Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of U.S. drugs related crimes and oddities for the month of August 2018:
CNBC: Antianxiety drugs — often more deadly than opioids — are fueling the next drug crisis
In Korea (south) the U.S. Air Force’s 51st Fighter Wing has started a Food First! program to help with its Drug Demand Reduction operations. It’s partly based on studies that show that so-called health food supplements (now considered ‘drugs’) don’t actually work in people who are already healthy: “The program highlights the importance of good nutrition, hydration, rest and recovery, and physical activity in the development and maintenance of good health as opposed to relying on supplements such as multivitamins and protein shakes.”-Lisa Roof, 51st MDG Health Promotion Coordinator
Washington Post: Our justice system is addicted to drugs
U.S. News & World Report: Prison guards, and prisoners, in 2 States Treated for Exposure to Drugs
Fortune: U.S. Overdose Deaths Rose to a Record 72000 Last Year
The U.S. Coast Guard captures yet another drug boat off the U.S. Pacific Coast, 28AUG2018.
ALABAMA: CBD oil is illegal in Alabama
lawmaker’s son arrested in predawn drug raid
Man arrested after drugs received in mail
Car Dealership Owner & Another Arrested for meth
ALASKA: Inside Alaska’s Meth Epidemic
‘The First Lady’ of Mountain View meth ring arrested
Hells Angels arrested in FBI meth bust
man arrested for drug use on school grounds
New report shows fatal opioid overdoses still on the rise
More proof the government is behind drug abuse as Federal court orders opioid maker to continue shipping drugs to Alaska, despite the maker reporting the pharmacy orders as “suspicious”!
ARIZONA: Drug tunnel ran from old KFC in Arizona to Mexico bedroom
Yuma BP agents seize nearly $1 million in drugs
Border agents seize drugs worth $345000 in Nogales
Deaths from heroin, painkiller abuse surge
Couple arrested after toddler ingested meth, fentanyl
Man found with drugs and stolen Maricopa County Sheriff’s guns!
ARKANSAS: 5 drug deaths in 4 days reported at Arkansas prison
7 people arrested after federal investigation
11 indicted in central Arkansas drug ring
Drug overdoses killing more Arkansans
CALIFORNIA: Despite the use of marijuana being legalized in the Communist state of California, the California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force gladly accepted federal tax dollars to help fund the destruction of still illegal marijuana farms found on taxpayer owned land.
22 Arrested in Connection With Helping Sinaloa Cartel
men arrested for allegedly selling drugs from ice cream truck
“Fresno is the poorest large city… in California…, drug use is about twice the state average…”
Proof the U.S. government is behind drug addiction as federal judge orders No more forcing captured migrant children to take psychotropic drugs
This Oakland ER Treats Opioid Addiction on Demand. That’s Very Rare. (tell me about it, my ex-wife died because a hospital in eastern Idaho refused to treat her for opioid addiction and they were quoting Idaho law that says hospitals can refuse to treat people due to drug addiction!)
COLORADO: thousands of dollars’ worth of drugs found inside daycare center filled with kids
17 people arrested on 124 drug charges
Despite legalized ganja FBI, DEA orchestrate massive raid of suspected illegal marijuana grow
How many Coloradans are driving high? (3 out of 4!!!)
Mixed findings on marijuana traffic deaths
CONNECTICUT: Mass K2 overdose affects more than 70 people
Deadly K2 drug was created by U.S. pharmaceutical company in Connecticut
7 cops Exposed to Powdery Drug, 2 Hospitalized
Police Seize Cocaine, Heroin & Guns In Drug Bust
Notorious Suspected Dealer, 5 Others Arrested
Drugs Sold Out Of convenience Store
DELAWARE: fatalities spike: 8 drug deaths in 4 days
Nearly 100 pounds of cocaine found in pineapples
Heroin epidemic moves into small towns and swamps police
Dover deli shutdown for selling drugs
U.S. Coast Guard off-loads 12-thousand-5-hundred pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades, 01AUG2018.
