Drug Test News Report: Breaking News about Drugs of Abuse and Drug Testing

Last updated: February 24, 2021 11:11 PM

Feds probe drug pipeline from Detroit to North Dakota -- Federal authorities said they are investigating a drug pipeline that involves moving the powerful opioid fentanyl from Detroit to North Dakota.

Detroit Free Press - 40 minutes ago

Climb every mountain: Pakistani women hope to make history on the world’s toughest peak

K2 in the Himalayas is one of the most treacherous climbing jobs on Earth, and women have yet to break one of its difficult records. Climbers like these hope to change that

The Globe and Mail - 1 hour ago

Record haul seized as cocaine worth £516m intercepted in Europe

Evening Standard - 1 hour ago

Dutch officials report record catch of more than 23 tonnes of cocaine

Reuters - 2 hours ago

McKinsey's top executive voted out as consulting firm faces reckoning over opioid crisis

The Globe and Mail - 5 hours ago

Dominic Barton says he was unaware of McKinsey's role in sales of OxyContin - Subscriber content - Mr. Barton said that it's personally upsetting to learn McKinsey was providing advice to Purdue Pharma on tactics to drive sales of Oxycontin and that he understands the damage caused by opioid misuse

The Globe and Mail - 5 hours ago

McKinsey's top executive voted out as consulting firm faces reckoning over opioid crisis - The decision to deny Kevin Sneader a second three-year term as global managing partner of McKinsey & Co. came in a vote by more than 600 senior partners

The Globe and Mail - 5 hours ago

Cocaine-smuggling Canadian porn star faces deportation

New York Daily News - 6 hours ago

Europe's largest-ever cocaine bust worth billions

New York Daily News - 8 hours ago

Massive cocaine bust: 23 tons seized

NZ Herald - 8 hours ago

Head of McKinsey Is Voted Out as Firm Faces Reckoning on Opioid Crisis

New York Times - 8 hours ago

Cocaine trafficking - Just another business

Deutsche Welle - 10 hours ago

Pablo Escobar's Successors - Cocaine in Colombia

Deutsche Welle - 10 hours ago

EU authorities seize 23 tons of cocaine in biggest ever haul | DW | 24.02.2021

Deutsche Welle - 12 hours ago

Cocaine 'worth billions' seized in Europe

BBC News - 11 hours ago

Former baseball star Andruw Jones the latest athlete to step into the cannabis sector

Montreal Gazette - 11 hours ago

Germany seizes 23 tonnes of cocaine worth 'several billion' pounds in Europe's biggest ever haul after finding the narcotics in containers from Paraguay

Daily Mail - 12 hours ago

Dutch report record catch of more than 23 tonnes of cocaine

Gulf News - 12 hours ago

Record haul seized as cocaine worth €600m intercepted in Europe

Customs officers in Hamburg describe the find at the German port as the biggest quantity of cocaine ever seized in Europe.

Sky News - 13 hours ago

Blow for smugglers as Hamburg makes Europe's biggest cocaine seizure

Euronews - 14 hours ago

BERLIN (AP) — German customs officials have found more than 16 metric tons (17.6 U.S. tons) of cocaine in containers that arrived in Hamburg from Paraguay, authorities said Wednesday. Another 7.2...

AP News - 14 hours ago

23 Tonnes Of Cocaine Seized In Europe's Biggest Haul

Germany and Belgium have seized 23 tonnes of cocaine in a record haul of the drug in Europe, German customs said Wednesday.

NDTV - 14 hours ago

Germany finds huge cocaine shipment; Dutch discover 2nd one

ABC News - 15 hours ago

Seattle woman finds 1 kilo of cocaine in crochet kit she bought at thrift shop, police say

Fox News - 1 day ago

Taking MDMA could help to treat alcoholism, study suggests

Researchers believe Class A drug can improve patients’ ability to process negative memories

Independent UK - 2 days ago

Cocaine on your corn flakes this morning, honey? -- Bico, the police drug dog, sniffs out odd breakfast cereal in international shipment

Montreal Gazette - 2 days ago

Customs inspectors find cocaine-coated corn flakes in Ohio

CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — Customs authorities in Ohio say they intercepted a shipment of...

SF Gate - 4 days ago

'Christiane F.' drama on heroin abuse gets a TV remake | DW | 19.02.2021

Deutsche Welle - 5 days ago

Seizures of stimulant drugs down in 2020 but marijuana, cocaine higher

Tokyo Reporter - 5 days ago

Puerto Rico nabs 181 lbs. of cocaine on boat from Dominican port

Dominican Today - 22 days ago

New Research Offers Rare Hope for Treating Methamphetamine Use Disorder

Gizmodo - 1 month ago

Cocaine production driving deforestation into Colombian national park

The Catatumbo River originates in northeastern Colombia’s Norte de Santander Department and flows to Venezuelan Lake Maracaibo. For generations, it has provided passage for fishermen and small farmers; but increasingly, it is being used to transport illegal good like weapons, timber and coca crops, from which cocaine is produced. The location of the Catatumbo region […]

Mongabay - 1 month ago

Opioid Overdoses Keep Surging in Chicago, Killing Black People on the West Side

Half of Cook County’s confirmed opioid-related deaths have been among Black residents, even though they make up less than a quarter of the county’s population. Officials warn that the COVID-19…

ProPublica - 7 months ago

Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

ProPublica - 10 months ago

Attorneys General in 37 States Urge Insurance Industry to Do More to Curb Opioid Epidemic

ProPublica - 10 months ago

Senator Calls on Insurers to Improve Access to Non-Opioid Pain Treatments

ProPublica - 10 months ago

Pressure Mounts on Insurance Companies to Consider Their Role in Opioid Epidemic

ProPublica - 10 months ago

Opioid Makers, Blamed for Overdose Epidemic, Cut Back on Marketing Payments to Doctors

ProPublica - 10 months ago

New Zealand rugby player nabbed over alleged use of cocaine in Roppongi