Drug News

Though President Trump has actively and publicly campaigned throughout the country promising to fix the current drug and opioid epidemic, public health advocates believe he has plans in place that could actually make the problem much worse. According to leaked information reported first by CBS News, the current administration plans to essentially eliminate the Office Read more »

One of the world’s most infamous criminals was cocaine kingpin, Pablo Escobar. Between his rise to power in the early 1980s until he was killed by Colombian police in late 1993, Escobar ruled the Medellin Cartel with an iron fist, terrifying people into submission while he ruined their lives and took their money. Here are Read more »

It may be hard to believe that elected officials have not undergone the level of scrutiny that would make drug abuse apparent, but being a member of Congress doesn’t grant superpowers. The fact is no one is immune to drug abuse and addiction, but while Congress has spent the last few years pushing for drug Read more »

If, as William Tecumseh Sherman said, “War is hell,” hundreds of thousands of veterans are learning VA treatment for chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can lead to an entirely new kind of hell, namely, opiate addiction. The fact is, Veteran Administration doctors currently treating more than 650,000 veterans with highly addictive opioid painkillers Read more »

Poison control centers across the country received 3,572 calls for emergencies concerning synthetic marijuana from the start of the year to the end of May. During the same time frame in 2014, those centers fielded only 1,085 calls on the same subject. That’s a 229% increase and nearly 12 percent of the cases were seen as life Read more »

One local man was arrested and charged in connection with what law enforcement officials have called the largest methamphetamine bust in the history of Atlanta. A press release issued by Atlanta authorities Thursday, March 26 detailed how local officers and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents shut down the drug manufacturing operation, which police say was Read more »

Atlanta law enforcement authorities have put the brakes on a large-scale methamphetamine manufacturing operation that was formidable enough to produce massive quantities of the drug. Police say the amount of drugs confiscated at the scene totaled in excess of $10 million, and that the bust constituted the biggest of its kind in the city’s history. Read more »

Some Georgia families may have medical marijuana as an option for treating children suffering from a specific medical condition, thanks to the passage of a bill allowing this limited use earlier this month. Georgia state senators approved the legislation with a 54-1 vote. The senate approval hinged on a promise from the chairman of the Read more »