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Drugs, the American Way: New Opium War, target U.S.A.! Take Back Day numbers prove most Americans are druggies!

Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of video reports and links to United States (U.S.) drug related crimes and oddities for the month of November 2022:

India based Study IQ, claims the massive fentanyl crisis in the U.S. is coming from China, as part of a new ‘Opium War’ (the British empire was the first to conduct Opium Wars, against China):

Presidential candidate Donald Trump wants the death penalty for drug dealers:

U.S. Navy photo, 22NOV2022.

On 22NOV2022, the U.S. Navy reported capturing 2-thousand-2-hundred kilograms of hashish and 330 kilograms of methamphetamine, in the Gulf of Aden.

Image obsessed celebrities are trying a new diet fad to lose weight, except that it is causing an artificial drug shortage for those people who truly need the drug to survive:

A new epidemic; deaths of old people, from drugs/alcohol, skyrocketing:

ARIZONA: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) collected 8-thousand-279 pounds of unneeded prescription medications, in October.  In April, the DEA’s Arizona operations collected 8-thousand-215 pounds which brings the 2022 total to more than 8-tons!  It was all part of the never ending Drug Take Back Day operations.  This begs the question, why did so many people get so many prescriptions, and why don’t the doctors get suspicious (or are they the problem)?

A doctor is among a group of people now charged with drug smuggling and money laundering!

CALIFORNIA:

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Second Class Matthew West, 29NOV2022.

On 29NOV2022, the crew of U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) off-loaded more than 1-thousand-50 pounds of cocaine and other contraband, onto the port of San Diego.

COLORADO: The DEA’s Rocky Mountain Division collected more than 25-thousand pounds of unwanted drugs during October’s Drug Take Back Day event!  The national Drug Take Back Day event is actually held twice per year, usually in April and October.

FLORIDA:  

USCG District 7 photo, 11NOV2022.

On 11NOV2022, the U.S. Coast Guard off-loaded an estimated $101-million worth of cocaine at Port Everglades.  The USCG says 11 smugglers were also captured.

Delta Airlines employees arrested for drug smuggling:

GEORGIA: Doctor sentenced to federal prison for illegally selling prescription drugs!

HAWAII:

Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Specialist Mariah-Alexsandra K. Manandic-Kapu, 15NOV2022.

On 15NOV2022, the Hawaiian Army National Guard conducted a class on how to test for, and handle, illegal (illicit) drugs.

MISSOURI: The DEA’s Saint Louis Division broke its fentanyl seizure record in fiscal year 2022; more than 671 pounds, a 41% increase over last year’s record!  The Saint Louis Division covers Missouri, Kansas and southern Illinois.

NEW MEXICO: An illegal from Mexico gets federal prison time for drug smuggling!

NEW YORK: A Town of Oyster Bay employee, and a local dentist, both face charges that they worked together for the past four years, selling at least 7-thousand illegal prescriptions for opioids!

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) New York Division collected nearly 12-tons of unwanted prescription drugs during the October Drug Take Back Day event!

PENNSYLVANIA: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) collected 26-thousand-215 pounds of unwanted drugs during last month’s Drug Take Back Day!

TEXAS: Former Brownsville cop now in federal prison for smuggling drugs!

Illegals from Mexico plead guilty to smuggling ‘balls’ of heroin, packaged as snack foods!

13 people allegedly part of the Texas Mexican Mafia have been sentenced to federal prison!

The owner of a nationally known fireworks distributor (with their own website) is now spending 15 years in federal prison for drug smuggling! 

A Mexican national is now spending time in federal prison after being convicted of conspiracy to transport over four thousand pounds of marijuana!

Illegals from Mexico convicted of drug smuggling and money laundering!

WASHINGTON: Renton man sent to federal prison for acting as a debt collector for drug dealers, his favorite tactic was to fire-off a gun and threaten to kill the drug addicts for not paying-up!

Two illegals from Mexico sentenced to federal prison for drug smuggling!

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Seattle Field Division boasted that they collected more than 22-thousand pounds of unneeded prescription medications during last month’s Drug Take Back Day!  This begs the question, why did so many people get so many prescriptions, and why don’t the doctors get suspicious (or are they the problem)?  The DEA Seattle Field Division covers the states of Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho.

WISCONSIN: A doctor (pediatrician) gets 18 months in prison for illegally distributing drugs!

Convicted drug smuggler posts bail for murder suspect, who has a history of skipping town during previous bails, so even more amazing is that the judge allowed this:

Drugs, the American Way, October 2022: NATIONAL DRUG “TAKE BACK” DAY PROVES THEY ORIGINATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT/HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY?

Biden’s Borderland: BOAT PEOPLE, 200% INCREASE IN OCTOBER! ALL FROM CUBA? HUGH INCREASE IN ILLEGAL FISHING OFF TEXAS COAST BY MEXICANS!

Borderland Hell:

G20-BIDEN ADMITS TO FUNDING GLOBAL MIGRANTS & REFUGEES?

Drugs, the American Way: Drug deaths on the rise, even pets are getting unintentionally high, don’t eat the fish!

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 May 2022:

Canada to legalize illegal drugs in British Colombia, in an attempt to stop tsunami of drug deaths!

What were to the top 20 legal drugs sold in the United States in 2021?

Amber Heard says, in court testimony, it is okay to do drugs depending on the situation:

Canadian study says anti-inflammatory drugs could cause some people to develop chronic pain!

Archeology proves drugs were used on human sacrifice victims!

A redacted U.S. Navy video of a ‘stateless’ fishing boat that was supposedly carrying illegal drugs, which were allegedly thrown overboard in the Gulf of Oman on 15MAY2022:

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Lily Gebauer, 16MAY2022.

The very next day, the U.S. Navy captured an Iranian fishing boat, 16MAY2022, which they claim was loaded with 640-kilograms of methamphetamine.  The Iranian crew were sent back to Iran.  The USN says they were conducting a routine ‘flag verification boarding’, in the Gulf of Oman, when they found the drugs.

ALABAMA: House party with 1-hundred guests, busted for illegal drugs!

CALIFORNIA: Drugs are so prevalent in San Diego that a dog got intoxicated after going for a walk in its owner’s neighborhood, four cases so far!

A doctor is now in prison for selling Hydroxychloroquine illegally, for treatment of Pandemic!

City of Oakland to consider law to support victims of the federal War on Drugs:

On 16MAY2022, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released a video showing a drug transport tunnel in Otay Mesa, apparently $25-million worth of illegal drugs were captured, six people arrested:

COLORADO: Illegal drugs are being sent to prisoners at Larimer County Jail, it took deputies a long time to figure it out because the drugs were actually part of the ink used to write on the stationary!

FLORIDA: A new study says don’t eat the local fish, they are full of dangerous prescription drugs:

Teacher arrested for selling drugs to students for cash and sex:

GEORGIA: Big drug bust involving three counties!

Fulton County Jail medic on-the-run after doing drugs:

IDAHO: Canyon County residents accuse federal and local law enforcers of using excessive force during drug busts!

Emergencies caused by fentanyl use are increasing across The Gem State!

INDIANA: Increase in O-D deaths:

KENTUCKY: Louisville Metro Alcoholic Beverage Control issues stickers that can detect drugs in drinks.

Report accuses Louisville Metro Police Department of disappearing the illegal drugs it captures during drug busts:

MASSACHUSETTS: Considering repealing War on Drugs tax!

MISSISSIPPI: A stolen car led to Operation Fast Pass and a big drug bust.

NORTH CAROLINA: The U.S. Army revealed that back on March 11th a ‘routine’ Military Police (MP) traffic stop just outside of Fort Bragg resulted in the capture of 25 ecstasy pills, 0.73 grams of cocaine, 4.34 grams of methamphetamine, 1.45 grams of pure fentanyl, 1 gram of marijuana, and other drug paraphernalia.  The really amazing thing is that on 04MAY2022 the U.S. Army decided to give the MPs of the 42nd Military Police Detachment an award for doing their job: “You know, it’s nice to get the recognition, but this is what we do. We don’t come to work to get recognition. Just knowing that we possibly stopped those three individuals from overdosing on something they didn’t know was pure fentanyl, is enough.”-Sergeant Robert Halmi, 42nd Military Police Detachment

NEW YORK: Woman with history of drug crimes pleads guilty to making child porn and selling drugs!

OHIO: More school districts decide to drug test students!

OREGON: Oh the irony as police/Multnomah County Sheriff say legalizing certain drugs has flooded Portland’s streets with illegal drugs (as was predicted):

PENNSYLVANIA: Three county prison guards accused of providing prisoners with drugs!

SOUTH CAROLINA: Mexican drug dealers used food truck to sell drugs, state Attorney General says it is worst he has ever seen:

TENNESSEE: 3 arrested, over $600K in drugs seized by Shelby County deputies.

VERMONT: Governor vetoes bill that would have created so-called personal use limits of illegal drugs. The bill was considered the first step to legalizing illegal drugs.

WASHINGTON: Certain drug convictions are being ‘cleared’ after state judge ruled a specific drug law to be unconstitutional:

AirBNB customers are using rentals as drug labs:

Washington DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is going to make importation of drugs easier, under the guise of lowering costs!

