Some law enforcement officers in the Pittsburgh, PA, region have started carrying naloxone in case a K-9 falls ill while sniffing out drugs during detection work, such as raids and searches of cars and homes.
Read More →A Wyoming, MI, detective was sickened while testing a white powder at the Kent County Sheriff’s Department Tuesday and was treated with Narcan and rushed to a hospital as a precaution, according to Chief Deputy Kevin Kelley of the sheriff’s department.
Read More →The Postal Service greases the path for these drugs to enter the U.S., Portman said, by failing to require foreign shippers to submit electronic data on packages designed for American mailboxes. Private carriers, such as FedEx and UPS, already collect such data — including the name of the sender, the name of the recipient, and the package contents.
Read More →Deputies estimate that the plants found near Claremont are worth a half-billion dollars. They said some of the plants had been cut to allow collection of the opium resin.
Read More →The DEA warns officers to take extra precautions if they come in contact with the drug, which is said to be 50 times more powerful than heroin.
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