Narcotics

Painkiller Association Closes As Senate Launches Probe

ProPublica | Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Purdue Pharma, Charles Grassley, Johnson & Johnson, American Pain Society, Vicodin, The American Pain Foundation, Propublica, The Washington Post, Video, U.S. Senate Finance Committee, American Academy of Pain Medicine, Oxycontin, Prescription Drugs, Opana, Narcotics, Center for Practical Bioethics, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Business News

A version of this story was published in The Washington Post.As the U.S. Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation Tuesday into makers of nar...

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Woman Spends A Night In Jail After Pharmacy Trip From Hell

Loren Berlin | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Norco, Prescription Drugs, Narcotics, CVS Pharmacies, Narcotics-Abuse, Prescription Drug Abuse, Cvs, Ann Lenhart, Money News

When you go get a prescription filled, you typically brace for a few bad outcomes: There's the possibility your insurance won't cover your drug or you...

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3 Tons Of Cocaine Seized At Seaport

AP | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Venezuelan Seaport, Video, 3 Tons of Cocaine, Drug Raid, Mexico Crime, Mexico, Drugs, Narcotics, Cocaine, Crime News

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Security forces seized 3.3 tons of cocaine during an anti-drug operation at one of Venezuela's main seaports Thursday, a top sec...

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Greece Is The Wor(l)d: 4

Alexia Amvrazi | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Tourism, Unemployment, Homelessness, Media Sensationalism, Suicide, Financial Crisis, Drugs, Joblessness, Narcotics, News, Greece, World News
Alexia Amvrazi

In these places you may find an atmosphere of solemnity amongst locals, but prices have fallen, people are eager to offer as much as they can, and the country's natural glory shines on.

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PHOTOS: Coast Guard Nabs 2 Tons Of Cocaine, 2,040 Pounds Of Pot

Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Coast Guard Seizures, Miami Narcotics News, U.S. Coast Guard, Video, Caribbean Narcotics Smuggling, Coast Guard Cocaine, War on Drugs, Narcotics, Coast Guard Drug Busts, Coast Guard Marijuana, Coast Guard Narcotics, Miami News

The U.S. Coast Guard says it has been kicking ass and taking drugs (so to speak) in the Caribbean sea this winter: crew members seized 4,000 pounds of...

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Marijuana Found In Sour Candy Wrappers During Drug Bust

Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Drug Bust, Video, Nypd Drug Bust, Nypd, In the Ville, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Drug Bust, Brownsville Brooklyn, Narcotics, Brooklyn New York, Crime News

New York City police discovered 200 bags of crack cocaine and marijuana packaged in candy wrappers on Tuesday during a raid that ended in 14 arrests. ...

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Squatters Caught With Cocaine, Marijuana, Guns, 10 Grenades, And A Pig

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Darin James Febus, Darin James Febus Arrested, Squatters Found in Home, Grenades Found in Miami Home, Miriam Scott Bailey Arrested, Miami News, 10 Grenades Found in Miami Home, Grenades, Narcotics, Miriam Scott Baily, Miami Crime, Miami News

Two accused squatters are in custody after police say a New York resident arrived at his property in Miami to find them inside his home, where respond...

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Drug War Comes To Northern Border

AP | By CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: US Canada Border, Video, Canada Border, Drug War, Drug Enforcement Administration, Northern Border, War on Drugs, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Narcotics, Drug Smuggling, Politics News

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Federal law enforcement agencies will help tribal officers obtain equipment and training on Indian lands near the U.S.-Canadian borde...

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WATCH: Police Nab 1,356 Pot Plants In 25-Lab Sweep

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Pot Labs Busted in Miami-Dade, Video, Operation Machete, Miami-Dade Police Hydroponic Labs, Hydroponic Labs Bust, Drug Busts in Miami, Narcotics, Miami-Dade Police, Miami Crime, Miami News

Miami-Dade Police narcotics officers sure were busy bees on Wednesday: they simultaneously busted 25 hydroponic marijuana labs worth $4.5 million. ...

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Man Tries To Smuggle Heroin In Scotch Bottles

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Global Pulse, Drugs Found in Scotch Bottles, Heroin, Narcotics, Drugs Found at Airport, Chivas, Drug Smuggling, Travel News

Wilfer Bohorquez Rojo was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport with nearly $700,000 worth of smuggled heroin on New Year's Eve, MyCentralJ...

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Lucia Graves

Marijuana, Narcotics Help Patients Reduce Chronic Pain, Study Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Donald Abrams, Opiates, Marijuana, Aids, Chronic Pain, Medical Marijuana, Marijuana Medical Study, Ucsf, Cancer, Narcotics, Pot Pain Relief, California-Crackdown, San Francisco News

WASHINGTON -- A new study out of UC San Francisco has found that medical marijuana, combined with certain opiates, appears to be a safe and effective ...

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Holding Doctors Accountable

Diane Dimond | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Michael Jackson, Dr. Conrad Murray, Anna Nicole Smith Case Lessons, Judge Michael Pastor, Conrad Murray Trial, Prescription Drug Addictions, Prescription Drugs, Addiction, Doctors Who Overprescribe Narcotics, Narcotics, Crime News
Diane Dimond

Now, prosecutors have the rock solid, slam dunk Conrad Murray conviction under their belt which could very well add new energy to cases pending against doctors in other states.