WISCONSIN: La Crosse County Medical Examiner reports increase in O-D deaths:

Drugs, the American Way:

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET photo by Ricardo Castrodad, 18APR2022.

FENTANYL NOW KING, AND OUT OF CONTROL!

‘Disturbed, disgusted and angry’: U.S. government shenanigans, November 2018

Incomplete (i-e ‘Tip of the Iceberg’) list of United States Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct revelations for November 2018:

ALABAMA: state trooper killed after shooting District Attorney 

Castleberry, a speed trap town, might soon resolve lawsuit

Cop who killed innocent man at mall escapes criminal charges

ALASKA: Evil Anchorage backs off cuts to new budget amid public outcry, some of the cuts were actually covert homeless people eradication operations!

Alaska Sees Record Breaking Year For Oil And Gas Leases

Rethinking Alaska’s Only Maximum-Security Prison

The tumultuous relationship between SB 91 and addiction 

ARKANSAS:  Illegal DACA immigrant tries caught on video in shootout with deputy

British empire Canadian Firm Seeks Arkansas Pilot Plant to Extract Lithium

Washington County eyes property tax increase

2019 taxpayer funded budget for Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport increases to $35-million

ARIZONA: Man Freed From Prison Accused of Killing Woman on Same Day

Prison guard accused of assaulting prisoners

Once again, Judge orders Arizona prisons to comply with healthcare

Report finds disproportionate sentencing along racial lines

motorists to pay an extra $32 fee on vehicle registration

Deputy U.S. marshal shot and killed serving arrest warrant

MCSO deputy sheriff arrested on child molestation charges

Temporary housing for U.S. Army soldiers arriving at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for border patrol ops, 02NOV2018.

Lieutenant General Jeffrey Buchanan, of United States Army Northern Command, inspects the border wall near Nogales, 29NOV2018.

Video report of inspection of Wisconsin National Guard personnel deployed to Arizona border wall operations:

CALIFORNIA: Taxpayer funded Ahtna Support & Training Services issued a layoff WARN for their ops at the U.S. Army’s Fort Irwin, 53 jobs gone by the end of the year.

In the near total gun ban Golden State 12 people dead, including sheriff’s deputy.

deputy killed pursuing 5-time drunken driver

2 San Diego Deputies Charged With Assault

L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy, 2 Others Accused of Robbing Marijuana Warehouse During Bogus Raid

‘best big jail in nation’ thought female prisoner was faking being pregnant, until the baby arrived: “They ignored me completely. I noticed they shut the little window to muffle my screams because I was screaming, ‘Help me! Help me! My baby’s coming!’ I’m standing there in a puddle of my own blood…and all the deputy could say was, ‘Oh, OK.’ I just couldn’t believe they would put me through that.”-former prisoner now suing county taxpayers over the prison crime

 ‘extraordinary’ state budget surplus

Court Orders Moratorium on Offshore Fracking Off California

BIG OIL HAS SPENT MILLIONS TRYING TO DEFEAT San Luis Obispo COUNTY

Pacific Gas & Electric reveals it’s spending money lobbying the state government to reduce fines it must pay for causing wildfires as a result of not maintaining powerlines

Border fence reinforcement ops at Border Field State Park in Imperial Beach, 15NOV2018.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan meets with Governor of Baja California Fransciso Vega de Lamadrid and Mexican Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Ricardo Aguilar prior to a tour of border operations at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

U.S. Marines reinforce the border wall at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, 16NOV2018.

COLORADO: Fuel Burns Near Colorado Oil Well Site

Voters reject oil well setbacks

Adams County cop calls voters ‘stupid’

Assault on a Moffat County Sheriff’s deputy might be linked to prison gang

El Paso County deputy sentenced to 6 years in prison

$45 million taxpayer funded budget increase for Denver parks

CONNECTICUT:  Report Projects Toll roads Could Raise $1 Billion a Year

Surging tax receipts dramatically shrink budget hole 

5 Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative officials indicted for conspiracy, theft from a program receiving federal funds.

Norwalk Judicial cop arrested after she allegedly stole from a developmentally-challeged woman

DELAWARE: More drones spotted flying over state’s largest male prison

Delaware gas prices remain lowest in nation

‘Traffic nightmare’ over as Delaware Memorial Bridge reopens

Newark City Council approves $94.6 million budget, 4 percent tax hike

Delaware sending 330 prisoners to Pennsylvania at cost to state taxpayers of $40,000 per day

FLORIDA: “high-technology woman-owned, small disadvantaged company built on a strong culture of ethics” (LinkedIn.com description) which was sued in 2015 for defrauding taxpayers regarding a contract with NASA, Yang Enterprises eliminating 141 jobs at Kennedy Space Center, by the end of January 2019!

Deputy charged with attempted sexual battery on other deputy

Deputy at School Shooting Called a ‘Coward’

deputy accused of assaulting woman in front of child

Florida International University Deputy Chief Arrested for Bar Fight

Three prison guards arrested for smuggling cash into jail

Voters approve ban on oil drilling, vaping indoors

Despite voter ban Oil companies are already back to pushing for offshore drilling

Anger simmering over election recount

GEORGIA: Savannah proposing $399 million budget, flat tax rate

Federal judge delays certification of state election results

deputy resigns following DUI-hit-and-run charge

deputy resigns amid domestic violence arrest

5 Richmond County deputies arrested in one month

GUAM:  The U.S. Territory Has Just Elected Its First-Ever Female Governor

Guam Economic Development Authority accused of creating $100-thousand per year job for a former GEDA deputy!

Guam Election Commission accuses the deputy director of the Bureau of Budget and Management Research of violating financial disclosure rules

HAWAII: OHA Offering $7 Million in taxpayer funded Community Grants

For proof it’s all rigged, State Legislature says Leadership Will Stay The Same Despite New Faces

U.S. Postal Service suggests Christmas mailing dates just for Hawaii

UH Wants 40 Million additional tax dollars To Help Students Lower Their Tuition Costs

Dentist who had license revoked found innocent of girl’s death, must now beg to get new license

A former death row prisoner has charges of sex trafficking dropped, then gets arrested for invalid I-D and failing to pay a traffic ticket, as he was getting on a plane to attend an Innocence Project meeting!

IDAHO: Lawsuit dismissed against deputies in death of Idaho rancher

Adams County pays $2.6 million to slain rancher’s family

Pocatello police target mom-n-pop stores for selling CBD oil

Boise man accused of stabbing stranger was released from prison 4 months prior

Not much changed in Idaho this election

Did governor candidate Brad Little allow fracking on his land?

Idaho company fined for oil spill in Washington

ILLINOIS: Ziyen Energy Acquires Five New Oil Assets in the Illinois Basin

State needs another $3+ billion a year to stay even

Officer in Fatal Shooting Placed on Leave

Escapee shot, captured after deputy stabbed

INDIANA: reserve deputy found asleep in car charged with OWI

Deputy sentenced to 152 years

Indianapolis Housing Agency wants to cut public safety budget despite crime increase

Center Township wants local tax increase of 26.8 percent

IOWA: State lottery raking in the bucks, but state agencies not benefiting

Rock Island County raises property taxes 11.9%, despite collecting $6.3-million last year

Iowa gas prices drop about 40 cents in the past month

deputy cited for illegal possession of whitetail deer antlers (caught cutting off antlers after deer was killed by a vehicle)

County Attorney NOT arrested for drugs

KANSAS: Investigation leads to charges against Doniphan County deputy

Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputy arrested

undersheriff who killed man with beanbag wasn’t trained

Deer killed after attacking deputy

Gas price drops below $2 a gallon in Wichita

State treasury has money waiting for 1.5 million people

Child Welfare Groups Want state taxpayers To Spend $30 Million

$100M tax revenue surplus

Kansas turned blue? 

KENTUCKY: How Kentucky fails its workers

Sniffing for oil, Pittsburgh energy firm heading into Kentucky

Bath County deputy accused of trying to have child sex

Grand jury re-indicts chief deputy of Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office

jail video shows guard slamming prisoner to floor

LOUISIANA: Sheriff captains accused of taking bribes from for-profit prison corporation’s prisoner work release program

Louisiana to get $91 million in federal oil and gas revenue

Coast Guard orders cleanup of massive 14-year oil spill

landowners sue Bayou Bridge pipeline for trespassing and damage

Who’s drilling in Louisiana? 

Louisiana to Get Another $164 Million in British Petroleum Oil Spill Restoration Grants

Coast Guard responds to crude oil spill into marsh near Dulac

forecasters downgrade job growth outlook for Louisiana oil 

No Election Day voting sticker? It’s blamed on lack of money

funding for prison system, sheriffs on hold

Louisiana may have misspent $85M in Medicaid program

Despite claims of no money in the budget for other agencies, lawmakers want to give teachers a pay raise!

