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“Blessing and a curse”: Kratom helps many get off other drugs but carries its own risks

Salon

For Andy, kratom produces a similar effect to the opioids he was once addicted to, giving him enough energy to get through the day and reducing some of the pain he feels from working in physically demanding jobs in fast food and factories. Unlike opioids though, the National Institute of Health reports that kratom fatal overdoses are “extremely rare,” and …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Bolivia extradites former anti-narcotics chief to the US to face drug trafficking charges

Associated Press

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s former anti-narcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court. Authorities said that Maximiliano Dávila, who served as anti-narcotics chief in the final months of Evo Morales ’ 2006-2019 administration, helped facilitate planeload shipments of cocaine to the United States. Morales expelled the …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump’s own unorthodox rise, focus on loyalty loom large as nominees face headwinds

LA Times

For weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has faced a barrage of criticism over his nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary. In a statement to The Times, Karoline Leavitt, a Trump transition spokeswoman, said that Trump “was re-elected by a resounding mandate from the American people to change the status quo in Washington,” and “has chosen brilliant and highly-respected outsiders” whom …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump admits he ‘pulled’ DEA nominee over comments he made to Florida pastor

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President-elect Donald Trump admitted that he un-nominated Chad Chronister from …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Donald Trump’s Drug Enforcement Pick Chad Chronister Withdraws

ABP News

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the Drug Enforcement Administration, Chad Chronister, announced on Tuesday that he was withdrawing from consideration. Reacting to this Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky criticised Trump’s selection in a post on X on Sunday, saying the sheriff “should be disqualified” over his enforcement of Covid-19 protocols. After Chronister’s withdrawal Tuesday, Massie said in a separate …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump’s DEA nominee backs out after Covid and immigration criticisms

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister announced he was withdrawing his …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump's Pick To Run DEA Backs Out After Republicans Blast His COVID Enforcement

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Drug Enforcement Administration has declined the role after Republican lawmakers blasted him for taking COVID measures seriously during the height of the pandemic in 2020. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, a Florida Republican, said in a statement Tuesday that he had decided to drop out after the “gravity of this …

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Trump’s DEA pick withdraws name citing 'gravity of this very important responsibility'

Raw Story

A Florida sheriff who President-elect Donald Trump picked to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration removed himself from consideration Tuesday, citing “the gravity” of the job he was selected for just three days ago. “Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded that I must respectfully withdraw from consideration,” Chronister wrote on …

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3 weeks ago

Trump DEA pick bows out just days after being nominated

Salon

On Saturday, Donald Trump tapped Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to lead the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, an offer that Chronister initially accepted and, shortly after, celebrated with a post to social media, writing, “I am deeply humbled by this opportunity to serve our nation.” But he appears to have changed his mind. On Tuesday, Chronister issued a new statement …

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3 weeks ago

Trump’s choice to lead DEA withdraws from consideration

LA Times

Chad Chronister, Donald Trump’s pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Tuesday he was withdrawing his name from consideration, becoming the second person selected by the president-elect to bow out quickly after being nominated for a position requiring Senate confirmation. Chronister, the sheriff in Hillsborough County, Fla., said in a post on X that he was backing away from …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

How a fentanyl epidemic, killing 200 Americans a day, has gripped US

India Today

The United States is in the grip of a fentanyl epidemic. WHAT'S CHINA'S ROLE IN THE FENTANYL CRISIS IN US The US Drug Enforcement Administration has identified China as the "main source for all fentanyl-related substances trafficked into the United States". Fentanyl first appeared in the US in the 1970s under the name "China White", and its use surged in …

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1 month ago

STEPHEN WRIGHT: The 'evil genius', bigamist, drug dealer and playboy peer who 'helped' Lord Lucan - and his truly BIZARRE disguise...

Daily Mail

His final resting place can be found under an overhanging tree in a cemetery 7,000 miles from his old stomping ground at the House of Lords, where he once pledged allegiance to the Crown. Lord Moynihan, also known as ‘Lord Supergrass’, ‘Baron Scoundrel’ and the ‘Ermine Pimpernel’, with a showgirl in Sydney in 1956 They included, it is sensationally alleged, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

The DEA gave $200,000 to a money launderer called ‘the Englishman.’ He stole it

LA Times

A man who oversaw a scheme to launder millions of dollars of narcotics money from the U.S. to drug organizations was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Zilke, 49, was arrested last year in May and pleaded guilty months later to conspiracy to aid and abet drug distribution, launder money and obstruction …

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2 months ago

Truth about lethal 'pink cocaine': Narcos warn new designer drug cocktail is cooked up by the sons of El Chapo is flooding US and UK

Daily Mail

Also known as 2C, tusi or cocaina rosada so-called 'pink cocaine' has seen a rise in publicity and use in the US and UK. A report from the US Drug Enforcement Agency flagged pink cocaine as a rising concern and noted the Sinaloa Cartel was taking advantage of growing interest in the drug. Pictured messages from an alleged drug dealer …

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2 months ago

Black Mafia Family co-founder Big Meech is seen inside Miami halfway house after release from federal prison

Daily Mail

Big Meech, the infamous co-founder of the Black Mafia Family crime syndicate, has been spotted inside a Miami halfway house following his release from federal prison. Demetrius 'Big Meech' Flenory was arrested in October 2005, when the Drug Enforcement Agency took down his and his brother's nationwide drug trafficking operation The now 56-year-old was pictured Saturday wearing an all-black outfit …

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2 months ago

As heroin in Afghanistan dries up, Europe could face an overdose crisis like the U.S.