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Toddler Overdoses On Dad's Oxycodone

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Oxycodone, Video, Oxycontin, Toddler Dies of Oxycodone, Toddler Dies of Oxycontin, Clifton Colorado, Grand Junction News, Colorado News, Narcotics, Clifton News, Colorado, Grand Junction Colorado, Denver News

Manuel Rivera, a 31-year-old Clifton, Colo. father pleaded guilty to the Oxycodone overdose death of his 17-month-old toddler daughter, the Grand Junc...

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Shocking: NYPD Narcotics Officers Provided Woman With Drugs In Exchange For Sex Acts

Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Nypd, Queens, Jason Arbeeny, Brooklyn, Drugs, Flaking, Narcotics, Stephen Anderson, NY Crime, Nypd Scandals, New York News

In a shocking testimony last week, a woman claimed that NYPD narcotics officers provided her with crack in return for sexual favors. Melanie Perez...

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Shocking: Former NYPD Officer Admits To Issuing Fake Drug Charges To Meet Quotas

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Drug Busts, Nypd, New York Crime, Queens, Jason Arbeeny, Brooklyn, Flaking, Stephen Anderson, Narcotics, Nypd Scandals, New York News

A former narcotics detective admitted to routinely faking drug charges in order to help officers meet department quotas. Stephen Anderson testified...

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Four Americans Get Top-Grade Pot From U.S. Government

AP | NIGEL DUARA | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Pot Smokers, Video, U.S. Government, Legal Pot Smokers, Federal Law, Marijuana, Illegal Drugs, Medical Marijuana, Legal Drugs, War on Drugs, Pot, Narcotics, Healthcare, Home News

EUGENE, Ore. — Sometime after midnight on a moonlit rural Oregon highway, a state trooper checking a car he had just pulled over found pot on a ...

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Cocaine Components In The Crosshairs

Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Cocaine Trafficking, Bogota Cocaine, Colombia, Central America, Colombia Cocaine, Drugs, Honduras Cocaine, War on Drugs, Dea, Narcotics, Cocaine, World News

By John Otis, GlobalPost BOGOTA, Colombia — To make cocaine you need more than just coca leaves, the raw material for the narcotic. You als...

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Inside New York's Heroin 'Mills'

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Drug Gangs, Crime, Crime News, Illegal Drugs, Drug Distribution, Drug Factories, Drugs, New York Heroin, Heroin, Narcotics, Drug Dealing, New York, New York News

NEW YORK -- In many ways, the reputed drug dealers on Grandview Place were good neighbors. Their two-story, red-brick home in the New York City subur...

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Honduras Catches Narco-Sub Smuggling Cocaine

AP | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Honduras, Drugs, Smuggling, Submarine, Narcotics, Narco Sub, Drug Smuggling, World News

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A Honduran patrol boat has located a semi-submersible craft used by drug traffickers to carry cocaine. Five crew members have...

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Justice Dept. Targets Marijuana Vendors - Even In States Where Its Legal

Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Drug Enforcement, Marijuana, Illegal Drugs, Medical Marijuana, Drugs, War on Drugs, Justice Department, Narcotics, Video, Politics News

The U.S. Justice Department is declaring open season on large-scale growers, sellers and distributors of marijuana. This means trouble for the 16 s...

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War Without End: U.S. Pledges More Foreign Aid To Fight Drug Cartels

AP | BRADLEY KLAPPER | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Drug Cartels, War on Drugs, Narcotics, Central America, Drug Violence, Mexico Drug Cartels, Narco-Trafficking, World News

GUATEMALA CITY — The Obama administration pledged Wednesday to increase its investment in Central Americas security to nearly $300 million this ...

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Watch: Tainted Cocaine Causing Users' Skin to Rot

Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Skin Rot, Video, Health, Illegal Drugs, Drugs, Living, Narcotics, Cocaine, Healthy Living News

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Narcotics: Attack Capital, Not People

Mark Osler | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Drug Intervention, Drugs, War on Drugs, Narcotics, Drug Legalization, Politics News
Mark Osler

Narcotics trafficking is a business, and we need to make that business fail. Instead of attacking labor, which is plentiful, we should attack the capital flow from the street to source countries.

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Israelis Develop Bomb-Sniffing Mice (VIDEO)

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mice, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Explosives, Mossad, Israel, Narcotics, Dogs, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Terrorism, World News
Keith Thomson

2011-02-16-mouse.jpgFirst it was spy vultures, weaponized sharks and jellyfish. Now Palestinian media have accused Israel of loosing genetically engineered rodents.

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'Narcosub' Seized In Colombia

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Narcosub, Drug Trafficking, Drug Submarine, Colombia, Drug War, Bogota, Drugs, Submarine, Narcotics, Drug Smuggling, World News

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian soldiers have for the first time seized a fully submersible drug-smuggling submarine capable of reaching the coast of M...

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