MAINE: County approves settlement with deputy accused of domestic violence

Heating Prices Recede Slightly 

tax hike to fund universal home care

Bids on Falmouth Route 100 project come in over budget

Weeks Before Medicaid Expansion Deadline, Governor Files Motion to Delay

MARYLAND: County official pleads guilty to charges related to embezzlement 

Voters Say Taxes From Casinos Should Go to Schools

sheriff’s deputy charged with rape, sodomy

High schoolers indicted for raping classmates with a broom in a locker room

MASSACHUSETTS: Two Adult-Use Dispensaries Sold $2.2 Million Worth of Cannabis in First Five Days of Legal Operations

Level 2 Hazmat Situation in Downtown Boston

Fire Breaks Out at Chemical Factory

upside-down tax system

taxpayers will benefit from $4M budget error, yet property taxes will still go up

MICHIGAN: Gov’na wants taxpayers to pay $4.5-million for a tunnel

Kent County budget increase funded by 35% from taxes, 22% from service charges (where does the rest of the funding come from?)

The state has extra money to spend because tax revenues have been “higher than anticipated” 

More radioactive fracking waste could be coming to Michigan

Gov’na wants Great Lakes oil pipeline

Galesburg residents voice opposition to oil lease proposed in city park

sheriff arrested for drunken driving

Deputy kills prisoner after struggle inside ambulance

Woman claims charges against her are retaliation for her accusing a deputy of sex assault

MINNESOTA: deputy suspected of forging warrants 

mental health crises end in fatal encounters with cops

police chief found dead

Line 3 oil pipeline moves closer to construction in northern Minnesota

No ‘trickle down’ for local gas prices

City Council shifts $1.1-million away from Minneapolis Police Department’s plan to “civilianize existing sworn positions”

MISSISSIPPI:  new lottery will help save the state budget?

Jackson libraries face an existential crisis 

High Court to Hear Case on Juror Discrimination

Deputies held U.S. citizens as illegal immigrants, simply because they were driving back from a vacation in Mexico

police officer indicted on charge of fondling child

MISSOURI: Platte County deputy faces charges of harassment, violating protection order

Gasconade County Deputy Is Charged With Assault

Male sheriff and female chief deputy charged with assault, robbery, endangering a child, illegal use of a weapon, misuse of official information by a public servant and false impersonation

The last Police Officer In Garden City is Fired

State tax collection down about $110 million, blamed on federal tax cuts

MONTANA: University of Montana budget cuts $5 million

Montana Corrections department cutting 22 jobs 

Pipeline spills crude oil on private property 

Montana Man Gets Year in Prison for Oil Plant Explosion

Federal BLM moving ahead on most oil and gas leases

Sheriff candidates NOT accused of sexual misconduct triumph in rural elections

NEBRASKA: two restaurants shutdown after 22 illegal immigrants arrested

County commissioner facing criminal charges found dead

administrative services director fired for allowing bullying

Nebraska makes it easier for investors to steal farms

Buffalo County already out of road gravel funding, in less than five month

NEVADA:  Prisoner whose execution was called off found dead in cell

Tampon tax?

vacancies created by state election victories

Voters reject breaking up monopoly NV Energy

Nevada sage grouse habitat versus oil, gas lease auction

We may never know exactly why Nevada politicians put $2 million on campaign credit cards

Huge voter turnout, maybe because Some Polls Stayed Open 3 Extra Hours

NEW HAMPSHIRE:  Heating oil spill threatens drinking water supply

man charged with impersonating police in two states

Dover tax rate reduced, but property tax bills will still rise

Fish & Game struggling

$1 Billion state Budget Shortfall

NEW JERSEY: State taxpayers forced to fund $2.1 million in legal aid for illegal immigrants

Chris Christie’s official taxpayer funded-foreign painted portrait, most expensive ever!

Already damaged by years of oil spills, Perth Amboy terminal could become hub for crude exports

New Jersey cops can’t bust residents over immigration status 

Tax collector charged with stealing from 3 municipalities

NEW MEXICO: deputy finally appears in court on contempt charge

Deputy released from jail after new charge filed

Drilling overwhelms agency protecting America’s lands

Shale Boom Makes a New Mexico

NEW YORK: Did New York and Virginia Overpay for Amazon?

Amazon Is Coming. Can New York’s Transit System Handle It?

Sheriff’s deputy was in uniform while trespassing

NORTH CAROLINA: Incoming sheriff vows to end cooperation with federal illegal immigration investigations

‘I have guns’: police chief charged with domestic violence

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers temporarily suspends work on Atlantic Coast Pipeline

NORTH DAKOTA: Native American tribes scrambling to print new I-Ds 

North Dakota grows into its ongoing oil boom

North Dakota OKs oil processing plant expansion 

State judicial branch asks for new money to increase staffing in 2019-21

National Guard Strips Tuition Funding for ROTC Scholarship Students

new round of UND employee buyouts

counties on hook for Keystone XL protest costs

fire chief arrested on felony charge

Law Officer Convicted Of Corrupting Teenage Boy

City accountant on trial for fraud in case linked to murder-for-hire

Voter turnout high 

Native Americans say new state law blocks their Right to vote

OHIO:  Eight Permits Issued in Ohio’s Utica Shale

food store keeps CBD oil on shelves despite state ban

Hamilton County sheriff patrol cuts, fee hikes 

Cincinnati Metro burning through its financial reserves

OKLAHOMA: University of Oklahoma lays off 50 staffers

Oklahoma Halts Roan Oil Well Completion After Quake

OIPA and OKOGA merge, unify oil and gas associations

reserve deputy sentenced to 10-year probation for child porn

Two jailers charged after allegedly beating a restrained prisoner

Police Chief Accused Of Ethics Violation

OREGON: deputy pleads guilty to misconduct after having sex on duty

State budget officials predict $623 million shortfall

economy slowing, state tax revenue outlook darkens

PENNSYLVANIA: Dauphin County property taxes won’t increase

State College Budget Includes Tax Increase

Crawford County budget includes tax increase

man indicted for impersonating U.S. Marshal

PUERTO RICO: $3,700 Generators and $666 Sinks: FEMA Contractors Charged taxpayers Steep Markups on hurricane Repairs

RHODE ISLAND: $280K from federal coastal resilience fund, and Shell Oil

Offering REAL ID-Compliant Licenses (Real I-D is actually a domestic passport)

$160M state budget deficit

Maybe there’s a state budget deficit because state government workforce swells to 14058 workers and state tax revenue is down by $5 million

SOUTH CAROLINA:  MOX (Mixed Oxide Fuel) Project at the Savannah River Site shutting down due to costing taxpayers “more than one million dollars a day and is about 3 decades behind schedule”. The project was attempting to process plutonium into a ‘safer’ form to be used to power homes.  The first round of layoffs will result in just over 5-hundred people becoming unemployed in January 2019!

Spartanburg County leads the state for police shootings

Offshore oil drilling worth extra $1.6 billion to South Carolina government

police officer on administrative leave after DUI arrest

SOUTH DAKOTA:  Questions remain a year after 400000 gallon Keystone oil spill

Deputy Facing Disorderly Conduct Charges

man faces prison time in water bill dispute

No plea from sheriff-elect in assault case

TENNESSEE: deputy charged with voluntary manslaughter for a 2017 shooting

Here’s the taxpayer funded incentives Tennessee promised Amazon

Disgruntled employee responsible for 20-thousand gallon oil spill

cop accused of sexual contact with teen

body camera footage at center of precedent setting panic attack trial 

man witnesses deputy commit a hit-and-run

TEXAS: Surge of oil and gas flowing to Texas coastline triggers building boom

Husband of deputy sent to prison for choke-hold killing

Renegade Texas cops arrested in New York for double murder

Man kills his sheriff’s deputy father for beating man’s mother

Hurricane Harvey recovery has cost taxpayers $2.7 billion, so far

Arrest of illegal immigrants in McAllen, 15NOV2018.

U.S. Army personnel install concertina wire on the Anzalduas International Bridge, 05NOV2018.

U.S. Border Patrol agents conduct a Del Rio Sector Mobile Field Force Combined Exercise, 16NOV2018.

UTAH: Mitt Romney handily wins U.S. Senate seat from Utah, and he’s not even from Utah, he’s from evil Michigan

Oil sands project begins

Arrogant cop fired after arresting hospital nurse

Trump threatens dinosaur fossils?

VERMONT: $40M state budget gap

For $10 million, 1.6 percent of Stowe can be yours

Department of Public Service officials block release of documents that could show the commissioner is working against the interests of taxpayers

VIRGINIA: State Medicaid costs soar by $462.5 million – but not because of expansion

Richmond Sheriff’s Office running $3.2 million over budget

deputy charged with assaulting prisoner

deputy arrested for rape: ‘Disturbed, disgusted and angry’

The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed

On 08NOV2018, the retired battleship USS Wisconsin was used to grant citizenship to 29 military personnel who were born in Philippines, Jamaica, Ghana, Nigeria, China, Vietnam, Congo, Kenya, Federated States of Micronesia, Togo and Burkina Faso.  According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the City of Norfolk and Nauticus, it was a record number of military personnel granted citizenship in one day.

WASHINGTON: When does the viaduct close? How much is the tunnel toll?