Salon

For anyone living in America, the nightmarish shift in a contaminated drug supply is all too familiar. “The heroin market seemed to have been prepared for the first year of the Taliban ban: there was enough heroin in circulation and stocked up to dampen any supply shocks,” explained Andre Gomes, head of comms for the British charity Release, which provides …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Watchdog blasts DEA for not reporting waterboarding, torture by Latin American partners

The Independent

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Watchdog blasts DEA for not reporting waterboarding, torture by Latin American partners

Associated Press

MIAMI — A federal government watchdog is blasting the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for failing to timely report human rights violations committed by Latin American law enforcement partners who admitted to waterboarding, suffocating and torturing crime suspects. The management advisory memorandum published Tuesday by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General centers on the DEA’s obligations under what’s known …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills, prosecutors say

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

DEA closing 2 offices in China even as the agency struggles to stem flow of fentanyl chemicals

Associated Press

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is shutting down two of its hard-won offices in China, The Associated Press has learned, a move that comes even as the agency struggles to disrupt the flow of precursor chemicals from the country that have fueled a fentanyl epidemic blamed for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans. “These closings reflect the need …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

A decision on a major policy shift on marijuana won’t come until after the presidential election

Associated Press

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. While it’s possible it could precede the end of President Joe Biden’s term, issuing it before Inauguration Day “would be pretty expedited,” said cannabis lawyer Brian Vicente. Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, signaled support for a Florida legalization measure on Saturday, following earlier comments that he increasingly agrees …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Are Mexican drug cartels as powerful as people think?

LA Times

Oswaldo Zavala is a Mexican academic and writer whose provocatively titled 2022 book — “Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in U.S. and Mexican Culture” — argues for a bold reframing of how to think about organized crime in his country. After the arrest last month of two leaders of the Sinaloa drug trafficking organization, The Times’ Kate Linthicum spoke …

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4 months, 1 week ago

A journalist tells Mexico’s president his supporters attacked her; he reacts with scorn, disinterest

New Indian Express

MEXICO CITY: A reporter told Mexico’s president Tuesday that his supporters had harassed her when she was trying to cover an event in June, and complained that his polarization of Mexican society has put journalists at risk. When she asked him what he would do about it, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reacted with a mix of scorn and disinterest, …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Colombia wants to ban tourists from buying Pablo Escobar souvenirs

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Tourists buy souvenirs of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar, featured as a statue with a …

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“Blessing and a curse”: Kratom helps many get off other drugs but carries its own risks

Bolivia extradites former anti-narcotics chief to the US to face drug trafficking charges

Trump’s own unorthodox rise, focus on loyalty loom large as nominees face headwinds

Trump admits he ‘pulled’ DEA nominee over comments he made to Florida pastor

Donald Trump’s Drug Enforcement Pick Chad Chronister Withdraws

Trump’s DEA nominee backs out after Covid and immigration criticisms

Trump's Pick To Run DEA Backs Out After Republicans Blast His COVID Enforcement

Trump’s DEA pick withdraws name citing 'gravity of this very important responsibility'

Trump DEA pick bows out just days after being nominated

Trump’s choice to lead DEA withdraws from consideration

How a fentanyl epidemic, killing 200 Americans a day, has gripped US

STEPHEN WRIGHT: The 'evil genius', bigamist, drug dealer and playboy peer who 'helped' Lord Lucan - and his truly BIZARRE disguise...

The DEA gave $200,000 to a money launderer called ‘the Englishman.’ He stole it

Truth about lethal 'pink cocaine': Narcos warn new designer drug cocktail is cooked up by the sons of El Chapo is flooding US and UK

Black Mafia Family co-founder Big Meech is seen inside Miami halfway house after release from federal prison

As heroin in Afghanistan dries up, Europe could face an overdose crisis like the U.S.

Watchdog blasts DEA for not reporting waterboarding, torture by Latin American partners

Watchdog blasts DEA for not reporting waterboarding, torture by Latin American partners

Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills, prosecutors say

DEA closing 2 offices in China even as the agency struggles to stem flow of fentanyl chemicals

A decision on a major policy shift on marijuana won’t come until after the presidential election

Are Mexican drug cartels as powerful as people think?

A journalist tells Mexico’s president his supporters attacked her; he reacts with scorn, disinterest

Colombia wants to ban tourists from buying Pablo Escobar souvenirs