Drug Test News Report

Dubious buys raise alarm over local control of opioid cash

Much of the questionable opioid settlement spending in 2025 occurred at the county and city level, where decision-makers often have no background in addiction policy.

CBS News - 2 hours ago

Actor Stacy Keach dies at 85 -- Stacy Keach, one of America's finest stage actors who became best known for playing scruffy private eye Mike Hammer on TV and whose career was nearly derailed after he was imprisoned in 1984 for trying to smuggle cocaine into Britain, died Tuesday. He was 85.

ABC News - 1 hour ago

Indian-origin trucker Ranjit Singh found guilty of smuggling 40kg cocaine worth $4.8m into Canada

Times of India - 1 hour ago

Opioid Settlement Cash and Homelessness: It's Not Always Clear How Addiction Fits In

Kaiser Health News - 2 hours ago

Dubious Buys Raise Alarm Over Local Control of Opioid Cash

Kaiser Health News - 2 hours ago

Joe Rogan Says 'Crazy' THC Laws Cost Republicans Texas

Newsweek - 4 hours ago

K2 Space builds giant satellites for possible Mars missions and deep space exploration

NBC News - 10 hours ago

Sigma Nu hazing warrants: Cocaine was flowing at NC State fraternity as late as October

The Baltimore Sun - 1 day ago

Chicago businesses brace for a new state law set to ban hemp-derived THC products

Chicago Sun-Times - 1 day ago

Cocaine worth €1m seized in Wexford raid

Irish Post - 1 day ago

Police Are Spending Opioid Settlement Funds on Flock Cameras

Mother Jones - 2 days ago

Coast Guard offloads $27 million in seized cocaine

USCGC Tahoma offloaded 3,622 pounds of cocaine and four detainees in Port Everglades, Fla.

Stars and Stripes - 6 days ago

Former child star recounts being offered cocaine at Hollywood parties

Daily Mail - 7 days ago

Cocaine death map of England: The regions with the most victims, as party drug overtakes heroin as biggest Class A killer since records began

Daily Mail - 7 days ago

Health -- Private equity is buying up methadone clinics – access isn't getting easier

Phoenix New Times - 9 days ago

Private equity is buying up more methadone clinics – access to the lifesaving drug isn't getting easier -- Yashaswini Singh, Brown University

The Conversation - 14 days ago

His Research on Pregnant Opioid Users Was Widely Celebrated. Auditors and Experts Found Major Flaws.

ProPublica - 2 months ago

Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash

Kaiser Health News - 4 months ago

Coast Guard seizes 8,000 pounds of cocaine and offloads it in Florida

Tampa Bay Times - 5 months ago

Florida’s opioid overdose deaths decline

Tampa Bay Times - 5 months ago

Florida’s falling opioid deaths justify more harm reduction options, not less | Column

Tampa Bay Times - 5 months ago

"A Punch in the Gut": After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement

ProPublica - 6 months ago

Are You Waiting for Opioid Settlement Money From Purdue, Mallinckrodt or Endo? Get in Touch.

ProPublica - 6 months ago

Opioid Billionaires: -- The Deceptive Marketing of OxyContin

ProPublica - 1 year ago

Two New Zealanders charged over $13m cocaine haul at Sydney Airport

NZ Herald - 1 year ago

Two Kiwis charged after border officials find 40kg of cocaine in suitcases

NZ Herald - 1 year ago

How Texas Localities Have (and Haven't) Spent Settlement Funds to Fight the Opioid Crisis

Texas Observer - 1 year ago