Tag: Drugs

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine speaks during a news conference on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at the Pentagon.

Two million energy drinks, 950,000 gallons of coffee, and ‘a lot of nicotine’: Caine brings rare moment of levity to Pentagon press briefing

Claire Carter · April 8, 2026 10:59 am

Containers of Zyn, a product gaining traction, Phillip Morris smokeless nicotine pouches, are displayed for sale among other nicotine and tobacco products at a newsstand Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in New York.

National Zyn: Costa Rica’s nicotine pouch ban is an attack on America

Jason Reed · April 8, 2026 5:00 am

Khloe Kardashian.

What if your ‘doctor’ has 300 million followers and zero accountability?

Henry Miller · April 4, 2026 8:00 am

Cropped shot farmer checking marijuana or cannabis plantation in greenhouse. Alternative herbal medicine, health, hemp industry concept.

What to know about Medicare’s new hemp pilot program that drug safety groups are challenging in court

Molly Parks · March 31, 2026 3:30 pm

Healthcare fraud government health programs spending entitlement

Fairness and Justice

Puerto Rico can’t afford price controls

Joel Berrocal · March 22, 2026 7:00 am

A police officer chases a protester in Ecuador.

Ecuador-US ‘war’ with drug cartels begins with two-week operation

Emily Hallas · March 16, 2026 10:14 am

President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the South Court Auditorium in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building

Trump’s ‘most favored nation’ policy threatens US competitiveness with China

Bill Murphy · March 13, 2026 8:00 am

A golden eagle gripping a banner inscribed with ‘TrumpRx’ is featured on the TrumpRx.gov website. (via TrumpRx.gov)

The president brands his own healthcare reform

Jeremy Lott · March 13, 2026 7:15 am

Oxycodone is the generic name for a range of opoid pain killing tablets. Prescription bottle for Oxycodone tablets and pills on glass table with reflections

Overdose deaths fell to pre-pandemic levels in 2025, CDC says

Gabrielle M. Etzel · March 11, 2026 11:16 am

President Donald Trump speaks at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump announces new ‘Americas Counter Cartel Coalition’ at Shield of the Americas Summit

Molly Parks · March 7, 2026 12:02 pm

Kratom plant.

When 7-OH fears drive policy by anecdote

Jeffrey A. Singer · March 5, 2026 10:00 am

The front page of a local newspaper displays news about the death of Nemesio Oseguera, alias "El Mencho," Mexico's most wanted drug lord in recent years, in Mexico City on February 23, 2026. Mexico has deployed 10,000 troops to quell clashes sparked by the killing of the country's most wanted drug lord, which have left dozens dead, officials said on February 23. Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was wounded on February 22 in a shootout with soldiers in the town of Tapalpa in Jalisco state and died while being flown to Mexico City, the army said. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Killing cartel kingpins such as ‘El Mencho’ won’t end the drug crisis. Here’s what can

Layal Bou Harfouch · March 3, 2026 11:00 am