LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Rand Paul, the Republican Senator from Kentucky, and Brian Schatz, the Democratic Senator from Hawaii, have teamed up to sponsor a bill which would bring “commonsense” to the way non-violent drug crimes are treated, allowing for the saved resources to be allocated toward violent crimes. In a statement released…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr The mother of a heroin addict is facing felony drug charges after police arrested her for running a narcotics distribution ring for more than a decade out of her kitchen. Lori Merget, 57, allegedly sold heroin and prescription medication to fuel her son’s addiction from her home…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Police discovered four children living in a home used for cutting up heroin with the often fatal painkiller fentanyl during a drug bust Wednesday in Detroit, Mich. Authorities made the shocking discovery amid a broader investigation by the Michigan State Police Department of a drug ring. A…
By Eric Lieberman Pharmaceutical companies are making billions off of opioids that are supposed to be “snort-proof.” These new drugs, called abuse-deterrent formulations (ADFs), are designed to be harder to crush and dissolve so that they cannot be injected or snorted as easily. The pills, naturally, can still be swallowed and thus abused. “If we’ve…
by Eric Lieberman The pharmaceutical drug industry has spent exorbitant amounts of money lobbying against state laws aimed to restrict the amount of prescription opioids. The makers of prescription painkillers like OxyContin, Vicodin and fentanyl, spent $880 million on campaign contributions and lobbying initiatives from 2006 through 2015, according to the Associated Press and Center for Public…
By JP Carroll President Barack Obama signed the Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 May 16 and not a whole lot of people took notice, with the exception of scared Colombian farmers. The new law makes it easier for the U.S. to extradite and prosecute just about anyone involved in the drug trade, which means coca…