Tag: cocaine
Casualties of Addiction: Drug Lord El Chapo Goes on Trial
It’s not just $14 billion dollars that hangs in the balance of drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera’s trial. Along with money and drugs, what the...
How Working Out Can Help You in Working Through Addiction
The “gains” of working out just increased. A new study published by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the journal ACS Omega shows...
Schools Review Drug Use Policies for Students and Teachers
A number of school districts across the U.S. are debating measures regarding student and teacher violations for drug use. In order to make schools...
Recent Deaths Prompt Concerns Over Drug Use at Music Festivals
Seven people died of suspected drug overdoses at the Trip to the Moon music festival in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 16. That same weekend,...
Addiction Treatment Center in Zanesville Offers Outpatient Services
The Zanesville, Ohio community welcomed the opening of a new addiction treatment center last month. The new center, called Zanesville Treatment Services (ZTS), is run...
Dark Web Drug Seller ‘OxyMonster’ Faces At Least 20 Years in...
A man accused of selling oxycodone, cocaine, and methamphetamine on the internet under the alias “OxyMonster” will plead guilty for drug conspiracy and money...
Addiction Treatment in Danbury to Receive Government Funding
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy convened a town hall meeting in Danbury, Connecticut last month to discuss measures that would go toward expanding addiction treatment options. Murphy...
Colombia Considers Drones in Fight Against Cocaine
After a five-year long increase in the production of the drug in Colombia, police in the South American country are considering using drones to...
Flight Attendant Sentenced for Suitcase of Cocaine
A woman who had been employed as a JetBlue flight attendant when she was arrested in March 2016 for abandoning a suitcase filled with...
Drug Rehab Patients in Portland, Maine Aided by Community Programs
As the opioid crisis rises in Portland, Maine, community organizations have partnered to assist drug rehab patients. They formed the Greater Portland Addiction Collaborative...