Some smaller jails in Louisiana have been having to pull double-duty as more and more arrestees suffer from heroin and opiates withdrawal symptoms. Nearly two of three sentenced inmates in jail from 2007 to 2009 met the criteria for drug dependence, and the numbers can only be expected to go up with the crisis. A ... Read More
Four of Five Accused Drug Sellers Plead “Not Guilty” in Hancock County
Court proceedings are underway for five people accused in an attempt to sell a large amount of drugs out of state. Johnny Honorato, 23, Salomon Lopez, 28, Isidoro Martinez, 19, Stacy McDonald, 29, and Manuel Rivera Sanchez, 36, all residents of Apopka, Florida, are accused of trying to sell more than $100,000 worth of ... Read More
Identical Triplets Arrested For Running Drug Ring
North Carolina can breathe a sigh of relief now that a drug ring selling things like Xanax bars laced with fentanyl, and other such drugs to local addicts and teenagers. The Dossou triplet brothers, Atsou, Atsouste and Etse, 21, were each arrested May 31 in Raleigh with a large rap sheet, including possession, ... Read More
A Xanax Addiction Might Damage the Immune System
According to a couple research studies, there are signs pointing to benzodiazepines being more dangerous than just being addictive. A connection has been found between taking benzos over a long-term period and a stressing of the immune system. Xanax has been found to cause more stress than others, too, which makes ... Read More
Serena Williams Refuses Drug Test Citing Unfair Targeting By Regulators
While it is certainly laudable to ensure the purity of a sport by testing its players for unfair advantages like steroids and hormones, from the players’ perspective each test is a sacrifice of their privacy. So when Serena Williams, seven-time Wimbledon champion and 23-time Grand Slam winner, refused to submit to a ... Read More
XXXTentacion Killed, Suspect Has Numerous Parole, Gun and Drug Offenses
Dedrick Williams is currently a person of interest in the shooting death of XXXTentacion, and apparently is loaded up to the teeth with prior investigations and convictions for gun and drug cases, including dealing drugs. XXXTentacion was a rapper with a loyal fanbase and an emotionally vulnerable and open rap style ... Read More
Florida Home Raided For Meth After Month of Sheriff’s Planning
Nearly every news story about a drug dealer being taken off the streets is a good story in our books, and as far as drug addiction and Florida are concerned, we could certainly use fewer dealers in the state. St. Johns County Sheriff's deputies arrested six people after the neighbors complained that they thought there ... Read More
Police End Year-long Drug Investigation With Six Arrests, Four Floridians On Same Day
The problem of meth addiction in Florida may have gotten a little easier in the past few weeks. Multiple police agencies capped off a drug investigation lasting over a year with a series of arrests in South Florida and California June 22. Collier County Sheriff's Office and other national police agencies arrested six ... Read More
