Tag: Drugs

Mothers Hold Anti-Drug Rally in San Francisco

Mothers Against Drug Deaths held a rally in San Francisco on Aug. 21, the first National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day. In front of City Hall, hand-painted rocks were placed on the front steps leading up to a podium. Each one represented a life lost to overdose in San Francisco this year from January to…


Mothers Rally to End Deadly Fentanyl Epidemic

Mothers Against Drug Deaths held a rally in San Francisco on Aug. 21, the first National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day. In front of City Hall, hand-painted rocks were placed on the front steps leading up to a podium. Each one represented a life lost to overdose in San Francisco this year from January to…


Emergent Receives FDA Warning Letter Over Quality Control Issues

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. said on Friday it had received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), citing certain deficiencies at the contract drugmaker’s manufacturing facility in Baltimore, Maryland. The FDA pointed to deficiencies in cleaning and maintenance of equipment to prevent contamination of drug product and also recommended the company review its…


Major Drug Company Announces Change Over Indiana’s Abortion Ban

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly said it is looking to expand its Indiana-based headquarters outside the state after Indiana placed a ban on most abortions. “As a global company headquartered in Indianapolis for more than 145 years, we work hard to retain and attract thousands of people who are important drivers of our state’s economy. Given…


Unknown Drugs Given to Persecuted Citizens in China to Stop Them From Speaking Out

“You will no longer shout after I give you a shot,” said the director of the Hebei Provincial Brainwashing Center in China, while threatening a Falun Gong adherent who kept saying out loud, “Falun Gong is good!” Hua Fengxiang was arrested for his belief in the persecuted spiritual practice of Falun Gong. Yuan Shuqian, who has been serving as…


Montrealer Faces Life Sentence After Officials Say His Drugs Killed 4 People in US

A Montreal man is facing a life sentence in the United States after pleading guilty to importing fentanyl into that country from his Canadian prison cell. The U.S. Department of Justice says the drugs trafficked by Jason Joey Berry, 39, led to 15 overdoses, four of which were fatal. Berry pleaded guilty last Friday to…


Kodak Black’s Pills in Drug Arrest Were Prescribed, His Attorney Says

By Peter Sblendorio From New York Daily News Hip-hop star Kodak Black got a bad rap in his latest arrest, his attorney asserts. The “Tunnel Vision” artist was taken into custody last Friday after Florida authorities found 31 oxycodone pills and $74,960 in cash in the rapper’s car in Fort Lauderdale, according to TMZ, but…


CCP’s Drug Warfare and Other Illegal Activities in Latin America

Commentary The Trump administration’s 2017 National Security Strategy (NSS) called out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its many nefarious and insidious activities against the United States and the Western Hemisphere, including transnational criminal organizations and Chinese fentanyl traffickers. “Transnational criminal organizations—including gangs and cartels— perpetuate violence and corruption and threaten the stability of Central…


Oklahoma Reaches $250 Million Opioid Settlement With Drug Distributors

Oklahoma has reached a $250 million settlement with AmerisourceBergen Corp, Cardinal Health Inc., and McKesson Corp to resolve allegations the drug distributors contributed to the opioid epidemic in the state, Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor said on Monday. O’Connor said Oklahoma recovered more money from the distributors than the state would have received if it…


Drug Addict Couple Get Sober to Raise Son, Are Now Proud Parents of 3: ‘Recovery Is Possible’

Jordan Hutton spent nearly half of her first pregnancy in jail. It took incarceration to get her sober. And, while this would not be the end to the saga of her stubborn drug addiction, it was one of the cobblestones that led to her now hopeful and happy ending. Once slaves to the want of drugs,…