State drops charges against restaurant owner accused of tax theft

police officer charged with assault in alleged drunken incident

voters reject carbon-fee initiative

Seattle homelessness spending tops $90 million

Seattle City Council is poised to shift about $900,000 per year in red-light camera income away from school sidewalk and crosswalk projects

Spokane County raises property taxes

Spokane Schools looking at $436 million budget

EWU athletics official agrees to pay restitution

Washington DC: Maryland Cops accused of driving into DC and paying for sex in cop car

How President Trump Is Impacting Oil Prices

water fees tap into tension over gentrification and the 1st Amendment

U.S. deficits and the debt in 5 charts

WEST VIRGINIA: Natural Gas Industry Keeps Pushing to reduce Payments to Residents

Drilling companies avoiding responsibility to plug orphan wells

deputy reaches plea deal in solicitation case

Convicted state supreme court judge Resigns

Voters Approves Abortion Amendment

Claims of more jobs but fewer workers

WISCONSIN: Wisconsin needs $2 billion more from taxpayers to cover existing programs

Study reveals Rich Pay the Least in Wisconsin Taxes

Tri-Par Oil Exits the C-Store Industry

sheriff’s deputy shoots dog

Family accuses cops of destroying cop-cam video showing they killed an innocent man 

WYOMING:  Deputy won’t be indicted for fatal shooting

What Do Low Oil Prices Mean For Wyoming?

Oil worker killed in explosion 

Despite oil boom, lawmakers want state level hotel tax

Teton County voters approve lodging tax

Laramie County voters approve tax increases

Germany: In the U.S. occupied NATO country the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. AfriCom (Arfrica Command) held their first ever Africa Symposium.  The goal was to figure out why the people of the African continent refuse to accept the U.S. taxpayer funded imposition of U.S. style ‘Rule of Law’ (since 2000, when AfriCom was created): “Do civilians in danger run away from the military or do they run towards the military, and do the security services behave and are they subject to the restraints of the rule of law? If not, I don’t care if they are an African, European, or an Asian army, civilians are going to run away.  Our key strategic goal here, is to help build African armies to which civilians in distress run towards, not away from.”-Alexander Laskaris, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Engagement on the U.S. Africa Command (former U.S. ambassador to Guinea under the Obama regime)

Great Reneger: “We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt

Tunisia (Tunis): The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) completed the sale of more than $338 million worth of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to the African country of Tunisia.

ObamaCare-ACA death spiral, November 2018: ‘BERMUDA TRIANGLE’

Dumbing Down the U.S.A., November 2018: “ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE”

U.S. government shenanigans, October 2018:OPERATION FAITHFUL PATRIOT

Drugs, the American way, November 2018: ‘WAR ZONE’

“we are losing customers everyday” More than 11-thousand jobs killed!: U.S. Food Crisis, March 2018

Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of March, 2018: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, spread of disease and extreme weather.

Many individual farmers are suffering from low prices caused by oversupply.  Oversupply can be caused by overproduction, but I believe there’s another factor creating the oversupply situation; more and more consumers are buying less food because they have less money.  Domestic demand could be falling because the U.S. economy, for working class people, has not recovered.

Alaska: In Juneau, vegan food truck Happy Camper shutdown.  State Department of Fish and Game  is warning that more wild sheep and goats are being found with mycoplasma ovipneumonia (a respiratory bacteria).

Arizona: In Tucson, after about 25 years cafe Chocolate Iguana being kicked out by the building’s new owner, who just happens to be connected to a competing coffee shop chain.

Arkansas: The evil Monsanto’s lawsuit against the Arkansas Plant Board has been dismissed.  Tyson Foods suddenly laid off 150 people in Van Buren due to “changes in production needs”!  Flying Burrito shutdown its 15 years old Fayetteville restaurant, without giving a reason. Also in Fayetteville, CV’s Family Foods shutting down when the inventory is gone, blaming it on competition from a new Walmart Neighborhood Market. In Humnoke, flooding farm fields required a response by the National Guard:

California: After 45 years Bracken Bird Farm suddenly shutdown blaming five years of low sales, but the recent theft of some parrots was the final straw.  In Santa Barbara, after 34 years Max’s Restaurant and Cucina shutdown blaming a bad economy coupled with wildfires and mudslides.  In Lafayette, after five years Rustic Tavern shutdown due to a dispute over the lease.  La Brea Bakery shutting down its distribution center in Vernon, 109 jobs gone by the end of April!  San Diego based brewery Green Flash announced it halted distribution to an additional ten U.S. states, in January Green Flash laid off 15% of its employees and halted ops in 32 states.   Boyd Coffee Company shutting down its San Diego ops in May.  In Fresno, after 18 years Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory suddenly shutdown due to losing the lease.  In Long Beach, after at least three decades Paradise Bar & Restaurant shutdown.  In Napa, after 71 years Vallerga’s Market shutdown, the owner saying “The grocery industry has changed. It’s a very competitive industry and Napa does have a lot of grocery stores.”  Claim Jumper issued a shutdown WARN for its restaurant in Temecula, 77 jobs gone by mid-May.  Raley’s Supermarkets issued a temporary shutdown WARN for its Windsor location, 63 jobs gone by June. Switzerland owned Nestlé continues killing California jobs, this time it was revealed that 89 jobs were eliminated in February. Switzerland owned ARYZTA shutting down its Los Angeles ops, 109 jobs gone by the end of April!  Seneca Foods issued a shutdown WARN for its massive ops in Modesto, 1-thousand-975 jobs gone by September!  Yet another reason for not living in The Golden State; Proposition 65 forces business to tell you that coffee causes cancer.  The Cheesecake Factory issued a shutdown WARN for its Palo Alto location, 140 jobs gone by the end of May!  Texas based Claim Jumper issued a shutdown WARN for its Temecula restaurant, 77 jobs gone by the end of May.

Colorado:  Even though marijuana is legal in The Centennial State,  firefighters found an illegal ganja farm while fighting a wildfire in El Paso County.  The state’s largest producer of meat products, JBC Agricultural Management-Crystal River Meats, chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to a cattle purchase deal that went bad last year.

Connecticut: “Falling milk prices have hit farmers in my state hard….  …farm milk prices are forecasted to drop in 2018, and Connecticut’s already struggling dairy farmers would be in dire straits without immediate federal action.”Chris Murphy, U.S. senator

Florida: Jacksonville based Southeastern Grocers/BI-LO/ Harveys/ Winn-Dixie/Fresco y Más now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and shutting down 94 stores, potentially more than 8-thousand jobs lost!  In October 2017, an anonymous Southeastern Grocers employee posted on glassdoor.com “We are losing customers everyday.”  Don’t forget that Winn-Dixie has been killing jobs for several years now.  H.I. Development eliminating 88 jobs at Miami International Airport by June.

Georgia: Farmers expressing concerns over what they call ‘dumping’ of crops onto the U.S. Market by Canada and Mexico, due to NAFTA.  This is another cause of oversupply.

Hawaii: In a confusing situation, a restaurant customer complained of finding bug parts in their lettuce, the restaurant said the lettuce came from an aquaponics farm, state Health Department decided to shutdown all aquaponics farms, then suddenly reversed its decision.

Idaho: Sandpoint based supplement maker Thorne issued a layoff WARN, 136 jobs gone by the end of April!   A Texas billionaire is behind the recent changes to The Gem State’s farm trespass law.   West of Hidden Springs, residents are upset over plans to sell 1-thousand acres (404 hectares) of farmland to people who want to build almost 2-thousand houses.  A federal judge ruled that the federal government illegally quarantined potato farms, some farmers went out of business as a result.  Despite that the state Farm Bureau still boasts that more potatoes are grown in Idaho than in any other state.

Illinois: In Champaign, Wedge Tequila Bar and Grill shutdown after a weeks notice. In Chicago, popular Cemitas Puebla suddenly shutdown its Hyde Park location, so the owners can focus on a new project.  In Collinsville, after more than 40 years, after two years attempting to sell it, The Sandwich Shop shutdown, the owners saying “We’ve all decided it’s been enough.”

Indiana: In New Albanay, the popular Feast BBQ suddenly shutdown, not because of lack of sales but because “Feast BBQ outgrew our space in New Albany the day we opened the doors……We have been faced with the challenge of operating a restaurant in too small of a space, with nowhere to expand…..”  In Indianapolis, after 18 years Santorini Greek Kitchen, the owners blaming health problems “beyond their control.”

Iowa:  “The added costs due to our county regulations have put some of our new business ideas on hold as we had to shift our focus to regulatory compliance rather than enhancing our business endeavors.”-Jenny Quiner, urban farmer

Kansas: In Valley Center, after 50 years Leeker’s Family Foods shutting down in April due to the greedy landlord.

Kentucky: In Louisville, after 72 years Dundee Candy Shop has been sold to competitor Sweet Spot Candy Shop, who plans on consolidating the Dundee brand within its own shop (the original Dundee Candy Shop will shutdown in April).

Louisiana: In Monroe, Restaurant Sage suddenly shutdown after a little more than ten years, the owners didn’t say why.

Maine: In Portland, Big J’s Chicken Shack shutdown due to being ‘bought-out’ in that location, the owners of the Big J’s brand say they’re looking for new locations.

