Local News: Ashburn, VA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Drugs News Editors

News Widget

Display the Drugs news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

Drugs News

News on Drugs continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

3 hrs ago | Prince George Citizen

Heroin substitute confirmed as cause of two deaths

Prince George RCMP have issued a second warning about a powerful narcotic that may have been sold as heroin after the B.C. Coroners Service confirmed Friday that it was the cause of two deaths in the city.

Comment?

Sat May 18, 2013

Ottawa Citizen

Toronto mayor drops radio show in wake of 'crack' video scandal

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will not be hosting his weekly radio show this weekend after explosive allegations that he was recorded on a video appearing to smoke crack cocaine.

Comment?

The Straits Times

British woman may face death in Indonesia for drugs

A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said on Saturday.

Comment?

Patch.com

Men Sought in Road Rage Attack, Cops Get Photo Assist in Top County News

Four Men Sought in Teaneck Road Rage Attack Teaneck police are searching for four men who beat a motorist before one of the attackers stole his minivan in a road rage attack early Sunday, authorities said.

Comment?

Related Topix: Teaneck, NJ, Hackensack, NJ, Mahwah, NJ

The Orlando Sentinel

Delray Beach man accused of driving while naked; arrested twice in 12 hours

Brian Blake Bienvenu was arrested twice in just over 12 hours - once for driving around naked and the second time for stealing a motorcycle while shirtless, according to arrest reports.

Comment?

Related Topix: Delray Beach, FL, Highland Beach, FL

WPTV Local News

Deputy charged with growing marijuana

The Lee County Sheriff's Office reports that Deputy Piotr Urbanski and Shannon Clancey were arrested Friday morning and charged with producing marijuana, possession of marijuana more than 20 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Comment?

The Miami Herald

Jets RB Goodson arrested

A tow truck driver called 911 after spotting Goodson and another individual in a stopped vehicle on Route 80 in Denville, N.J., just after 3 AM ET, according to state police.

Comment?

Related Topix: Denville, NJ

Fri May 17, 2013

WFIE-TV Evansville

6 charged with dealing 4,800 pounds of marijuana

Federal officials have arrested six people and charged them with hauling 4,890 pounds of marijuana to Kentucky for packaging and sale.

Comment?

Related Topix: Drug Enforcement Administration

CBS Local

Illinois Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Legislation

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday.

Comment?

Related Topix: Marijuana, Illinois, Illinois Government, Pat Quinn, US Governors, Medicine, Health, Pain

WTVC

OAS drug study eyes decriminalization

A new Organization of American States study commissioned in response to calls by some Latin American leaders for rethinking the drug war discusses possible decriminalization of consumption of marijuana as part of a public health approach.

Comment?

Boston.com

Video allegedly shows Toronto mayor smoking crack

The video has not been released publicly and there is no way to verify whether it is authentic.

1 comment

KHQ-TV Spokane

Wash. state releases draft rules for legal pot

Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults.

Comment?

Related Topix: Marijuana, CPU, Science / Technology, Washington, Washington Government, US Governors, John Hickenlooper

KCCI-TV Des Moines

Pizza deliveryman accused of delivering cocaine

A pizza deliveryman is accused of selling more than $45,000 in cocaine, hidden among pizza boxes, to undercover agents in New York.

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Food, Pizza

Indiana's NewsCenter

Man Accused Of Illegally Stuffing Animals And Growing Marijuana

Indiana conservation officers served a search warrant on a Kendallville man accused of performing as a "taxidermist" without a state license.

Comment?

Related Topix: Kendallville, IN

Thu May 16, 2013

KCBD-TV Lubbock

Grand jury indicts 2 men arrested in April drug bust

Ethan Oliver Wynne-Wade and Michael Paul Gallanter were arrested on April 17. Lubbock police and federal agents seized 200 pounds of marijuana and 3 pounds of mushrooms after responding to a report of a suspicious plane at Aero Lubbock.

Comment?

Related Topix: Lubbock, TX

Theboltonnews.co.uk

3.8 million worldwide 'bubble' supply operation uncovered at Farnworth industrial estate

An industrial unit in Bloomfield Road was being used to supply illegal drugs with an estimated street value of A 3.8 million pounds to drug users all over the world.

Comment?

Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Cheshire County, England

Patch.com

10 Arrested, 140 Pounds of Marijuana Seized in Drug Raids

A two month-long investigation by a number of local law enforcement agencies resulted in the arrests of 10 people, plus the seizure of cars, cash and about 140 pounds of marijuana, authorities said.

Comment?

Related Topix: Ocean County, NJ, Toms River, NJ

KIII

San Diego Man Arrested, Charged with Selling Drugs Out of Home

A San Diego man was arrested Wednesday after authorities say he tried to sell drugs out of his home.

Comment?

Related Topix: Texas

KVAL-TV Eugene

Dozens arrested in takedown of Oregon drugs-and-guns ring

More than 300 local, state and federal officers, some in camouflage gear and helmets, fanned out across rural Klamath County in the pre-dawn darkness Wednesday and arrested 30 people accused of operating a methamphetamine and gun distribution network connected to Mexican drug cartels.

Comment?

Related Topix: Klamath County, OR, Klamath Falls, OR, Bonanza, OR

CBC News

Violent robbery of drug dealer nets Saskatoon man jail time

A 27-year-old Saskatoon man is going to jail after pleading guilty to a robbery that left a local drug dealer clinging to life with his throat ripped open.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada