Federal jury indicts 17 for smuggling drugs like fentanyl into US from Mexico using fire extinguishers
A federal grand jury in California indicted 10 men on charges of smuggling fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin into the United States from Mexico by stuffing them into fire extinguishers and hiding the drugs inside tons of scrap metal. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California has identified 13 cases, including 680,992 fentanyl […]
US study finds more people die smoking drugs like fentanyl than injecting them
Smoking has surpassed injecting drugs as the most common method of drug overdose deaths in the United States, a new government study suggests. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named the study published Thursday the largest study to examine how Americans ingested the drugs that led to their deaths. CDC officials decided to […]
Baby Overdoses on Fentanyl in Florida, Mother Arrested
A Fort Myers, Fla., woman was arrested after her baby allegedly overdosed on fentanyl, and CPR restored her pulse, police said. Fort Myers Police responded to a call about a baby not breathing at 1:34 a.m. Sunday, WINK News report. Officers met the caller, 38-year-old Mary Sinopoli, the baby’s mother, on the side of the […]
Trafficker Hauled ‘Massive Amounts’ of Meth, Fentanyl to WA
Michael Lopez-Ferrer, a 30-year-old Salinas, Calif., resident who frequently traveled to Eastern Washington carrying illegal drugs from Mexico, was sentenced to prison. He will spend the next nine years in prison after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Tri-City Office launched an investigation. tricity herald report Monday. Confidential informants working with the DEA knew Ferrell […]
Oregon County Declares State of Emergency After 4 Fentanyl Overdoses in 6 Hours
Emergency crews in a small Oregon city had to respond to four fentanyl overdoses in just six hours Tuesday. By the next day, the entire county was in a state of emergency due to the spread of this deadly drug. Officials in Bend, a city of about 100,000 people more than three hours south of […]
‘Pawn Stars’ Boss Rick Harrison Blasts Biden’s Border Policies Over ‘Disgusting’ Fentanyl Crisis After Son’s Death
Popular movie star Rick Harrison pawn stars The TV series slams Joe Biden’s debacle at the border following his son’s death from a fentanyl overdose. Harrison’s son Adam, who did not appear on his father’s TV show, died of a drug overdose on January 19 at the age of 39. Now, during an interview with […]
‘Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison rips politicians over fentanyl crisis after son’s death: ‘Absolutely disgusting’
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Robert De Niro says grandson’s fentanyl overdose ‘shouldn’t have happened’
Robert De Niro will forever mourn the loss of his late grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, who died of an overdose in July. he was 19 years old. “I’m just shocked,” he told People magazine. ”[I] I never thought that would happen. ” A month after Leandro’s death, the New York State Office of the […]
DHS recruiting ‘AI Corps’ to fight fentanyl distribution, online child exploitation and cyberattacks
The Department of Homeland Security is recruiting dozens of artificial intelligence experts for an “AI force” that will harness the blossoming technology to advance national security goals, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said. It was announced on Tuesday. Mayorkas said the 50 experts will join DHS’ efforts to use AI in a variety of efforts, including combating […]
All roads ‘lead back to fentanyl’: City overrun with drugs sees progress after overwhelmed police get new help
Portland, Oregon – The Rose City’s addiction crisis is evident not only in the burnt foil and unconscious drug users downtown, but also in the city’s graffiti. A meth pipe graffitied on the sidewalk. The word “Hondos” was scrawled on the wall with circles and diagonal lines above it, possibly a reference to the Honduran […]