Maryland: Humane Society of Wicomico County reports efforts to rescue more than 32 horses from a Quantico farm, where more than 24 horses were found dead.  The dire situation was revealed by a local TV station, which aired video of the dead horses rotting on the farmland.

Massachusetts: Seekonk Police arrested two people for stealing chickens and ducks, the cops followed a trail of feathers to a vehicle filled with poultry, and the two suspects.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that from 2007 to 2012 the area lost 50 farms (mainly family farms). 

Michigan: With only a few days warning Cold Stone Creamery shutdown its Grand Blanc location, eight jobs suddenly gone due to lack of sales. Coca Cola shutting down its distribution center in Port Huron, 25 jobs affected by consolidation ops.  An article by Marketplace reveals that the hugely successful urban farm projects operated by poor people in Detroit are becoming a threat to traditional/industrial farming.

Minnesota: In Minneapolis, Kings Wine Bar shutdown due to the owners getting an offer for the property they couldn’t refuse.  Rainbow Foods shutdown its Richfield store with only a week-long notice blaming crashed sales on “competitive changes and two summers of road construction.”  Buffalo Wild Wings suddenly laid off 132 people at its HQ in Minneapolis (Golden Valley), due to being taken over by Arby’s!

Mississippi: Cooper Restaurants shutting down its ten years old Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Ridgeland, “due to changing market dynamics.”

Missouri: USDA reports H7N1 (bird flu) on a turkey farm in Jasper County, it is now quarantined.  U.S. Department of Commerce data shows low personal incomes in The Show Me State might have contributed to a 72% decline in agricultural income in 2017.

Montana: State taxpayers are now the owners of a farm after the State Land Board spent the most money ever ($11-million USD) buying the Angela Farm. The opioid problem has farmers on edge: “If you would have told me a year ago that it was a problem, I would have said no, but when you start looking at the numbers and we’ve actually had instances of people we know that have been involved with some problems with opioid addictions.”– John Youngberg, Montana Farm Bureau Federation

“…opioids can spell disaster for a farm family and ranch family so we’re trying our best to educate and communicate the ways we can help if you are addicted to it.”-Alan Merrill, Montana Farmers Union

Nebraska: The University of Nebraska at Lincoln’s (UNL) Ag Economics Department discovered that 77% of ‘farmers’ said they were concerned about making enough money, 45% said they expect their incomes to decline.  And that survey had nothing to do with the possibility of tariffs on dealing with China. Communist China (People’s Republic of China) is threatening to impose tariffs on pork products coming from the United States, which is scaring the poop out of Nebraska’s pig farmers: “We know that most of our pork that is variety meats, such as the hearts, the livers, and things we don’t eat here in the United States, 82% of that goes outside the United States and that’s incredibly important for us as pork producers to have a market for that and a lot of that goes to the country of China.”-Terry O’Neel

Nevada: University of Nevada has split-off 104 acres (42 hectares) of its Main Station Farm land to be sold for ‘unit development’, because the university needs money for ‘capital improvement projects’.  Administrators claim the remaining farmland will be maintained. Minimum bid for a 40 acres (16 hectares) parcel is $20-million USD.

New Mexico:  USDA reporting that chile crop acreage declined by 12% in 2017, and has been declining for the past ten years.  It’s blamed on drought and on competition from the more profitable pecan, but that might change if China imposes tariffs on pecans.

New York: Grocery store Stop & Shop shutting down its Hempstead location, 1-hundred jobs gone by mid-June due to “under-performing” sales!  In Syracuse, J. Ryan’s Pub forced to shutdown when the lease was suddenly “terminated”.   In NYC, after six years North End Grill shutting down by Xmas, local news media reported the restaurant has suffered from complaints of inappropriate behavior by management towards employees.  After 50 years New Beer Distributors shutting down due to “a lot” of reasons, including a doubling of rent and increased taxes.  After 116 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Glaser’s Bake Shop shutting down in July.  In Liverpool, after 22 years Bruegger’s Bagels suddenly shutdown.Last year the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that U.S. farmers lead the country in suicides, by more than twice that of veterans!  It’s blamed mainly on the fact that individual farmers never truly ‘get-ahead’ financially.  This year New York dairy cooperatives are issuing suicide letters with the milk payments!

North Carolina: Loco for Coco is halting its more than ten years old brick-n-mortar chocolate shop ops and selling online only.

North Dakota:  Farmers are fretting over a possible trade war with China, as it could kill-off their $1.5-billion USD soybean sales to that communist country.

Ohio:  In Leroy, about a dozen 4-H animals were killed in a barn fire.  A tractor was destroyed as well as feed for surviving animals.  In Dayton, Buffalo Wild Wings shutting down its restaurant on North Main Street “later in 2018”, but swears they’re opening a new restaurant in another location. Buffalo Wild Wings also shutting down its location in West Carrollton , “later in 2018”.

Oregon: Boyd’s Coffee Company shutting down “Due to the asset purchase acquisition of Boyd’s by Farmer Bros.”, at least 76 employees in Portland and Eugene unemployed between April and October 2018.   On 16MAR2018, beef processor Bartel’s Packing suddenly went out of business leaving 142 people suddenly jobless!  Bartel’s administrators said that after the “unexpected loss of one of our largest customers”, and a failed attempt to sell the business, debts came due and there was no money to pay them.

Pennsylvania: In Pittsburgh, after 16 years of free drinks for students Qdoba restaurant suddenly shutdown, without warning, due to a corporate decision. After 71 years McGinnis Sisters Special Food Stores shutting down its last two stores, in Monroeville and Brentwood, the owners saying “…at the end of the day, there was just too much pressure. We couldn’t keep up.”  Specialty Bakers suddenly shutdown its Lititz location, 102 jobs gone!  Riverbend Foods issued a shutdown WARN for its Pittsburgh location, 512 jobs gone in May!

Rhode Island: After getting taxpayer incentives in 2015, Ireland based food producer Greencore broke its promise and is shutting down its North Kingstown factory, hundreds of jobs gone!  One of it’s major clients is Amazon.

  South Carolina: The growth of mega-farms is creating concerns over the groundwater supply.  The $44-billion USD aqua-farming/mari-culture industry is going down, but not because of declining sales, it’s because of over harvesting resulting in strict federal regulations which are killing jobs for commercial fisher-people.

Tennessee: Panera Bread suddenly shutdown its Oxmoor Center location. For those who buy their food from a store prices are actually good for them, but bad for farmers:  “It’s a difficult time for agriculture in Tennessee. We’re in a transitional period in Tennessee with prices. It could be better, and I sure hope it gets better soon. Nationally, we have 150,000 too many cattle producing milk. This oversupply happens from time to time, and it’s not good for farmers. They are severely hurting right now. We’re also down in beef prices, grain prices, almost everything. It’s not looking good at the moment.”-Julius Johnson, state Department of Agriculture Commissioner

Texas: The state Farm Bureau confirms that farm oversupply is dropping prices in grocery stores, specifically for meat and dairy.  This oversupply is happening despite that fact that 61% of Texas is in a drought and parts of east Texas are flooding!   Iola Food Market suddenly shutdown, it was reported by residents to local news media, the news media was unable to get a comment from the store owner.

Virginia: In Leesburg, music-BBQ venue Smokehouse Live shutting down. Ornery Beer Company shutdown its Woodbridge public house (pub) because the landlord was “unwilling to work with us to reduce the size or our rent”.  California based Green Flash brewery shutdown its Virginia Beach location just six months after opening, 43 jobs gone.   Supervalu owned Farm Fresh issued a massive shutdown WARN for 38 stores (21 of which are currently for sale), easily more than 3-thousand jobs gone by mid-May!

Washington: Twin Cities Foods issued a shutdown WARN for its Stanwoods ‘rabbit food’ (frozen veggies) factory, 92 jobs gone by mid-May due to a new factory being built in Pasco.   State leaders have banned fish farming.

Washington DC:  Greedy city officials sold-off massive amounts of land for a massive gentrification project, which will result in the destruction of the popular K Street Urban Farm project in 2019.

Wisconsin: In Madison, after 14 years the Silly Yak bakery shutdown, the owner saying “it’s just become harder and harder to source ingredients for gluten free”.  In Manitowoc, after 20 years Capone’s Pub & Grill suddenly shutdown.  In Milwaukee, restaurants Wolf Peach, and Supper shutdown because the property owner suddenly sold-off the buildings. In Edgerton, Craving Burgers shutdown after three years, supposedly being replaced in April by Craving Tacos. Foremost Farms selling-off its operations in Rothschild, 110 jobs gone in May!  In Barron County, a father and son were killed when a silo collapsed on them.  A Washington County deer farm is under quarantine after a dead deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD, mad-cow).  The deer was found dead from what appeared to be wounds from a fight with other deer, but testing revealed CWD. This also resulted in the quarantine of a deer farm 2-hundred miles away in Bayfield County, because 24 deer from the Washington County deer farm were transferred to the farm in Bayfield County.  So far none of the Bayfield deer have tested positive for CWD.  Small scale dairy producers in Wisconsin are being hurt by Texas mega-farms.

