(NEXSTAR) – The Justice Department took a major step this week, formally moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The process isn’t finalized yet, but if approved, the plan would drop marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) classifies substances into five categories, denoted with Roman […]
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ADHD drug shortage shows signs of letting up, but some patients still struggle
Many of the ADHD medication shortages that have plagued the U.S. for the last two years have now been resolved, the Food and Drug Administration says. Yet some doctors and patients report they are still struggling to get prescriptions filled. Dr. Royce Lee, a psychiatrist at the University of Chicago Medicine, said supply has gotten […]
Albuquerque man charged in 2023 drug robbery turned shootout that left one dead
May 18—One of the young men was selling drugs, according to police. The other two planned to rob him. All three had guns. When Devin Caballero tried to drive off, Paul Gonzales held onto his window — his body being dragged — as the two got into a close-up shootout, leaving Caballero dead and Gonzales […]
Two month undercover investigation leads to arrest with multiple drug charges
The Flager County Sheriff’s office Special Investigations Unit, along with the Problem Area Crime Enforcement (PACE) team and the SWAT team, served a search warrant at 24-A Pine Hurst Lane in Palm Coast on Friday. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS This search warrant was the culmination of a more than two-month-long investigation into Rondal […]
Louisiana State Police conducts multi-parish drug bust
Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. GRAY, La. (WGNO) — Several arrests have been made and multiple drugs have been seized following months of investigation into a possible drug trafficking operation through four parishes. In January, detectives with the Louisiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division-Houma Field Office began investigating in Terrebonne, Lafourche, […]
Trump demands drug test for Biden ahead of first debate
Former President Trump said he wants President Biden to be drug-tested before their first debate. “I’m gonna demand a drug test too, by the way,” Trump said at the Minnesota Republican Party’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner Friday. “I am, no I really am. I don’t want him coming in like the State of the Union, he […]
Imprisoned Jerome man pleads guilty in second drug case
HILLSDALE — A Jerome man already serving two to 20 years in prison for possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine appeared in the 1st Judicial Circuit Court Monday for a plea hearing in a second, unresolved drug case. Jack Wayne-Wesley Bond, 35, is serving his sentence at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater. He was […]
Man accused of drug dealing at Albuquerque bus stops under federal investigation
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A suspected drug dealer accused of doing business at Albuquqerue bus stops is now under federal investigation. Tyler Witt was arrested a year ago after the Albuquerque Police Department said he sold drugs to undercover detectives and a search of his home turned up thousands of fentanyl pills and other drugs. Albuquerque […]
Father and son drug dealing duo nabbed
ST. LOUIS – Pictures of seized drugs only tell part of the story of what federal agents cleared from the streets of St. Louis. Authorities say a father and son admitted dealing drugs, valuing in millions of dollars. “This operation was dubbed ‘family business,’” Colin Dickey from the Drug Enforcement Administration told FOX 2 as […]
AstraZeneca’s COVID prevention drug cuts risk of disease in vulnerable patients
(Reuters) -AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 prevention therapy reduced the risk of infection in patients with weaker immunity in a late-stage trial, meeting its primary goal, the drugmaker said on Thursday. The long-acting antibody therapy called sipavibart showed a “statistically significant reduction” in symptomatic COVID-19 cases among immunocompromised patients, the company said. Immunocompromised people include those with blood […]