An Ohio woman has been arrested after her seven-year-old son was found to have ingested cocaine. The child, who has not been named, is said to have been found unresponsive at his desk at North Elementary School on Monday 16th April. After his teacher failed to wake the minor, the emergency services were called – …
As more and more people die of drug overdoses in the United States, the number of organ donations from overdose victims has gone up, too. A study of data compiled on transplant patients (those who received transplanted organs) from 2000 to 2017 shows not only that overdose deaths were providing more and more organs, but …
Authorities in Atlanta, Georgia have confiscated over 500 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside Disney figurines, holding an estimated street value of $2 million. Robert Murphy, the DEA Atlanta Division Special Agent, said the meth seizure is the biggest drug bust in Gwinnett County. The illegal drugs disguised inside figurines of Donald Duck, Pluto, Winnie the …
Federal authorities arrested three people, prevented a murder, and confiscated 142 pounds of methamphetamines in what might be the largest such seizure ever in Ohio. Officers arrested a man from Cleveland and two from Mexico in the March 24 bust, having connected them to the drugs which had already been confiscated. The drugs – both …
Two Jefferson County men may face a staggering 340-year jail sentence each after being found guilty of many drug offenses at Jefferson Common Pleas Court. A total of thirty people were arrested in September 2017, including Larry Dean and Daniel Hopkins, on charges of corrupt organizations and possession with intent to deliver drugs. In an …
Police in Hobart, Ind., arrested a man they say was preparing methamphetamine in a small, concealed lab in a White Castle fast food joint. The arrested man was a customer of the restaurant, police said. Four officers were hurt breathing fumes from the drug production equipment. More than one person may have been involved in the …
South Carolina woman Kaylee Muthart, just 20 years old, blinded herself while high on methamphetamine a month ago, but now is embracing what she describes as a beautiful life. Muthart gouged out her own eyes in a psychotic frenzy outside a church in Anderson, South Carolina, on Feb. 6, succeeding in blinding herself permanently despite …
Methamphetamine is a terrible drug, and the effects it has on people are very strong. Once addicted, it becomes normal for a person to lie about or minimize their drug use and its effects.
In Forest County, the police announced that they have arrested five people for drug dealing and possession, and they indicated that more arrests were likely going to follow. The Forest County Sheriff’s office arrested Mackenzi McGeshick, Marcus Morris, Rhonda Rachal, Shawna Rachal, and Xavier Teller starting back on February 12. These suspects have all been …
Hazleton Police announced that a raid as part of the execution of two search warrants at Alter Street and Mine Street resulted in the end of a major heroin and fentanyl manufacturing facility. Manuel Luna-Bautista and Yamilka Hernandez-Sanchez were arrested Friday morning as part of the raid. The raid and search warrants were the results …
A meth addiction can cause serious problems in your life, spanning from your health to your job and even to your relationships. Learn about meth, its effects, and how to find help for addiction.
A darker side of San Francisco’s storied Haight-Ashbury district was revealed Feb. 22 when three men died of drug overdoses. San Francisco public health officials feared fentanyl, up to a hundred times more potent than heroin, may have killed the men, who were found unresponsive on Page Street early on a Thursday morning. Police officers …
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