Category: Drugs

PREMIERING NOW: Kari Lake: The Assault on Patriotism and the Fight to Restore the American Dream

This episode will premiere on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  “Our border … is in the operational control of narcoterrorists, the cartels … You don’t have to go that far back to remember the Opium Wars. You bring down a dynasty with drugs … They’re hitting us with the drugs pouring in, killing…


PREMIERING 10/6 at 7:30PM ET: Kari Lake: The Assault on Patriotism and the Fight to Restore the American Dream

This episode will premiere on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  “Our border … is in the operational control of narcoterrorists, the cartels … You don’t have to go that far back to remember the Opium Wars. You bring down a dynasty with drugs … They’re hitting us with the drugs pouring in, killing…


Inside a San Francisco Drug Den

To anyone vaguely familiar with the colorful history of San Francisco in Victorian times, the mere mention of an “opium den” conjures up visions of dimly lit enclaves deep in the catacombs of Chinatown where hundreds of people languished about in self-induced euphoric stupors. Well, guess what, folks—the concept of the clandestine drug den operation…


Gilead Widens Battle Against Alleged Counterfeit HIV Drug Ring

A federal judge in New York has frozen the assets of dozens of people and entities accused of operating a massive nationwide scheme to distribute counterfeit bottles of Gilead Sciences Inc. HIV drugs, including two alleged “kingpins.” Gilead, which has been pursuing alleged counterfeiters in a civil lawsuit since last year, said in a court…


Opioids @ Work: Hidden Scourge Sapping the Economy

Strung out on drugs half her life, Brandi Edwards, 29, said the longest she held a job before getting sober four years ago was “about two and a half months.” “I worked at an AT&T call center, a day-care center for a month, fast food places, but I had to take drugs to get out…


Chinese Firm Buys 1,400 Acres of Land in Florida

A U.S.-based group is tied to both China and White House climate goals. A Chinese biofirm is buying 1,400 acres of land in Florida. But its leadership holds links to the Chinese military. A U.S. ship has a surprise encounter with several Chinese and Russian naval vessels off Alaska’s coast. A NASA researcher is pleading guilty…


Even More Than the Economy, 2022 Is the Fentanyl Election

Commentary The other night I attended a fundraiser for Andy Ogles running for Congress in Tennessee’s newly redistricted 5th. That was the district, some readers will recall, for which The Epoch Times, in conjunction with the Nashville Republican women, staged a unique primary debate with domain (subject matter) experts rather than journalists asking the questions….


Political Parties Pour Money Into Close Oregon Congressional Race

A Congressional race on Portland’s outskirts is becoming an expensive one that both parties deem worthy of significant investment. Democrat-allied groups just put $3.8 million into backing civil servant Jamie McLeod-Skinner in the District 5 race extending southeast of Oregon’s largest city. And Republicans have put more than $3 million into backing her opponent, Lori…


State Government Frozen on Ice Inquiry

Experts say Indigenous communities are paying the price for the New South Wales (NSW) government’s delayed response to the drug inquiry into the ice epidemic in the state, two and a half years after it was delivered. The commissioner who led the inquiry, Prof. Dan Howard, said he was distressed by the effects of the…


Record $1.6 Billion of Illegal Drug ‘Ice’ Seized at Australia Border

Australian police have uncovered a massive haul of the illegal drug “ice” at a Sydney port, worth A$1.6 billion (US$1.1 billion) on the street, the most significant detection of its kind in the country.  Australian Border Police in July examined a number of sea cargo containers that arrived at Port Botany in Sydney.  They found…