The Opioid Crisis
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Customs, Border and Immigration News
Port of San Luis CBP Officers Make Large Fentanyl Bust
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers seized nearly 111 pounds of fentanyl on Tuesday…
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Brownsville Port of Entry CBP Officers Seize Fentanyl at Gateway International Bridge
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged fentanyl,…
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Customs, Border and Immigration News
Indianapolis CBP K9 Sniffs Out $1.5 Million Fentanyl Seizure
INDIANAPOLIS—On March 30, Indianapolis U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted approximately four-and-a-half pounds of fentanyl in a package destined…
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White House Watch
Watch: White House Press Briefing with Kellyanne Conway – 1/30/20
Senior White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway, ONDCP Director Jim Carroll, and Assistant Secretary of Public Health ADM Brett Giroir hold…
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Customs, Border and Immigration News
39 Indicted in Operation that Recovered Enough Heroin and Fentanyl to kill 14 Million Americans
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Over 120 law enforcement officers from 30 law enforcement agencies in Virginia, North Carolina and Texas…
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US News
Report: Purdue Pharma And Sackler Family Offer $12 Billion To Settle Opioids Lawsuit
Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, reportedly offered between $10 billion and $12 billion to settle lawsuits over…
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US News
Judge Gives Wichita Doctor Life In Prison For Role In 32-year-old’s Opioid Overdose Death
A judge gave a Kansas doctor life in federal prison Friday for his role in 32-year-old Nick McGovern’s opioid overdose…
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US News
‘That Tiny Little Bottle Can Be Deceptive’
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said the Trump administration’s strategy to address aspects of the opioid crisis is a “natural…
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US News
Ohio Detective Explains How Border Crisis Has Led To A Spike In Meth Overdose Deaths
Ashtabula County Detective Taylor Cleveland appeared on “Fox & Friends” Monday to explain how the current border crisis has magnified…
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In The News
Trump Administration Goes After Pharmacies Unlawfully Dispensing Opioids
The Trump Administration announced legal action Friday to stop two pharmacies, their owner, and three pharmacists from dispensing controlled substance…
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In The News
Opioid Profiteering Family Headed Deceit Campaign Surrounding OxyContin, Documents Claim
A Tuesday court filing claims that members of the Sackler family knew their company, Purdue Pharma, routinely failed to notify authorities…
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In The News
Americans more likely to die from Opioid Overdose than car crash
For the first time in U.S. history, a person is more likely to die from an accidental opioid overdose than…
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Useful News
Are You Addicted to Opioids? Don’t Be a Victim of Big Pharma and Fight Back
Since the dawn of time, humankind sought ways to elevate their consciousness or escape reality through the use of mind-altering…
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In The News
Fentanyl, other Narcotics and Firearm Seized at Checkpoint
SALTON CITY, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 86 checkpoint arrested an 18-year-old-male and…
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In The News
American life expectancy on longest downward trend since WWI
Suicides and drug overdoses caused life expectancy in the United States to fall again in 2017 in what is the longest downward…
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