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California inmate recruited ‘wives’ to spread fentanyl across Alaska, feds say
4 days, 13 hours ago

California inmate recruited ‘wives’ to spread fentanyl across Alaska, feds say

LA Times  

As Sunday Powers drove along a remote highway in Alaska, her boss tracked her every move from 3,000 miles away. “This guy’s very intelligent,” Powers’ brother, Charles Hills, said of Sanchez. Prison officials developed leads that thwarted “planned violence” at Sanchez’s prison, said the spokeswoman, Terri Hardy. Her brother said she was recruited by one of Sanchez’s “wives,” who had …

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One day along the Texas-Mexico border shows that realities shift more rapidly than rhetoric
2 months, 4 weeks ago

One day along the Texas-Mexico border shows that realities shift more rapidly than rhetoric

The Independent  

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Meth worth $6M found in fake watermelons seized at US-Mexico border
4 months ago

Meth worth $6M found in fake watermelons seized at US-Mexico border

New Indian Express  

Mexican cartels are increasingly using everyday fruits and vegetables as a cover to smuggle drugs into the United States, according to recent seizures of methamphetamine. The US Customs and Border Protection officials at the San Diego, California, port of Otay Mesa recently intercepted around two tonnes of methamphetamine, commonly known as crystal meth, cleverly disguised as bright green watermelons. This …

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Matthew Perry's doctors charged in connection with his death have ability to prescribe medications REVOKED - but they're still licensed
4 months ago

Matthew Perry's doctors charged in connection with his death have ability to prescribe medications REVOKED - but they're still licensed

Daily Mail  

Dr. Salvador Plascencia could face up to 120 years in federal prison if convicted Perry's two doctors had their registrations to prescribe canceled last week Two doctors charged in connection with the death of Matthew Perry can no longer prescribe medications. Dr. Mark Chavez and Dr. Salvador Plascencia had their registrations to prescribe medications revoked last week, the US Drug …

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The ketamine boom: How the wealthy are getting their hands on the in-demand drug
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The ketamine boom: How the wealthy are getting their hands on the in-demand drug

LA Times  

It’s Thursday, May 30. “It was quite distressing to see that being done incorrectly.” Unsupervised use is growing, especially after the pandemic Ketamine is offered off-label to treat mental health issues like depression. In October, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning saying it hasn’t approved ketamine’s use for psychiatric disorders and that unmonitored treatments “may put patients at …

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Column: Corruption ‘feels like a betrayal.’ What motivates U.S. Atty. E. Martin Estrada
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Corruption ‘feels like a betrayal.’ What motivates U.S. Atty. E. Martin Estrada

LA Times  

E. Martin Estrada poses for a portrait at his office at the old federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. “We did excellent work for Southern California, important work for Southern California,” Estrada said, referring to Huizar’s conviction. “And the first thing I thought,” Estrada said with a straight face and tone, “was kind of like the line from ‘Wayne’s World’: …

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California seized enough fentanyl last year to kill everyone in the world ‘nearly twice over’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

California seized enough fentanyl last year to kill everyone in the world ‘nearly twice over’

LA Times  

Border Patrol agents found nine packages of blue pills in the roof of a Ford Expedition on May 18 after a traffic stop in San Diego County. The total amount of the potent synthetic opioid seized last year “is enough to potentially kill the global population nearly twice over,” Gov. In 2023, the California National Guard supported other law enforcement …

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Mystery shrouds six bodies found in San Bernardino desert. Could it have been gang-motivated?
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Mystery shrouds six bodies found in San Bernardino desert. Could it have been gang-motivated?

LA Times  

San Bernardino sheriff’s officials investigate where six people were found dead in a remote area of San Bernardino County on Jan. 24. “When you see the bullet casings, the number of people who were killed, the fact that the vehicle was left in the middle of the desert without any attempt to hide it, it speaks to a certain kind …

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Indian national agreed to assassination plot after assurances criminal case against him in Gujarat will be dismissed US
1 year ago

Indian national agreed to assassination plot after assurances criminal case against him in Gujarat will be dismissed US

Firstpost  

Nikhil Gupta, 52, has been charged with murder-for-hire in connection with his participation in a foiled plot to assassinate a US citizen in New York City, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Prosecutors have said that CC-1 is an “Indian government employee” who directed the plot from …

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13 arrested in connection with fentanyl-laced drugs that led to fatal overdoses
1 year, 7 months ago

13 arrested in connection with fentanyl-laced drugs that led to fatal overdoses

LA Times  

A sheriff’s deputy stands in front of a photo of fentanyl-laced pills during a 2021 announcement in Los Angeles of federal charges against suspected drug dealers. Thirteen people suspected of selling fentanyl-laced drugs that caused at least a dozen fatal overdoses in Southern California have been arrested, federal authorities said Tuesday. One of the men arrested, Dominick Kingdiamond Alvarado, 22, …

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Gloria Dea, first magician to perform on the Las Vegas Strip, dies at 100
1 year, 9 months ago

