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Not Your Father’s Party Drug: Ecstasy Pills Five Times Stronger Sweep Spain
Pills once measured in tens of milligrams now exceed 350, fueling hospitalizations and public health alarms.
DRUGS
Nearly Half of Fatal Crash Victims in Ohio County Tested Positive for THC, Study Finds
Researchers say the detected average THC levels point to recent use, not residual presence, raising alarm for traffic safety. The takeaway is clear: “Don’t smoke and drive.”
DRUGS
Psilocybin Linked to Long-Term Harms in New Mothers, Researchers Warn
A drug touted as a cure-all was shown to damage mothers and children, exposing serious risks behind the hype.
DRUGS
Drug-Soaked “Attorney” Correspondence Triggers Overdoses and Federal Prosecutions in Prisons
From Ohio to California, authorities confront a nationwide underground trade exploiting attorney-client protections to smuggle deadly drugs into correctional facilities.
DRUGS
Interpol Seizes $6.5 Billion in Record Global Drug Bust, Exposing a Worldwide Drug Empire
In a two-week sweep spanning 18 nations, Operation Lionfish-Mayag exposed the scale and sophistication of international drug cartels.
DRUGS
The Stakes Are Sky-High: Flawed FAA Screening Lets Drugged Pilots Slip By
Despite thousands of suspected falsifications, the FAA’s drug testing program flags almost no pilots. The result: impaired aviators commanding commercial flights.
DRUGS
Fentanyl Positivity in Employees Jumps 707 Percent After Hiring
Fentanyl’s rapid clearance from the body allows workers to pass initial tests—leaving offices, warehouses and job sites exposed to employees impaired by the nation’s deadliest opioid.
DRUGS
Architect of Sinaloa Cartel Admits to Murders, Corruption and Flooding the US with Narcotics
The 75-year-old co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn courtroom—admitting to a murderous reign of trafficking, corruption and suffering that stretched across decades.
DRUGS
New Study Demonstrates Cannabis Causes Psychosis, Schizophrenia and Addiction
Once confined to the black market, ultra-potent marijuana is now mainstream—and research shows its dangers are anything but benign.
DRUGS
Studies Link Ozempic to Muscle Loss, Organ Damage and Blindness
With millions of Americans prescribed GLP-1 drugs, researchers warn of catastrophic risks ignored by Big Pharma.
DRUGS
Bribes and Hidden Compartments Keep Fentanyl Flowing Across the Border
Cartel operatives detail how fentanyl-laden cars slip past border agents, fueling an annual death toll of some 50,000 Americans.
DRUGS
How “Gas Station Heroin” Became America’s Next Opioid Crisis
From gummies to wrongful death lawsuits, the billion-dollar rise of “gas station heroin” is colliding with bans, bereaved families and the FDA’s harshest crackdown yet.
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DRUGS
The Opioid Dossier
“The Opioid Dossier” chronicles a yearlong investigation by Associate Editor Michael Brennan into a deadly drug epidemic—spawned by America’s pharmaceutical industry. His in-depth report follows.
THE OPIOID DOSSIER
Almost Heaven, Almost Hell
In West Virginia’s natural paradise pain pills paved a road to perdition.
THE OPIOID DOSSIER
Lawyer
A Southern lawyer tells how we got here, and how he hopes to use a forgotten state law to rescue the country from the opioid epidemic.
