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How “Gas Station Heroin” Became America’s Next Opioid Crisis
From gummies to wrongful death lawsuits, the billion-dollar rise of “gas station heroin” is colliding with bans, bereaved families and the FDA’s harshest crackdown yet.
DRUGS
Hospitals Report Escalating Overdoses Linked to Drug Up to 300 Times Stronger Than Xylazine
Doctors warn that America faces a catastrophic new drug threat, as medetomidine—a veterinary sedative never meant for humans—spreads from coast to coast.
DRUGS
Honey Oil: The Explosive Cannabis Craze That’s Killing Workers
An unlicensed cannabis extraction operation kept running after workers died in fiery explosions. Six now face felony charges—including murder—in a case exposing the deadly cost of black-market profits.
DRUGS
Polly Wanna Crackhead? Drug Dealer’s Parrot Turns Snitch in Blackpool Raid
A £1 million drug network unraveled thanks to covert police work and incriminating pet parrot footage. Key gang members have been sentenced to decades in prison.
DRUGS
Congress Passes HALT Fentanyl Act to Permanently Classify Fentanyl Variants as Schedule I Drugs
The bill closes loopholes that allowed cartels to alter fentanyl formulas, sealing the legal gaps exploited for profit and death.
DRUGS
Granny by Day, Drug Lord by Night—How “Gangsta Debbs” Built an £80M Empire with Her Kids
She drew her children into crime and flooded her community with cocaine. Now Deborah Mason is trading Gucci for a prison cell.
DRUGS
Speedballing Fuels a Deadly Drug Trend Sweeping the US
Speedballing is the cartel’s newest formula for addiction—and for death. Some 35,000 Americans die each year from fatal drug cocktails mixing opioids and stimulants.
DRUGS
Cartel Hacks Cameras to Hunt FBI Agent and Informants: DOJ Report
A newly released report shows a cartel weaponizing hacked surveillance to intimidate, locate and kill those who cooperate with law enforcement.
DRUGS
Hugo Carvajal Pleads Guilty to Plot to Flood US With Cocaine, Ending International Manhunt
The former Venezuelan spymaster admits guilt in Manhattan court to trafficking cocaine with Colombian rebels and conspiring to use drugs as a weapon against the US.
DRUGS
“Worse Than Heroin”—Top UK Cops Call for Crackdown, Stiffer Penalties for Cannabis
Fourteen police chiefs warn that today’s turbocharged cannabis is fueling psychosis, crime and death and are demanding it be reclassified as one of Britain’s most dangerous drugs.
DRUGS
From Celery to Cheese: Smugglers Hide Millions in Drugs Among Groceries
Smugglers are stuffing meth, heroin and cocaine into shipments of vegetables, cheese and fruit. The strategy exploits perishable goods to evade inspection.
DRUGS
Crime Gangs Are Turning Quiet British Homes Into Cannabis Farms
Tempted by high rent offers, landlords unwittingly become hosts to criminal drug operations that put entire communities at risk.
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DRUGS
The Opioid Dossier
“The Opioid Dossier” chronicles a yearlong investigation by Associate Editor Michael Brennan into a deadly drug epidemic—spawned by America’s pharmaceutical industry. His in-depth report follows.
THE OPIOID DOSSIER
Almost Heaven, Almost Hell
In West Virginia’s natural paradise pain pills paved a road to perdition.
THE OPIOID DOSSIER
Lawyer
A Southern lawyer tells how we got here, and how he hopes to use a forgotten state law to rescue the country from the opioid epidemic.