Wyoming: In Cheyenne, after five years Steamboat’s Steak & Smokehouse being kicked out by the landlord, who found a new tenant willing to pay higher rent. Popular Steamboat’s is looking for a new location.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

U.S. Food Crisis, February 2018: “I’M NOT SURE WE CAN SUPPORT ALL THESE STORES. OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN’T.”

Zombies are for real! “The fentanyl…is enough to kill everyone…several times over.”: Drugs, the American Way, March 2018

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

“What makes construction so vulnerable to this epidemic is the physical nature of the work. Injury rates are 77% higher in construction than other occupations, and the financial incentive to get back to work before their bodies are healed is leading many down a path that can ultimately lead to abuse and even death.”-Jill Manzo, Midwest Economic Policy Institute

Visit Marijuana Business Daily to find out the latest in legalized MaryJane.

TheFix: “…the drug crisis costing the U.S. economy $1 trillion since 2001.” 

It’s now painfully obvious that the President Reagan imposed, police administered, taxpayer funded DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program not only didn’t work but in some cases actually increased drug use, based on a review of dozens of studies going back to 1991.  

2017 saw a steep decline in the number of drug crime exonerations (people wrongfully convicted of drug crimes and sent to prison, then found to be innocent afterwards).

Gummy Bears are being used to turn your children into literal zombies.  They’re being laced with THC, Melatonin (which is legal in the U.S. but illegal in many other countries) and deadly Flakka.

Alabama: Eufaula Police and state Department of Corrections now conducting random drug searches of Eufaula City Schools.

 “We’re not here to see how many people we can lock up. Our goal must be to see how we can make people feel safe.”-U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, during speech to National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives in Birmingham, 23MAR2018

Alaska: Anchorage Police reported that an addict tried to buy drugs from a dealer who apparently decided to rob the addict of his cash. Also, Anchorage Police reported three separate shootings during one weekend leaving one man dead, three people wounded, believed to be in connection to illegal drugs.  In Sitka, a couple had their children kidnapped, and then the husband was pistol whipped, the wife shot in both legs by what police are calling drug gang “enforcers” from California and New Mexico: “Their sole purpose here, in our town of Sitka, based on what I’m gathering during the course of this investigation, is that they’ve come here to create hate and discontent, and to intimidate local people who live here, and to work as the muscle behind the drug trade.”-Lieutenant Lance Ewers, Sitka Police

Arizona: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (aka Border Patrol) captured 135 pounds (61 kilograms) of ganja, and arrested two teenagers in Nogales.  At the San Luis crossing, a U.S. citizen was captured with more than eight pounds (3.6 kilograms) of meth strapped to his body. Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office captured a Texas resident who was driving a car filled with nearly 50 pounds of cocaine and more than 27 pounds of marijuana.

Arkansas: A now former Jacksonville cop is facing charges of stealing drugs from police evidence lockers and illegal drug possession, he claims it was because of back-pain caused by a work injury.  U.S. DEA and FBI arrested ten people in Benton and Washington counties, accused of dealing heroin, cocaine and meth. In Little Rock, a drug dealer was attacked by prospective buyers, he told police they put a bag over his head and beat him with a shotgun.

KTAL: Hempstead and Nevada Counties crack down on illegal drugs

California: Visalia cops arrested three people; a man and a woman with criminal records  were in possession of illegal guns (so much for California’s gun bans) and methamphetamine (a third suspect was given a simple ticket for suspicion of possession of drugs), in a separate case the third arrest involved a man who broke probation and is accused of selling meth.  In Santa Rosa, a man with a criminal history was arrested for illegal possession of a pistol, narcotics and meth.

Video of U.S. Coast Guard capture of ‘stealth’ drug boat:

NEW WAR ON DRUGS: 114 PEOPLE ARRESTED IN SAN DIEGO!

Colorado: Parker Police personnel hospitalized after exposure to what was thought to be fentanyl, but turned out it was cocaine and meth.

The Denver Post: Colorado cited this drug rehab center operator 50 times in 3 years and it’s still in business.

Connecticut: In Wallingford a woman crashed her vehicle, police found 570 bags of heroin in the vehicle.

Delaware: State police found 3-thousand-127 bags of heroin in a house, two people arrested and their money confiscated by the cops. 

Florida: Sarasota police arrested a man after he attacked them by punching, kicking and biting them, he was high on spice (synthetic marijuana).

Fox News: Florida’s 2016 ‘Officer of the Year‘ arrested after feces, guns, drugs allegedly found in his ‘disgusting’ home

Ocala: When it comes to opioid-related deaths, Marion has the dubious distinction of being near the statistical top among Florida counties

Government Technology: A Florida Drug Case Could Set Precedent for Facial Recognition

Georgia:  University of Georgia football associate equipment manager arrested for spying on people and possessing marijuana.
Hawaii:Hawaii Police Department cop (now on leave without pay) suspected of stealing cocaine and hashish from the evidence room.  The investigation began in 2017, the Hawaii County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney refused to handle the case due to “conflicts of interest”Kauai Police arrested a man and woman for possession of meth and marijuana.
Hawaii News Now: The reemergence of crack
Idaho: NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard), once again snobby residents of Pocatello are shitting themselves over a proposed (and much needed) drug rehab center. This isn’t the first time. As usual the reasons given against a drug rehab center are property values and public safety.   Local news media reported that the nearest drug rehab is a several hours drive, on the west side of the state in Boise.  Speaking of drug crimes and Pocatello, over a three days period Pocatello cops arrested several people for possession of meth, heroine and prescription painkillers (that weren’t prescribed to the individual).  The arrests were the result of police responding to ‘disturbances’, traffic hazards and even a car crash.   Also, a passenger in a car was arrested as a result of a warrant, Pocatello police say when they went through his backpack they found meth, heroin and a scale. Still in Pocatello, a man pled guilty to distributing opioids which resulted in death, he’ll be sentenced in July, and for those snobberies in Pocatello rallying against a drug rehab center the federal judge handling the case stated “Our nation is in the midst of an opioid epidemic and Idaho is not immune from it.”  In the city of Idaho Falls, three homes targeted for drug busts, eight people arrested along with their stash of 30 pounds of ganja, guns, cars, and $47-thousand USD in cash (of course law enforcers get to keep assets for resale, but not for long, see below).  Staying in Idaho Falls, a missing iPhone resulted in a marijuana bust, police say the owner of the iPhone was able to track it to a home and when police entered they found two adults allegedly with more than a pound (more than half a kilo) of ganja.  Also, a man wanted on six warrants was captured after a high-speed chase, one of the charges is possession of drug ‘paraphernalia’.  In another case, police say a suspect was on drugs when he charged and pepper sprayed a cop before being shot.  Still in Idaho Falls, to show you how addicted Idahoans are to prescription opioids, local news media freaked out about a national shortage of the doctor issued killer and went running to Eastern Idaho Medical Center to find out if there was any opioids available, an official explained “There is a nationwide shortage of injectable opioid medication…….The pills are available but the IV form is not.”  (to find out why there’s a shortage of injectable opioids read MARIA: MOTHER EARTH SAYS ‘NO MORE DRUGS FOR YOU, HUMANS!’) An alleged drug smuggler couldn’t handle the snowy roads in Fremont County, and crashed his car.  Sheriff’s deputies found more than ten pounds of marijuana and methamphetamine in the car.   Idaho hiding execution data as University of Idaho professor is suing the state Department of Correction for refusing to make public (by law) its use of execution drugs.  An Idaho judge ruled that murder suspects can be forced to take drugs against their will in an apparent attempt to avoid the suspects claiming they’re mentally unstable, after another judge previously ruled the suspect mentally incompetent.  The state Supreme Court threw out the conviction of a woman accused of possession of meth, because it was revealed the prosecutors never proved the ‘substance’ found with the woman was indeed meth!   Boise police say a man they arrested for being a ‘peeping tom’ also had meth. Some state lawmakers want to ease up on Idaho’s tough illegal drug laws.

The Spokesman-Review: Otter signs unanimously-passed civil forfeiture reform bill into law

Illinois:  Porch Pirate Search Warrant Turns Up Accused Meth Dealer.  A family is suing the pharmaceutical industry for their child being born addicted to opioids, yet they also admitted the mom was addicted to illegal heroin  Midwest Economic Policy Institutes says 164 Illinois construction workers died from opioid overdoses in 2015!  In Decatur, police claim a drug bust (that happened almost a year ago) led to the arrest of a drug dealer who turned out to be ‘out on bond’ from a recent illegal use of a gun charge.

Indiana:  Midwest Economic Policy Institutes says 83 Indiana construction workers died from opioid overdoses in 2015!  Zombies are for real, and they’re being created with KD (marijuana, tobacco, or spice sprayed with insecticide): “Their movements are slow and lethargic, a lot of drooling and a loss of function. We find them with their clothes off, eating the grass, pulling dirt out of the ground and trying to put it in their mouth….  We find people passed out with it still in their hand. That is how fast it has an effect on them…… for some reason they are willing to do because we get the same people using over and over again…..We send them off to the hospital to get checked out and within two hours they may be back out there on the street doing it again. We have had the same person multiple times in one day.”-Captain Chris Major, Indianapolis Fire Department

Iowa:  Midwest Economic Policy Institutes says 32 Iowa construction workers died from opioid overdoses in 2015!  In Iowa City, a man was stopped for driving too fast, police say his car was loaded with marijuana, cannabis oil, marijuana edibles, marijuana wax, ‘suspected’ meth, prescription drugs and all the equipment used in selling it.  In Council Bluffs, police arrest mother who would do drugs, threaten children with knives.

