Nearly 1 in 3 Americans have reported losing someone to a drug overdose: Study
A new survey finds that roughly one in three Americans report knowing someone who has died from a drug overdose. A poll conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that 32% of people know someone who has died from a drug overdose, and those who said they knew someone […]
NYC bar owner oversaw ‘live sex show,’ allowed drug use: Lawsuit
A Gramercy Park bar owner is allegedly trying to burn down his establishment by allowing live sex shows and profligate drug use in his bar. His partner claims in a lawsuit that the owner literally set the bar on fire. The “disastrous” conduct that Albert Trumer allegedly engaged in at DOM, the upscale Park Avenue […]
Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before
Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a broader role in Sunday’s elections for the president, nine state governors, about 19,000 mayors and other local offices. The country’s powerful drug cartels have long waged targeted assassinations against mayors and other local candidates they see as a threat to their rule. Mexican gangs thrive […]
Pfizer sees lung cancer drug topping $1 billion in sales following impressive 5-year data
Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla breaks down the company’s earnings on The Claman Countdown. Pfizer said it expects annual sales of its cancer drug Lorbrena to exceed $1 billion by 2030, after data released Friday showed the majority of patients treated for a rare form of advanced lung cancer were still alive five years […]
El Chapo’s top drug cartel assassin ‘El Nini’ extradited to the US
Federal authorities say a former top official and assassin for El Chapo’s Sinaloa drug cartel has been extradited to the United States to face drug, gun and conspiracy charges. Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas, the violent conman known as “El Nini,” was a leading figure in the international drug trafficking organization once run by Joaquin “El […]
Drug Dogs Find 6 Tons Of Meth Hidden In Shipment Of Green Squash, CBP Says
Drug-sniffing canines identified nearly six tons of methamphetamines being transported Monday over the U.S. border into California, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). CBP officers stopped a 44-year-old man driving a commercial tractor-trailer transporting a shipment of green squash on Monday morning, according to a CBP news release. Following a preliminary scan […]
REPORT: Feds Arrest Beauty Queen In Major Cartel Drug Bust
Federal authorities have arrested a former beauty queen and two bank employees in Indiana for collaborating with a Mexican cartel to traffic drugs into the country, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The three individuals are accused of allegedly “moving thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States and laundering tens of millions of […]
Zantac didn’t cause 89-year-old woman’s cancer, jury says in first trial over drug
A Chicago jury on Thursday dismissed an Illinois woman’s lawsuit alleging that the now-discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused her colon cancer, the first of thousands of lawsuits making similar claims to be heard. A jury in Cook County, Illinois Circuit Court agreed with pharmaceutical companies GSK and Boehringer Ingelheim that the plaintiff, 89-year-old Illinois resident […]
NYC Chef Arrested As Alleged Drug Ring Leader, Previously Advocated Anti-Drug Efforts
Police arrested a celebrity Staten Island chef on Wednesday on suspicion of leading a drug ring, according to the New York Post. Ettore Mazzei was arrested on suspicion of leading a drug trade and exploiting drug addicts as “slaves.” according to According to the New York Post, Mazzei was arrested following an overnight raid on […]
Nestlé launches food line targeting Ozempic, other weight-loss drug users
Nestle is launching a range of foods tailored to people using weight-loss drugs, in a bid to capitalise on a market expected to reach $30 billion over the next six years. Under the new Vital Pursuit brand, the global food giant plans to launch 12 products ranging from frozen protein pasta to sandwich melts and […]