Despite aggressive anti-DUI campaigns and strict impaired driving laws throughout the country, drug- and alcohol-impaired drivers continue to cause a staggering number of fatalities on our roadways. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that of the 37,133 people who died in traffic accidents ... Read More
Addiction News
We believe strongly in the use of emerging technology to treat addictions and disorders. In our addiction news section we cover breaking addiction and mental health related news. This includes national drug crime news to identify trends as well as measures being taken by local governments to affect change in their area. By recognizing success and failures across the country we believe that we can keep the community informed on the most important behavioral health news.
Getting Personal: New Tech Helps Fight Impaired Driving in Colorado
Battle of the Back Roads: Arkansas Responds to the Rural Drug Trade
Known as the Natural State, Arkansas is home to over 3 million people in the southern United States. And, like most states throughout the U.S., illicit drug use is rampant throughout Little Rock, Fort Smith, Fayetteville and beyond. This is particularly true for opioid use. Like many of its neighbors such as ... Read More
Truth, Fiction and Real Solutions on Arizona’s Southern Border
Will a wall alone, separating the U.S. from Mexico really stop the flow of drugs into the country? While proponents of President Trump's wall say yes, law enforcement and drug smuggling authorities say no. News reports of drug smugglers using tunnels under existing Mexico-U.S. barriers are common and not surprising ... Read More
Drop in Drug Overdose Deaths & Other Addiction News
In areas around the United States, new policies and measures are going into place to help minimize the number of people dying from drug overdoses. It seems to be working, but there is still more work to do. Take a closer look at what is happening in and around Cuyahoga County and the rest of northern Ohio. 2018 Drug ... Read More
Meth Across America: The Latest Developments
Meth labs have been discovered some unlikely locations, including college dorms, inside cars and even in a resident's room in a Cleveland-area nursing home. Unsurprisingly, the most common place where drug labs are found is in residential homes and apartments. Back in the mid-2000s, methamphetamine production was at ... Read More
Too Dangerous for Bail: The Realities of Trafficking in Chicopee, MA
In January of 2019 in Chicopee, MA, a man named David Class was arrested with a stockpile of drugs and weapons. Along with three guns, officers found 83 grams of heroin and 650 grams of cocaine. Later in the month, he was denied bail, but perhaps not because of his current arrest. As it turns out, Class has priors, ... Read More
Close to Home: A Major Bust in Putnam County
In December, multiple news sources reported a recent news release in Putnam County, an inland community in the northeast part of the state of Florida: A year-long investigation had resulted in a massive crystal meth bust. By the end of the investigation, which resulted in the indictments of the trafficking ring's ... Read More
Shedding Light on the Party Drug Market in Rural Texas
It's well-known that drug abuse can happen anywhere, but trafficking and major seizures by enforcement officials are reputed to occur more often in the big cities or at least major suburbs — certainly not a small town in remote central Texas. But that's exactly what happened in Belton, the county seat of Bell County, ... Read More