Kansas:  Apparently Geary County Sheriff’s personnel and Junction City cops have been pulling over drivers for the sole purpose of accusing them of running drugs.

KWCH: 43 people arrested in Ford County drug bust

Kentucky: Trussville police arrested a man and woman for trafficking methamphetamine, pills and marijuana.  State police say drugs caused the death of a woman found behind the Swan Pond Baptist Church. In Graves County, complaints led to the arrest of two parents, the police bust revealed large amounts of synthetic drugs and Hydrocodone.   State Police crime lab shows the number of samples testing positive for meth more than doubled from 2015 to 2017.  In Richmond, police found a man barely dressed, standing in the street armed with knives and yelling. After being detained police found Suboxone and what looked like meth.  The man claimed he thought what he had was aspirin, and cocaine that he claimed he found in a trash can.

Louisiana: From March 21 to 24, across the state 20 people were arrested/charged with some type of drug crime.  In Baton Rouge, police accuse a 49 years old man of killing his 76 years old girlfriend after he smoked synthetic marijuana (mojo).  He claims god spoke to him and told him to kill her.  In March, a Vietnamese-American pled guilty in federal court to trafficking more than 1-thousand kilos (2,205 pounds) of marijuana.  He and his girlfriend were arrested last year after police intercepted a shipment coming from California.

Maine: Lewiston police arrested an immigrant in possession of crack cocaine and $1-thousand-4-hundred USD in cash.

Maryland:  A mom spending 30 years in prison for the 2015 death of her baby, due to her heroin addiction, the father spending 15 years for failing to seek medical help for the child.  An autopsy showed the child was starved, then beaten to death.  Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Interfaith Center is set to start hosting a weekly Alcoholics Anonymous group, in an attempt to stop skyrocketing addictions.  NSAB Chaplain Christilene Whalen said “It was a decision that was easy to make.”

Massachusetts: In a case involving a ‘lifelong drug dealer’, the U.S. Attorneys Office says some people are being forced into drug dealing through indebtedness.  In Lawrence, a multi-agency investigation resulted in the arrest of a mother-son drug dealing team, accused of selling heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.  After numerous complaints of drug dealing and child sex crimes, a Scituate man was finally arrested.

Michigan Midwest Economic Policy Institutes says 160 Michigan construction workers died from opioid overdoses in 2015!

Minnesota:  Midwest Economic Policy Institutes says 54 Minnesota construction workers died from opioid overdoses in 2015!  National Guard Staff Sergeant Benjamin Kroll recognized by law enforcement for his part in the new war on drugs: “In 2016 I saw an exponential amount of overdoses taking place within Hennepin County and I wanted to see if those occurrences would have any links to anything that would happen in 2017. So in January of 2017 I started mapping everything that happened throughout the year in Hennepin County and as I did it, I started seeing patterns and trends in certain areas that got the attention of a lot of our partners.”

Mississippi:  Former Hattiesburg police officer sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for drugs A man with a criminal history was arrested for drug dealing after a massive investigation by multiple federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Local news media speculated that more arrests were pending due to the fact that just about every federal law enforcement agency, including Postal Inspectors, are involved in the investigation.  The Lumberton Police Chief suspended with pay after video was posted showing him supposedly smoking marijuana.

Missouri: Talk about deadly police incompetence resulting in a drug bust; three cops were responding to a 9-1-1 call, but were sent to the wrong address which turned out to be a meth house, one cop was killed, two wounded as a result.   Was the 9-1-1 dispatcher on drugs?

Montana: State crime lab chemist charged with stealing meth! He was turned in by his brother-in-law, prosecutors used the suspect’s Fitbit to prove he was using meth.  A now former Fort Peck Tribal cop confessed to stealing cash and drugs from the evidence room.  He was caught on security cam, police say his actions also compromised investigations into more than 24 other cases.  Missoula Police made four drug arrests in two hours, suspects with warrants and in possession of meth.

Montana Standard: The building housing Butte’s new taxpayer funded $42-thousand USD drugs incinerator caught fire 

Nebraska:  A stupid woman thought she could sell marijuana on social media, of course the police responded to her advertisement.  In Lincoln County two men circling neighborhoods with their car, and flashing the headlights, were stopped by police who accuse them of illegal possession of a pistol, and meth.  In Buffalo County, an adult male and a juvenile male were arrested and accused of illegal possession of a pistol, cocaine, marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms and THC concentrate.

Nevada: In Las Vegas, a shoot-out at an apartment was apparently the result of a man looking to buy drugs.  The potential drug buyer was killed by the resident, who was wounded while apparently defending his family from the irate drug buyer.  A man arrested in Reno for selling meth, guns and stolen property is also wanted in California for murder.  A ‘house of ill repute’ had its license suspended in Elko, after a bartender was arrested for selling meth in the brothel.

New Hampshire: In Swanzey, a multi-agency drug bust went down, at least two people arrested, one of the suspects jumped out a window before being caught, police say they found heroin/fentanyl and crack-cocaine.  In Groveton, a woman is facing drug dealing charges after her alleged buyer ODed and died right in the suspected dealer’s home.   A now fired Manchester undercover police detective created a backlash as many drug crimes convictions/cases are now being reviewed and even dropped.  The undercover cop was involved in heroin/fentanyl investigations and now many of the cases he worked on are under suspicion.  The only public info about his firing is that he was fired for “misconduct”.  So far 35 pending cases have been dropped and 34 convictions are under review.  Perhaps the cop’s misconduct is that he was setting innocent people up for drug crimes. 

New Jersey:  31 charged in drug ring in 2 states, foreign country.  In the past four years a pro-medical marijuana user has questioned law enforcers from at least 70 departments about the state medical marijuana law and found the majority of cops don’t even know about the law.  Little Egg Harbor police arrested six people; two arrested for possession of meth after a vehicle stop, the other four were arrested after a search of a house revealed heroin, MDMA, meth, prescription drugs and marijuana.

New Mexico: A stupid woman tried to get out of jail by telling police she had a doctor’s prescription for meth (methamphetamine).  You can have a prescription for amphetamine, but not illegal methamphetamine.  The state Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) now allowing cops to spy on family data in the CYFD system due to increased cases of child abuse  connected to drug use.  CYFD created a Law Enforcement Portal that cops can access anytime.

KRQE News 13: Kid gets caught hiding drugs for mom during traffic stop

New York: Police claim they’ve taken down the largest drug gang in Suffolk County; six people arrested, four illegal pistols captured, $362-thousand USD in cash, 3-thousand-250 grams of cocaine, 475 grams of heroin, 4-hundred grams of crack.  A New York City policewoman (NYPD) pled not guilty to using drugs, exclaiming “I do not do drugs.”  She claims she failed a drug test because of the chemicals used on her hair weave.  Another NYPD cop-woman accused of operating her own drug house and illegal gun selling in Bronx, she and her boyfriend were busted by state and federal cops who found heroin, cash and illegal guns.  DEA says the arrest of the NYPD cop was in connection to a larger drug/gun running gang that extends from New York to Mexico.

North Carolina:  Drexel Elementary locked down during drug bust near the school, seven people arrested for trafficking meth.  In Carter County, 15 people arrested, 63 people indicted as a result of a multi-agency/multi-state investigation. Police captured heroin, meth, Suboxone, cash and even a Harley Davidson.   A stupid Whiteville woman got caught trying to sell drugs during her DWI trial, during a courtroom break she went out to the parking lot and sold Suboxone to an undercover cop!   For proof government is the source of drugs, the state Attorney General announced a ‘take back’ event called Safe Kids NC Operation Medicine Drop.  You can only ‘take back’ something if you are the original source/owner of that something.  

North Dakota: In Fargo, some burglars robbed a drug house and even though they left a trail of marijuana baggies (apparently to where their car was parked) police haven’t found them.  For proof police are the source of drugs, 5-hundred pounds of prescription drugs were collected in Grand Forks on “Take Back Day”You can only ‘take back’ something if you are the original source/owner of that something.  

West Fargo Pioneer: Word of ND’s immunity in overdose cases getting out slowly

Ohio:  Midwest Economic Policy Institutes says 380 Ohio construction workers died from opioid overdoses in 2015!  Three Texans arrested for trying to mail $1-million USD worth of fentanyl, from Ohio to Texas.  After numerous complaints, Akron police arrested two men and captured fentanyl.  At a Vigo County rest area a man was arrested for possession of marijuana, meth, heroin, Suboxone and illegal possession of a pistol.  About seven months after a drug bust went down an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper is now fired after it was discovered he was laundering drug money.  According to the U.S. Attorney the state cop “…used his position as a law enforcement officer to provide…information, intervene in criminal cases…..provide…..ballistic vests and….alibi….” to protect drug dealers.  In mid-March a major fentanyl bust went down: “The fentanyl seized last night is enough to kill everyone in Toledo several times over.”-Justin Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio 

NEW WAR ON DRUGS: OHIO NEW OPIOID GROUND ZERO, BLAME BITCOIN?

