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The VA and the FDA are keeping veterans from a helpful treatment option, just because it’s marijuana

Trevor Burrus -

May 13, 2019 7:36 pm

The Coast Guard Cutter Tampa is a 270-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Portsmouth, Va.

National Security

Coast Guard ship seizes $240M worth of cocaine from smugglers in waters off Central, South America

Anna Giaritelli -

March 25, 2019 4:29 pm

This Feb. 28, 2019, photo provided by U. S. Customs and Border Protection shows Customs agents unloading a truck containing 3,200 pounds of cocaine in 60 packages, where it was seized at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Newark, N.J.

News

ICE makes biggest cocaine bust in 25 years: $77M seized at New Jersey port

Anna Giaritelli -

March 12, 2019 1:18 am

News

Soldier pleads guilty in plot to import $1M in cocaine from Colombia on US military plane

Anna Giaritelli -

January 5, 2019 12:13 am

When are manufacturers or retailers of pot liable for wrongdoing by their customers? What warnings should they supply when a customer is buying a psychoactive drug?

News

Oregon man who tried mailing 143 pounds of pot inside Styrofoam boulders pleads guilty

Anna Giaritelli -

November 21, 2018 6:19 pm

This Friday, June 1, 2018, file photo shows syringes of the opioid painkiller fentanyl in an inpatient pharmacy.

Healthcare

More people died from drug overdoses in 2017 than guns, murders, or car accidents

Anna Giaritelli -

November 2, 2018 5:42 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

News

DEA’s Colombia post jarred by misconduct probes

Associated Press -

October 4, 2018 2:48 am

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, during a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 1, 2018.

Healthcare

Senate Democrats probe Rudy Giuliani’s ties to opioid-maker Purdue Pharma

Robert King -

August 24, 2018 7:34 pm

Kratom leaves are arranged for a photograph in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Saturday, May 5, 2018. Kratom, a coffee-like evergreen that Southeast Asian farmers have long chewed to relieve pain, is one of the hottest local commodities thanks to the opioid epidemic in the U.S.

Healthcare

Advocates skewer FDA over ‘junk science’ blaming kratom for deaths

Kimberly Leonard -

August 14, 2018 6:55 pm

OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt.

Business

House lawmakers probe opioid makers’ role in epidemic

Robert King -

August 3, 2018 3:10 pm

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The VA and the FDA are keeping veterans from a helpful treatment option, just because it’s marijuana

Coast Guard ship seizes $240M worth of cocaine from smugglers in waters off Central, South America

ICE makes biggest cocaine bust in 25 years: $77M seized at New Jersey port

Soldier pleads guilty in plot to import $1M in cocaine from Colombia on US military plane

Oregon man who tried mailing 143 pounds of pot inside Styrofoam boulders pleads guilty

More people died from drug overdoses in 2017 than guns, murders, or car accidents

DEA’s Colombia post jarred by misconduct probes

Senate Democrats probe Rudy Giuliani’s ties to opioid-maker Purdue Pharma

Advocates skewer FDA over ‘junk science’ blaming kratom for deaths

House lawmakers probe opioid makers’ role in epidemic

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