Tag: Drugs

National Security

Trump initiative seized $1B worth of drugs at sea amid pandemic

Anna Giaritelli · June 9, 2020 3:50 pm

An officer on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico border walks near a wall.

Teen arrested after $26K of meth flown over Mexican border by drone

Anna Giaritelli · June 5, 2020 8:36 pm

The US-Canada border is closed, but seized drug quantities shooting up

Anna Giaritelli · May 28, 2020 9:29 pm

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer checks under the hood of a car.

Border Patrol intercepts $2.4M worth of drugs at US-Mexico border

Carly Ortiz-Lytle · May 27, 2020 7:08 pm

With Drug Take Back Day postponed, lawmakers want people to dispose of drugs at home

Anna Giaritelli · May 26, 2020 11:23 pm

In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 photo, confiscated drugs and alcohol are stored inside the anti-drug department at the main police headquarters in Gaza City. An opioid crisis has quietly spread in the Gaza Strip, trapping thousands of people in the hell of addiction and adding another layer of misery to the blockaded and impoverished coastal territory.

Coronavirus creates danger of a spike in substance abuse

Gary Blackard · May 26, 2020 12:00 am

A voter takes advantage of the hand sanitizer to "clean up" after voting in the presidential party primary in Ridgeland, Miss., Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Polling locations are providing hand sanitizers for voters to use as a cautionary measure in light of the coronavirus health concern nationwide.

‘In-demand items’: Police find meth smuggled in hand sanitizer bottles

Zach Halaschak · May 22, 2020 3:34 pm

Hand holding bottle of CBD oil against marijuana plant.

Canadian scientists say strain of cannabis could prevent or treat coronavirus

Anthony Leonardi · May 21, 2020 8:08 pm

Donna Processing Center in Donna, Texas

National Security

Coast Guard boat returns with $37M cocaine haul snagged from smugglers in the Pacific

Anna Giaritelli · May 21, 2020 4:04 pm

Assistant HHS secretary: ‘How many more lives are we willing to sacrifice in the name of containing the virus?’

Madison Dibble · May 19, 2020 8:57 pm

GOP congressman reveals he and his family are using hydroxychloroquine and is ‘relieved’ Trump is too

Zach Halaschak · May 19, 2020 8:45 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg at Winfield House in London, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. US President Donald Trump will join other NATO heads of state at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday to mark the NATO Alliance's 70th birthday.

Trump says he’s been taking hydroxychloroquine for a ‘couple of weeks’ to prevent coronavirus

Anthony Leonardi · May 18, 2020 9:01 pm