China has banned all forms of the opioid fentanyl, following a promise President Xi Jinping made to President Donald Trump last year, The New York Times reports. Much of the world’s fentanyl is believed to be made in China, and the drug increasingly became a point of contention between the U.S. and China as fentanyl-related […]
New York AG Sues Purdue Pharma, J&J, McKesson in New Legal Battle Against Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors…
DEA-Led Crackdown on Prescription Opioid Diversion Targets Medical Professionals with Criminal Charges, License Revocations…
In Largest Ever Pork Bust, U.S. Seizes 1 Million Pounds of Chinese Pork as Prices Soar…
Just days after the DEA busted a 3,200-pound cocaine shipment from Colombia at the port of New York and New Jersey, US federal agents seized 1 million pounds (454 metric tons) of pork smuggled from China to the same port amid growing fears the meat could contain traces of the African swine fever virus that […]
Cory Booker Just Reintroduced a Bill That Would Legalize Weed…
Sen. Cory Booker reintroduced the Marijuana Justice Act, a bill that would legalize marijuana and take steps to repair damage the war on drugs had on poor communities of color, to distinguish himself as a leader on criminal justice reform in the crowded field of presidential hopefuls. The legislation removes marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Schedule of Controlled Substances, stripping […]
DEA Agent Arrested for Participating in Decade-Long Narcotics Conspiracy and Providing Firearms to Drug Trafficking Organization…
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), Ari C. Shapira, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”), and […]
Cannabis Set to Disrupt $500 Billion Market Amid DEA Approvals and Canadian Legalization…
The CEO of Canadian marijuana producer Canopy Growth says that marijuana is set to disrupt $500 billion in global markets. Bruce Linton – whose company recently shipped cannabis from Canada to the United States using a yet-undisclosed “DEA-approved partner,” told CNBC’s Jim Cramer that the “back-of-the-envelope math” pencils out – between therapeutic cannabinoid treatments to […]
DEA Chief Warns Mexican Cartel Opioids Single Biggest Criminal Threat to America…
Uttam Dhillon, the acting director of the Drug Enforcement Administration, warns that Mexican drug cartels pose the “biggest” threat to the national security and health of U.S. citizens. “Mexican drug trafficking organizations are the biggest criminal threat the United States faces today,” Dhillon, told Hill.TV co-hosts Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton on “Rising” during an […]