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About $1.2 Million Worth of Drugs Found in Cargo of Squash: CBP
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found about $1.2 million worth of methamphetamine and $39,000 worth of cocaine in a shipment of squash at the Otay Mesa Cargo facility.
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Long Drug-Smuggling Tunnel Found Linking San Diego, Tijuana
The entrance of a “narcotics tunnel” was found at a home in Tijuana and was used to discretely cross the U.S.-Mexico border to carry out acts of organized crimes and other illicit activities, authorities in Mexico said.
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Virginia Toddlers Exposed to THC Found in ‘Gold Fish Crackers' at Day Care: Sheriff
The Office of the Stafford County Sheriff said that three one year olds were taken to the emergency room after their parents observed “lethargic and uncoordinated behavior, as well as glassy, bloodshot eyes.”
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New San Francisco Billboard Calls Out Drug Problems in the City
A group of Bay Area moms have paid to put up a huge billboard in Union Square Monday highlighting extensive drug problems in San Francisco.
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New San Francisco Billboards Call Out Drug Problem
A group of Bay Area moms have paid to put up a huge billboard in Union Square Monday highlighting extensive drug problems in San Francisco. Marianne Favro reports.
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Cannabis Stocks Are Hot Ahead of a House Panel Hearing on a Federal Legalization Bill
Investor optimism over the possibility of federal cannabis legalization has contributed to a strong rally in beaten-down pot stocks.
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Pfizer Planning to Submit Data on 4th Covid Shot Soon, While Working on Vaccine for All Variants
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla appeared on CNBC exactly two years after Covid was declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11, 2020.
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Russian Customs Detains American WNBA Player
The Russian Federal Customs Service said they have detained WNBA star Brittney Griner after finding vape cartridges that contained hashish oil in her luggage at the Sheremetyevo airport near Moscow
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Drug Overdoses Are Costing the U.S. Economy $1 Trillion a Year, Government Report Estimates
U.S. government officials said synthetic opioids are akin to “a slow-motion weapon of mass destruction.”
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Fla. Man Tells Police Drugs Found Wrapped Around Penis Aren't His
Florida authorities said they found cocaine and methamphetamine wrapped around a man’s penis during a traffic stop, but the man denied the drugs were his. Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies said they stopped a vehicle driving without its lights on at 4 a.m. last Saturday. WFLA-TV reports the driver was arrested on charges of DUI and marijuana possession. Authorities said...
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German Cannabis Firm Shares Pop After New Government Pledges to Legalize the Drug
Shares of German cannabis company SynBiotic rose sharply Thursday a day after the incoming government pledged to make the drug legal.
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16 Indicted After Officials Disrupt Multi-State Drug Ring
Sixteen people were indicted after a series of arrests disrupted a multi-state methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution ring
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Democrats Reach a Breakthrough Deal on Drug Prices, as Spending Bill Nears the Finish Line
The plan will grant the government power to regulate the prices of some of the most expensive drugs and limit out-of-pocket costs for seniors.
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Merck Ready to Deploy Tens of Millions of Its Covid Antiviral Pills If Regulators Approve, CEO Says
“We’re on pace to have 10 million courses ready before the end of this year, and more than double that next year,” Merck CEO Robert Davis told CNBC on Thursday.
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When One Pill Kills
As part of an NBC News series, One Nation Overdosed, eight different victims and their families share their stories.
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Synced In: Major Bay Area Drug Bust, Vaccination Travel Rules, Powerball Jackpot at $620 Million
In this episode: Will you need to be vaccinated to fly in the U.S.? What top officials are now proposing for holiday travel. Plus, the biggest known drug operation in Bay Area just got busted. And, the Powerball jackpot is now up to $620 million.
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Treasury Department Sanctions 8 Members of the Notorious Sinaloa Drug Cartel, Which Was Once Run by ‘El Chapo'
The Biden administration imposed sanctions Wednesday on eight members of the notorious Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel.
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Treasury Sanctions Colombian Drug Trafficking Queen ‘La Patrona'
The Biden administration imposed sanctions on Zulma Maria Musso Torres, aka ‘La Patrona,’ the woman in charge of a drug trafficking empire based in Colombia.
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Moderna Shares Rise After Company Reveals Single-Shot Vaccine Booster for Covid and Flu
Moderna is developing a single-dose vaccine that combines the company’s Covid vaccine and a flu booster.
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Amsterdam's Coffeeshops, Already Hit by Covid, Fear a Clampdown on Tourists
Europe’s so-called “city of sin” has not been the same since the Covid-19 pandemic struck and coffeeshops, popular with tourists, have been hit.