Gloria Dea, first magician to perform on the Las Vegas Strip, dies at 100

LA Times  

Gloria Dea, who was touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. Dea died Saturday at her Las Vegas residence, said LaNae Jenkins, the director of clinical services for Valley Hospice, who was one of Dea’s caretakers. Dea also appeared in several movies in the 1940s and …

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New street drug is surfacing, threatening to make California’s overdose crisis worse
1 year, 10 months ago

New street drug is surfacing, threatening to make California’s overdose crisis worse

LA Times  

Deb Walker of Chester, Vt., lost daughter Brooke Goodwin, 23, to an overdose involving xylazine in 2021. Traces of xylazine, commonly known as “tranq,” have been found to have contributed to a small number of overdose deaths in San Francisco and Los Angeles, indicating the drug commonly used by veterinarians to tranquilize animals has already started to make its way …

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Teen boys arrested after high school student, 15, overdoses on fentanyl
2 years, 3 months ago

Teen boys arrested after high school student, 15, overdoses on fentanyl

The Independent  

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The reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths
2 years, 3 months ago

The reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths

LA Times  

At sunset from atop Haystack Butte, the desert floor below shimmers with a thousand lights. The explosive growth has had grave, far-reaching consequences, according to a Times review of state, county and court records as well as interviews with scores of local residents, legal and illegal cannabis growers, laborers, law enforcement, market analysts, community activists and public officials: Law enforcement …

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Fentanyl is the most dangerous drug in America – but panic over it isn’t helping
2 years, 4 months ago

Fentanyl is the most dangerous drug in America – but panic over it isn’t helping

The Independent  

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Three men found dead in downtown L.A. after ingesting fentanyl, police say
2 years, 7 months ago

Three men found dead in downtown L.A. after ingesting fentanyl, police say

LA Times  

A crime scene investigator at the scene of a downtown Los Angeles apartment complex where three men were found dead from a fentanyl overdose Thursday morning. Three men were found dead in a downtown Los Angeles apartment early Thursday after ingesting fentanyl, the latest instance in what officials say is a nationwide epidemic of overdoses and deaths related to the …

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California changed the country with marijuana legalization. Is it high time for the feds to catch up?
3 years, 1 month ago

California changed the country with marijuana legalization. Is it high time for the feds to catch up?

LA Times  

The horrific ride to the top of the San Francisco skyscraper is still seared in Paul Scott’s memory a quarter-century later. “If we had lost back then, it is highly unlikely that Colorado and Washington would have legalized marijuana for all adults in 2012 or that we’d now be talking about the inevitability of marijuana being legal across the country,” …

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Was It 'Reasonable' To Ship 81 Million Opioid Pills To This Small West Virginia City?
3 years, 4 months ago

Was It 'Reasonable' To Ship 81 Million Opioid Pills To This Small West Virginia City?

NPR  

Was It 'Reasonable' To Ship 81 Million Opioid Pills To This Small West Virginia City? Enlarge this image toggle caption David Goldman/AP David Goldman/AP The outcome of a landmark federal opioid trial in West Virginia that reached closing arguments this week rests on two legally thorny questions. Was it "unreasonable" for three of America's biggest corporations — the drug wholesalers …

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Trial of ex-Angels employee in connection with Tyler Skaggs’ death is delayed again
3 years, 4 months ago

Trial of ex-Angels employee in connection with Tyler Skaggs’ death is delayed again

LA Times  

The trial of ex-Angels employee Eric Kay in connection with the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs has been delayed for a third time. The order said that “a failure to grant a continuance would deny counsel for the defendant the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation …” The trial was supposed to begin Aug. 16 in Fort Worth, but …

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After 50 Years, U.S. Opens The Door To More Cannabis Crops For Scientists
3 years, 6 months ago

After 50 Years, U.S. Opens The Door To More Cannabis Crops For Scientists

NPR  

After 50 Years, U.S. "It is a big disconnect," says Dr. Igor Grant, a psychiatry professor and director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at University of California, San Diego. "We'll see a decade or more of explosive cannabis research and potential new therapies," says Dr. Steve Groff, founder and chairman of Groff North America, one of three companies …

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Suspected Southern California drug dealers charged in 11 overdose deaths
3 years, 7 months ago

Suspected Southern California drug dealers charged in 11 overdose deaths

LA Times  

Federal authorities in Los Angeles have charged 11 people with supplying drugs that caused fatal overdoses — mostly fake oxycodone pills laced with dangerous quantities of fentanyl. Federal agents fanned out across Southern California this week to arrest suspects charged with supplying drugs that caused 11 fatal overdoses amid a rising danger from black-market pills laced with fentanyl. In California, …

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US Probe Agency Seizes 1,000 Kg Meth in California in Historic Drug Haul
4 years, 2 months ago

US Probe Agency Seizes 1,000 Kg Meth in California in Historic Drug Haul

News 18  

Federal authorities on Wednesday showed off results of Southern California raids early this month that led to the biggest domestic seizure of methamphetamine in U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration history. “The largest DEA domestic seizure of methamphetamine in history is a significant blow to the cartels, but more importantly it is a gigantic victory for communities throughout Southern California and the …

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