FLORIDA: couple built drive-thru window at mobile home to sell drugs
Drug raids target taxpayer funded fire stations, firefighters arrested or dismissed
Hypocrisy? Controlling drug Addiction With Prescription Drugs
GEORGIA: 17 arrested in Cairo
‘Rolling lab’ able to make 16000 pills per hour busted
$5M in drugs in food boxes seized in metro Atlanta bust
Drugs hidden in cappuccino maker at convenience store
Drugs, gun found on janitor in late night school arrest
GUAM: Man faces meth charge after police conduct traffic stop
Drugs, cash seized; multiple arrests
Car parked near beach leads to prescription drug arrest
Convicted drug dealer and informant violates parole
HAWAII: More than 2 dozen accused of alleged drug trafficking
IDAHO: Courts identify a 1977 drug sentencing law that could be the cause of out-of-control prison growth, Idaho judge admits “When this statute was written, we didn’t know anything.” (or maybe the ‘christian’ dominated state is just a bunch of druggies)
Migrants(?) caught in Idaho Falls with 90 pounds of meth
11 counties sue prescription drug sellers over opioid epidemic
ILLINOIS: nurse nets 4 years for stealing opioid patches from patients
six ‘dealers’ arrested in Freeport
25 people arrested in Rockford
New Law Broadens Synthetic Marijuana Ban
INDIANA: Indiana experiences record year for overdose deaths
Evansville hit by drug dealers
Drug deal gone bad led to teen’s death
Just two people blamed for central Indiana’s raging drug problem?
Drug bust in Greene/Sullivan Counties
IOWA: hospital nurse pleads guilty to stealing pain meds
cop unjustifiably accuses two men of trafficking guns and drugs
Accused drug dealer shoots himself in the nuts!
Raids in Jefferson County net drugs and cash, but not one drug dealer was found. (can you say tip-off?)
woman pleads guilty to large meth operation
KANSAS: Wichita drugs, guns, cash and arrests
Deputies taken to hospital after finding drugs
Couple forced children to handle drugs
KENTUCKY: A doctor admits to being a drug addict in ‘Seven days of hell’
Doctors fear being arrested for treating pain
Dentist arrested on drug charges
Drug charges top August indictments
Pet owners abusing their own animals to get drugs
worker drug use, overdoses in Kentucky
LOUISIANA: 38 arrested drugs, prostitution, theft…
Operation Summer Heat: 71 drug arrests in 5 days
Two women arrested after trying to smuggle drugs inside prison
21 pounds of marijuana, 2 pounds of meth
K2 hospitalizes 45 people in Lake Charles
MAINE: man who overdosed sues salmon farm for failing to call 9-1-1
Drug crimes dominate Aroostook County
6th worst state in the nation for rise in overdose deaths
MARYLAND: Police inspect “nervous” driver’s semi truck, find enough fentanyl to kill 780,000 people
New ‘street’ drugs that can’t be identified causing overdoses
MASSACHUSETTS: Despite anti-gun laws a taxpayer funded City of Boston Employee Among 29 Charged in Gun, Drug Bust
Taxpayer funded female State Police Trooper Dishonorably Discharged Over involvement with dealing drugs in the past
11 kilos of heroin and fentanyl
90% of Massachusetts Overdoses Linked to Fentanyl
MICHIGAN: 2 metro doctors got busted for $20M opioid scheme
Doctor charged with drugs for sex crimes
Home Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering With Valium
University of Michigan health system pays $4.3M to settle federal charges for stolen drugs
Drugs killed more Michiganders than guns and traffic combined
Look up the number of overdose deaths in your county
Police surge into Jackson to fight drugs
Drugs, weapons seized at adult care facility
MINNESOTA: Prince’s Family Sues the Doctor That Prescribed Him Pain Pills
Board of Pharmacy to Ban 2 Types of Synthetic Drugs
Migrant woman pleads guilty to being the leader of massive drug gang connected to Mexico
woman found with 25 pounds of meth
MISSISSIPPI: Taxpayer funded Tallahatchie County Sheriff revealed to be on drug-gang payroll after protecting local drug dealers from arrest for past 15 years!
