A street drug linked to nine deaths in Eastern Canada is showing up in Alberta, prompting RCMP to issue a warning about its potentially lethal consequences. Grande Prairie RCMP received a report this week from Health Canada regarding a drug that had been seized on Feb. 28. Police said a large quantity was seized following … Read more
Customs and Border Protection officers currently face a nearly impossible task: stopping the constant flow of fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. via the southern border. CBP seized 43,000 pounds of the stuff last year, half of which came from just one border crossing — Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona. To help them … Read more
Photo: Sandra Standbridge (Getty Images) When you’re a cop, terror lurks around every corner. You’re working the 22nd-most-dangerous job in the United States, with nearly as many annual deaths as landscapers or DoorDash drivers — it’s a terrifying, terrifying world for you. Clearly, there’s only one way to survive it: Shoot anything and everything always … Read more
An Ontario mayor declared a state of emergency after nearly 20 people overdosed in 24 hours. And Quebec City health authorities have issued new warnings after detecting an opioid 25 times stronger than fentanyl disguised as prescription oxycodone. Experts say both events demonstrate worsening trends in Canada’s drug supply and opioid crisis, even as they … Read more
Jelly Roll has come a long way since dealing drugs, but isn’t staying quiet about them. The Grammy-nominated singer appeared Thursday before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs to raise the alarm about America’s fentanyl crisis — and to open up about his own past. “I was part of the problem,” he … Read more
Jelly Roll, a rapper-turned-country singer who is one of the biggest rising stars in the music industry, gave powerful and emotion-filled testimony about the U.S. fentanyl crisis on Thursday, sharing that he wants to be “part of the solution” for the opioid crisis. The 39-year-old singer, whose real name is Jason DeFord, spoke during the … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas) suggested Wednesday that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should be impeached because slavery exists in the world and fentanyl is killing people ― a claim that law professor Frank Bowman, a witness in this House hearing, had to keep informing the congressman made no sense. Both were participants in … Read more
A Canadian man is facing 14 charges for the alleged distribution and exportation of fentanyl to the United States, according to U.S. court filings. According to documents filed in court, Michael Christopher Wozney of Etobicoke, Ont. faces seven counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and another seven counts of … Read more
