Drug News

Marijuana Trafficking – USA
You’ve Got Mail: Marijuana Shipments Skyrocket – abc NEWS

According to U.S. government officials, more marijuana is now being shipped through the U.S. Mail than in recent memory. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, whose seizures of marijuana parcels have increased by more than 400 percent since 2007, says increased seizures almost always indicate a much larger crop being shipped.

Teen Drug-Related Deaths – UK
Arrests after teenage drug deaths in North Lincolnshire – BBC News

Police are investigating the deaths of two teenagers who are thought to have taken the legal drug mephedrone.

Cocaine Bust – Vancouver, Canada
RCMP make huge cocaine bust in B.C. – National Post

VANCOUVER – A sailboat that arrived in the Vancouver Island community of Port Hardy earlier this month was carrying 1,001 kilograms of cocaine, RCMP said on Monday.

Marijuana – Nebraska
Boy, 10, Cited For Pot Possession In School – KETV.com

OMAHA, Neb. — Since last week, Omaha police have cited at least five students for possession of marijuana. The latest incident involved a 10-year-old boy at Howard Kennedy Elementary School near 30th and Maple streets.

Drug Arrests – Colorado
2 arrested for drug and weapons possession – Colorado Connection

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Colorado Springs Police Department arrested two men on Monday afternoon after one sold a quantity of marijuana to an undercover detective at the Conoco Gas Station, 800 N. Nevada Ave. and the second man resisted arrest.

Drug War – Mexico
Cartel Killing Place Texas and Mexico on High Alert – The Huffington Post

Juarez, Mexico. Fifty people were killed in drug-cartel related assassinations, including two American consular employees the weekend of March 12th in Ciudad Juarez. An American newborn baby was left strapped to the back seat of the car while the parents were shot to death. The husband of a second U.S. consular officer was killed and their two young children seriously wounded.