TAG / CALIFORNIA

From “Fight Club” brawls to staff overdoses, Los Padrinos has spiraled into chaos. Now California moves to seize control to protect the children inside.

Authorities vow long prison terms as California, already the nation’s trafficking epicenter, reels from crimes targeting foster children and runaways.

All categories of hate are at their all-time peak, as communities search for new solutions to an age-old problem.

More than 100 law enforcement agencies across the state helped rescue nearly 180 individuals believed to be victims of human trafficking. 

The effect of undeclared pesticides are multiplied when found in dangerous cannabis, which is combusted on use, and burrows deep into human lungs. 

If fentanyl is big trouble, protonitazene is a flat-out monster. Estimated at 150 times stronger than heroin, its effects are only just beginning to be felt—in deaths.

Classed by the DEA with the same designation as LSD and heroin, mind-altering psilocybin is being sold illegally in California, which has abandoned enforcement of the law.

Illegal pot is now stronger and easier to find than ever. And it shows no signs of slowing down. There’s only one thing that can stop it. 

Home to the world’s first Church of Scientology, LA is today at the center of countless festivals and events for the entire community.

When it comes to the dangers of electroconvulsive therapy, patients have been left largely unprotected by government regulations—until now.