6 hospitalized after overdosing on mystery drug
1 dead, another in coma after overdosing on mystery drug
18 arrested in federal roundup
MISSOURI: Chinese missionary killed by gunman high on drugs
More proof there is no sexual equality as organizations rethink drug recovery for mothers
Woman captured with ‘1.5 million lethal doses’ of drugs
Drugs, counterfeit money and credit card cloning operation
Nearly $400000 in federal taxpayer funds heading to just two Missouri drug courts
MONTANA: 7 suspects arrested
Migrant sentenced for meth trafficking
Where’s the equality? after Woman gets only ten years probation for drug related death-by-freezing of her baby (a man would’ve been locked up for most of his life)
Montana wants to add more than 200 drug collection boxes
Judge learns taxpayer funded crime lab expert testified while on meth, orders new trial: “The manifest hypocrisy in this situation — when a Montana Department of Justice Employee with meth in his system testified and helped secure another man’s meth possession conviction — is abhorrent.”-District Judge John Parker
HIV cases among drug users up in Montana
NEBRASKA: German drug maker sues to halt planned execution
2nd drug company to join appeal seeking to stop execution
‘christian’ dominated Nebraska Just Became The First State to Use Fentanyl in an Execution
over 200 pounds of drugs found
Biggest drug bust in York County history
Drug dealer caught because he didn’t use turn signal
NEVADA: doctor faces discipline over illegally accessing Las Vegas shooter’s drug records
Physician assistant found guilty of illegally prescribing drugs
Las Vegas resident accused of mail-order meth & money laundering operation
Las Vegas to receive $125K federal taxpayer funded grant to fight drug abuse
Woman coming down off drugs while in jail was refused medical treatment by prison guards and died, her body was left for hours before being removed from the cell, the incident was caught on security camera video! (guess what, it happens in Idaho jails and prisons all the time but is usually reported as ‘medical condition’ or ‘self inflicted’)
Elko drug bust nets a quarter-pound of heroin
Tech billionaire arrested after drugs found in Las Vegas Strip hotel
Tesla whistleblower claims rampant theft, drug dealing at Elon Musk Gigafactory
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Police kill man then say he was a druggie
second highest rate of overdose deaths
Taxpayer/Pharma funded RALI New Hampshire hopes to get rid of legal drugs
NEW JERSEY: doctor loses medical license after pleading guilty to illegal drugs charges
Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief arrested on drug charges
$5.1M worth of marijuana seized
Israeli based drugs maker Teva gets $40M tax break from you for setting up shop in New Jersey!
Drug treatment in NJ’s jails helps break cycle of crime and addiction (is that the reason why most states, like Idaho, don’t do it? they like keeping their prisons overcrowded)
NEW MEXICO: Parents accused of beating children, using drugs in front of them
14 Las Cruces Residents Facing Federal heroin Charges
State police officer facing drug charges resigns
NEW YORK: This Drug Is Safe and Effective. Compared With What?
22 arrested in Queensbridge Houses bust
Drugs on the East Side, gambling on the west — 32 busted
Celebrity restaurant busted in massive cocaine ring
About $150000 in narcotics disguised as children’s presents
NORTH CAROLINA: Drug bust was ‘one of the largest’
Fatal overdoses rising faster than 48 other states
13 arrests part of ‘Operation Nor’easter’
NORTH DAKOTA: Homeless man accused of trying to kill drug/cop informant
Hospice nurses in Minot charged with stealing drugs from patients
Charges dropped in second large I-94 drug bust because of undisclosed “issues” admitted by the sheriff’s department!
tobacco shop owner pleads guilty to drug charges
Dead College Drug/cop Informant Wrongful Death Trial
OHIO: Heroin-fentanyl mix caused ODs at Ross prison, 30 people including prisoners, guards and nurses involved
largest meth bust in Ohio involved Mexicans
more than $200000 in drugs and cash
Cheaper, purer meth piggybacks opioid crisis in Ohio
The Ohio National Guard has modified software to connect the dots between gun crimes and drug crimes. It’s part of the state’s decision to treat opioid addiction as a ‘mass casualty event’, watch the official video:
OKLAHOMA: 22 indicted in money laundering, drug trafficking linked to Mexico
Prisoners Use Sheets in Effort to Get Drugs Into Jail
police chief wants change to marijuana law
Reserve Police Officer Arrested For Trafficking Marijuana
OREGON: secret drug raid by feds leads to new marijuana-trafficking indictments
Massive Bust Yields Meth, Heroin, And Cash
spike in synthetic opioid overdose deaths
Oregon’s Medicaid program weighs cutting off chronic pain patients from opioids
LIBRARIANS IN OREGON TRAINED TO ADMINISTER DRUG USED TO PREVENT O-D DEATHS
PENNSYLVANIA: Prisons Locked Down After drug exposures
overdose deaths continue to climb
Deaths from kratom, sold as an herbal supplement, are rising.
