaine
Hit-and-run driver found with list of drug buyers on arm
It’s easier to get drugs on the street than beer
Strip club closes after drugs bought with food stamps
KENTUCKY: ‘Crystal meth by the pound.’
Bullitt County sheriff ‘had my back,’ drug dealer testifies
Bullitt County sheriff acquitted of aiding drug trafficking
TV news investigation reveals doctor suspended for being on drugs
Here’s how Mexican cartels funnel drugs into Louisville
Kentucky ranks fifth in the nation for 2017 overdose deaths
LOUISIANA: 12 arrested for drugs in Jackson Parish
Cops arrest 49 people in three days
Pain management Doctor Guilty Plea in Drug Test Kickback Scam
woman arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs into prison
After mom overdoses, son shoots wife, carjacks and kills a man; then gets shot to death
Prisoner pleads guilty to plotting with prison guard to smuggle drugs
Suspect in horrific human trafficking case allowed to get treatment for drug addiction
MAINE: Nine arrested
Activists hang banners calling for safe injection site
MARYLAND: 22 People Arrested
A veteran Narcotics Officer wants an End to the failed War on Drugs after arresting his own daughter
MASSACHUSETTS: Opioid Epidemic Cost state taxpayers $15.2 Billion In 2017
Federal court orders sadist Massachusetts prisons to help prisoners fighting opioid addiction!
MICHIGAN: Marijuana will be legal in Michigan on Dec. 6
employers still can fire you for smoking pot
Heroin is most common drug offense in Michigan
State Police wraps up roadside drug testing pilot program (remember, police drug tests have been proven to give false positives)
Federal grand jury charges 10 men with cocaine conspiracy
MINNESOTA: Minnesota man accused of running Oregon-to-Wisconsin drug network
University of Minnesota doctor in conflict over connection with opioid maker
MISSISSIPPI: What happened to the 12 respected professionals accused in $400M compound pharmacy scheme?
Drunk Man Crashes Truck Into Courthouse to Report Stolen Drugs
MISSOURI: Missouri made medical marijuana legal, but most doctors don’t want any part of it
paramedic admits stealing drugs from ambulances
Woman looked pregnant, actually carried 4 pounds of heroin
MONTANA: Local health care experts revamp efforts to treat drug-exposed newborns
Flathead reservation pharmacy fined $95K for disappeared opioids
USDA and U.S. Forest Service conduct ‘Take Back’ operations in Montana (once again proving the drugs came from the government)
Child Protective Services prevents some addicted pregnant women from being honest
Christian run Rescue Mission in Billings will no longer take in intoxicated homeless on cold nights
NEBRASKA: $105K seized yet no arrests
14-Year-Old Takes Plea Deal in Drug Deal Slaying
Nebraska Attorney General reminds sellers of CBD oil: His office believes it’s illegal
NEVADA: Undercover operation breaks up Lake Tahoe drug ring
NEW HAMPSHIRE: prison chaplain allegedly smuggled drugs to prisoners
Methamphetamine Use By Pregnant Women
NEW JERSEY: Sun Pharma issued a WARN for its Cranbury location, 96 jobs gone by the end of January 2019.
New Jersey Sues Pharmaceutical Company
82 drug arrests at notorious apartment building
19 charged in federal drug bust
NEW MEXICO: Escape from New Mexico’s ‘war zone’
Medical pot can disrupt job searches in New Mexico
NEW YORK: cops sentenced after admitting to conducting illegal drug raids
$1.3 million in cocaine in airport suitcase
Claims that video shows cops set up people to be busted for drugs
32 Staten Island public schools do not have a drug prevention program
firefighter, saved from apparent overdose, faces drug charges
NORTH CAROLINA: Drug cartel killed teacher thinking he was DEA agent
man killed, possibly fed to hogs for stealing cocaine
Five postal workers charged with stealing drugs from mail
Vehicle crash at childcare center suspected to be drug related
NORTH DAKOTA: increased crime rate could be tied to opioid epidemic
OHIO: Signs of a Shifting Drug Crisis
Ohio votes against de-felonizing drug possession
daily drug death toll of 14 second highest in U.S.
clemency for 22 female drug possession offenders
Oklahoma has the highest rate of women’s incarceration in the nation.
OREGON: Candy from trick-or-treating tests positive for methamphetamine
nurse charged with drug trafficking
Oregon Takes 1st Major Step Toward Legalizing Psychedelic Mushrooms
3 million heroin, oxycodone, fentanyl doses seized
PENNSYLVANIA: Mac Miller Overdosed on Fentanyl and Cocaine
Pennsylvania to get $10 million from Bloomberg in fight against opioid deaths
Junior high teacher charged with dealing drugs from her home
dealers sold up to 1-thousand bags of heroin a day
RHODE ISLAND: ‘Operation Street Sweep’ nets 24 on drug charges
Rhode Island remains the only state to screen prisoners for opioid use, and to offer drug treatment
Police Seize at Least $1 Million Worth of Heroin
Rhode Island set to open first behavioral health emergency center
SOUTH CAROLINA: Women arrested for trying to smuggle drugs into prison
17 people charged with prison drug smuggling
High school assistant principal arrested for drug crimes
SOUTH DAKOTA: Sioux Falls Area Drug Task Force seizes record amount of drugs
Meth takes toll on South Dakota women
High school coach arrested for drunken driving, drugs
TENNESSEE: Hospital patient dies after nurse gives lethal dose of wrong drug
Eighteen indicted on TennCare drug fraud charges
DEA will teach local doctors, dentists and veterinarians how to stop ‘drug diversion’
addiction consultant fatally overdoses
TEXAS: Houston-based pharmacy is supplier of state’s execution drugs
Almost 6000 pounds of drugs discovered
Student had 100-plus tabs of LSD
UTAH: Utahns legalize medical marijuana as LDS Church opposes
Utah cops claim successes despite growing drug epidemic
Insurance company sending Utah customers to Mexico to buy drugs
Most Utah jails don’t help drug addicts
Feds blame Utah’s growing drugs, criminal activity on undocumented immigrants
Opioid makers spent nearly a million dollars bribing Utah doctors
student hospitalized after allegedly smoking from THC pen
VERMONT: needle exchange isn’t just giving out syringes, it’s handing out buprenorphine
The roots of Vermont’s drug problem
Anti-addiction drug Suboxone tops Vermont’s taxpayer funded public prescription spending list
governor inflated his record on reducing opioid treatment
Prescription-drug DUI case shows odds against the poor
VIRGINIA: Operation House of Cards arrests 22 people
WASHINGTON: Spokane Valley drug house where 20 detained in SWAT raid
Where do the drugs that land on Seattle streets come from?
Why CBD suddenly is everywhere
300 percent spike in HIV infections among straight IV users
Washington DC: FDA approves powerful new opioid despite warnings of new opioid carnage
First FDA-approved cannabis-based drug now available
WEST VIRGINIA: West Virginia again leads nation in drug overdose deaths
To understand U.S. life expectancy decline, start in West Virginia
Kindergartner brings drugs to school
WISCONSIN: New $1 (one dollar) Fine For Marijuana Possession
Health Care employee charged with stealing drugs
CBD ‘gold rush’ could mean big business for Wisconsin’s hemp industry
driver kills three Girl Scouts after ‘huffing’
WYOMING: Over 300 Pounds of Pot Seized
Drugs, the American Way, October 2018: “NOW YOU TELL ME WHO THE ENEMY IS!”