Oklahoma:  Centerton Police arrested three people and say they captured drugs and illegal guns, during a traffic stop. After a ‘tip’ Oklahoma City Police arrested two women and a man, all accused of illegal possession of guns, and three pounds of meth, an abused (starved) dog was found in the garage.  A multi-state-federal investigation resulted in 12 people being indicted for drug crimes, mainly in Adair County, going back to 2014.    She was arrested last year and confessed to possession of heroin, methamphetamine and prescription drugs, but finally a now former Holmes Park Elementary School teacher had her teaching certification revoked.  Reports say she was caught when she posted on social media how she was using heroin and selling taxpayer school property to fund her habit. 

Oregon: Police across the state have stopped conducting field testing of suspected narcotics over fears of potentially fatal  fentanyl exposure.  After a shooting in Portland, and a tip from a prisoner, the owner of Cash or Collateral Entertainment is wanted for illegal possession of guns, $150-thousand USD in unexplained cash and more than 1-thousand prescription pills, all kept at numerous locations across the state.  It was also revealed that the owner of Cash or Collateral Entertainment had been under federal police surveillance since 2016. 

Pennsylvania: In Logan, police arrested a man who stole a gun and then used it as cash to buy an as yet to be identified drug (heroin?).  Police were alerted after the owner of the pistol reported it stolen, and then the strung-out druggie called emergency medical services for help and confessed he had stolen the pistol to buy drugs.  Reading police busted a drug gang that had racked up an estimated $20-million USD in drug sales in the past year.  Police had the gang under surveillance, but made their bust after overhearing plans by the gang leader to intentionally kill people. 15 gang bangers arrested: “They were getting ready, they were starting to roll and we stopped them before they got really moving. They had no thought, no qualms about committing murder or killing someone that was in their way.”-Reading Police Chief Andres Dominguez

NEW WAR ON DRUGS: PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA CRACKS DOWN ON PILLS!

Rhode Island: A doctor now serving 51 months in federal prison for accepting bribes from the pharmaceutical industry to push opioid drugs on unsuspecting patients. The doctor, and specific drugs companies, are now being sued by the victims.

South Carolina:  In Berkeley County 25 people arrested for drugs in just one day.  Police captured cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, marijuana, methamphetamine, hydrocodone, alprazolam, ecstasy & suboxone strips, and two stolen cars and two stolen guns.  The Paid Family gang indicted for trafficking marijuana allegedly from U.S. Army personnel at Fort Lewis in Washington state! 

The Post and Courier: Fifth Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson shifted $10,000 from his office’s drug seizure account to a credit card he used for travel and hotels in South America

South Dakota: The Sioux Falls Police Chief told the city council that methamphetamine and opioid use is fueling an increase in violent crime, and said marijuana was being used to ‘gateway’ people to potentially deadly meth.

U.S. News & World Report: Spike in Pine Ridge Reservation Homicides Tied to Meth

Tennessee: A fight at a South Knoxville pawn shop resulted in police raiding a house where they say they found a marijuana growing op, along with other illegal things like meth, counterfeit money, and guns (the guns being illegal because the suspect has a criminal history).  The fight at the pawn shop was the result of employees refusing to sell the suspect a gun.  In Nashville, 40 pounds of marijuana found in luggage on  an Alaska Airlines plane.

 

Texas: In Austin, a man stopped for driving intoxicated was arrested after cops found a stolen pistol, marijuana and meth in the car.  In College Station, a man was arrested and accused of selling LSD, MDMA, THC concentrate, marijuana and prescription drugs.  In Seguin, city police and the U.S. DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) busted 16 people for selling drugs, the city police chief said the drug-gang was providing “…large financial support for prison gangs, so the likelihood that they are related to the Mexican Mafia and/or other prison gangs is very strong.”  The American Enterprise Institute estimates that the opioid crisis is costing Texas taxpayers $706 USD per person!  A man videoed a Central Texas Adult Day Care bus driver smoking meth while driving the bus: “I was pissed, so I called the Round Rock police…!”   

Utah: When police went to a restaurant, in Price, to eat they discovered something else was on the menu; they observed people known to them as drug dealers working outside the establishment.  In fact, it became clear that a drug deal was going down right in front of the cops-on-break. One man was arrested in possession of heroin and meth, another man arrested in possession of meth. But wait, there’s more!  The cops were suspicious that this was the tip of the iceberg and search warrants for multi-counties were obtained and resulted in the capture of more drugs and the arrests of two more people.  In Saint George, a mom breastfed her baby after she took heroin, the baby stopped breathing, the baby was hospitalized, the arrested mom kept her stash in the baby’s diaper bag.  It turns out that the biggest drug trafficking bust in Utah’s history (so far), back in 2016, was the result of a gang out of British empire controlled Canada (THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND IS A DRUG DEALER, U.K. BANK REGULATOR SAYS SO!).  The 2016 drug bust in Utah resulted in five people in Canada arrested this month.  

Vermont: The health department says in 2017 there were 104 deadly drug overdoses; 93 of them involved a prescription opioid.  State Police came across a pregnant woman injecting heroin at the Springfield Park and Ride.  A now former Royalton Police officer who stole heroin from a police evidence locker for a woman he was dating, changed his not guilty plea to guilty. 

Virginia: After an eight month multi-state-federal investigation 44 people charged with cash/gun/drug crimes, in connection to heroin trafficking out of New York.  A now former Hampton Police officer, and Medal of Valor recipient, was arrested in Idaho in connection to drug gang operating in a Hampton fitness center. 

Washington: Moses Lake Police Department found an ounce of methamphetamine, half an ounce of heroin, and over 100 prescription pills in a house.  Of course they took (by law) two vehicles and $3-thousand USD in cash for themselves.  Port Gamble S’Klallam, Suquamish and the Jamestown S’Klallam tribes suing the pharmaceutical industry (including Israel’s Teva) saying they were overrun with opioids.

Washington DC:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to hire 100-thousand more people for the sole purpose of inspecting packages for illegal drugs.   A Veterans Affairs study reported that opioids are no better than acetaminophen (tylenol) or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDS, aka ibuprofen, aleve, etc) drugs at treating pain! In fact, after a year on opioids patients reported an increase in pain!

West Virginia: After a two year multi-state investigation police searched more than a dozen properties, seizing 12.5 kilos of cocaine, 11 illegal guns, more than $100,000 in cash, and nine suspects indicted; five of them Mexican citizens, two citizens of El Salvador.

Wisconsin:  U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports a 109% increase in opioid overdose cases pouring into Wisconsin hospitals, from July 2016 to September 2017.  More than 8-hundred people died from opioid overdose in 2016.  Midwest Economic Policy Institutes says 92 Wisconsin construction workers died from opioid overdoses in 2015, costing the state’s economy $524-million USD!  In La Crosse, three people arrested and accused of selling cocaine, heroine, marijuana, and meth.  One of the men arrested has drugs-crime records back to 2006.  An Eau Claire woman is facing charges of forcing two children to have sex with adults in exchange for drugs. The ‘trafficked’ children were also shot-up with meth hundreds of times, allegedly this crime went on for nine years before being discovered! 

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Three totes full of medication stolen from a delivery van in Kmart parking lot

Wyoming: In Jackson a woman was found face down at table in a bar.  It turns out she was the victim of the Date Rape Drug benzodiazepine and opiates.  Police say she was lucky that another bar customer got suspicious and called for help.  In sparsely populated Teton County, Saint john’s Medical Center reported three opioid deaths, so far: “As a practicing physician here, I’d never seen heroin here until about two years ago. I was so shocked that I even sent a note to the county attorney and law enforcement because I was really stunned to see it.”-Brent Blue, county coroner

U.S. ally Philippines: Philippine police kill 13 drug suspects in daylong raids

NEW WAR ON DRUGS: COAST GUARD CAPTURES ‘SUSPECTED’ DRUGS

DRUGS, THE AMERICAN WAY, February 2018: “TEACHING KIDS ABOUT THE HARM OF DRUGS…DOESN’T REALLY WORK.”

NEW WAR ON DRUGS: U.S. BORDER PATROL PROMOTES TRUMP’S WALL!

GUN BAN FAIL: POLICE BEHIND SKYROCKETING GUN VIOLENCE IN ANTI-GUN BRAZIL!

NEW WAR ON DRUGS: RECORD # U.S. WORKERS WHACKED ON SMACK AS “…THE SYSTEM IS STACKED AGAINST THEM.” NATIONAL GUARD IN “HIGH OPERATIONS TEMPO”

GUN BAN FAIL 2016: ANTI-GUN NYC COPS CAUGHT TAKING BRIBES FROM JEWS FOR GUNS! GUN RUNNING OUTPACES DRUG DEALING?