PUERTO RICO: Aspiring Puerto Rican pro-gamer says she smuggled drugs to NYC to help family survive Hurricane Maria
In Puerto Rico, U.S. Border Patrol captured four illegal immigrant drug smugglers and their cocaine, 29AUG2018.
RHODE ISLAND: How the Smallest State is Defeating America’s Biggest Addiction Crisis
Police discover drug treasure trove
school employee among two facing felony drug charges
‘Gurgling’ dad overdosed with 1-year-old in car
Prisoner runs crack cocaine operation from inside prison
SOUTH CAROLINA: Nurse accused of stealing Hydrocodone at Inman nursing home
Upper class home turned out to be a drug house
Plastic baggies found outside elementary school filled with heroin
nurses given broader power to prescribe drugs
University South Carolina selling students overdose drug
SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota refuses to Reveal Drug to Be Used in Execution
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2018: Drug arrests up over last year
Air National Guard unveils new anti-drug propaganda.
TENNESSEE: overdoses killed more Tennesseans than ever
drug organization laundered $30k in Memphis chicken restaurant
Arrests in suspected meth, cocaine conspiracy reach 28
AstraZeneca settles Texas drug lawsuits for $110 million
Video of drug boat (with more than 2-tons of cocaine) trying to evade capture off the coast of Texas, 03AUG2018:
UTAH: overdose deaths fall 12%
LDS church (mormon) openly against legalization of marijuana
9.7 lbs. of meth; mom had 2-year-old in car
Relatives of people who died at concert automatically assume it was drugs: “There’s nothing but drugs out there what else could it have been?”-Lilia Martinez, aunt of deceased
Utah man accused of having $100K in drugs mailed to him
VERMONT: State expands drug-collection program
State Adds 9 More taxpayer funded ‘Drug Recognition Experts’ To Evaluate Driver Impairment
School Administrators Get a Crash Course in Spotting Drug Use
VIRGINIA: 50 suspects indicted on 86 drug related charges
WASHINGTON: Incorrectly made drugs kill in Spokane
Nez Perce drug and gun arrests
Nightclub managers knew date-rape drug was being sold in their bar
Federal cops threaten Seattle’s plan to provide taxpayer funded ‘safe places’ to inject drugs
marijuana buy turns into gunbattle
Washington National Guard take part in ‘Konfitma’ on Saipan, 14AUG2018, learning how to test for chemicals that could be used to make drugs. The military considers it a CBRNE threat.
Washington DC: U.S. Opioid Prescribing Limits May Have Backfired
FDA Did Not Intervene to Curb Risky Fentanyl Prescriptions
The U.S. FDA (Food & Drug Administration) is warning that some prescription diabetes drugs might be causing a deadly flesh eating disease that targets your ‘nads’!
FDA recalls are a reminder that China controls much of world’s drug supply
Snaring Doctors and Drug Dealers
Trump doles out $91M for drug-free community program
Federal tax dollars were spent on the 6th Multilateral Maritime Interdiction and Prosecution Summit held in the Bahamas. The illegal drugs trade is so bad that 15 regional countries attended the meeting. This after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) ‘allowed’ a major cocaine shipment to pass through the ports of the island country of Haiti!
Watch this official U.S. military NorthCom (U.S. Northern Command) video, and realize the Joint Task Force North was created as a result of the Reagan era War on Drugs to militarize federal and local police, also realize that after 30 years it is a huge taxpayer funded failure (if its true goal was to stop drugs trafficking):
WEST VIRGINIA: overdose deaths exceed 1000
Hepatitis A Outbreak due to illegal drug use
Martinsburg police shut down 33rd drug house
WISCONSIN: 16 charged in $9.6 million cocaine conspiracy
27% of pharmacies fail to comply with state order concerning Narcan
WYOMING: Wyoming had largest drop in overdose deaths
33 Arrests in ‘Operation Smack’
$7.3 Million Worth of Marijuana Seized
Cops admit they let drug dealer get away, for the sake of ‘public safety’
Drugs, the American Way, July 2018: “A STATE OF NEAR DEATH.”