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CBS News - 2 hours ago

How THC tests have landed more than a thousand new mothers onto child abuse registries

In Idaho, new mothers have ended up on a child abuse registry after testing positive for THC – a chemical found in marijuana. An investigation raises hard questions about who gets punished, and who doesn't.

CBS News - 4 hours ago

How THC tests have landed new mothers onto child abuse registries -- In more than 40 states, marijuana is now a legal method of relieving pain. But in Idaho, more than a thousand new mothers have ended up on a child abuse registry after testing positive for THC - a chemical found in marijuana - following childbirth. In other states, women have even been sent to jail. The findings of a joint investigation by "CBS Sunday Morning" and the Marshall Project raise hard questions about who gets punished, and who doesn't. Erin Moriarty reports. [This story was produced in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.]

CBS News - 4 hours ago

Late NBA player Brandon Clarke died of accidental heroin and cocaine overdose, authorities say

Fox News - 1 day ago

Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke died from effects of heroin and cocaine, authorities say | CBC Sports

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke of Vancouver died in May from the effects of heroin and cocaine, authorities said Friday.

CBC News - 1 day ago

Budget Battle Erupts in Nation's Capital Over Opioid Settlement Money

Kaiser Health News - 2 days ago

Parker's cocaine ban caused by 'contamination from nutritionist'

Independent UK - 3 days ago

Vancouver OKs nearly $5M contract with Cowlitz Indian Tribe for mobile opioid treatment program

The Columbian - 4 days ago

Liberia sacks officials after record cocaine busts worth $336 million

The drug busts have intensified scrutiny of Liberia's narcotics problem, with social media users, political commentators and local media calling for greater accountability from public officials and swift progress in the investigation.

Euronews - 6 days ago

Opioid deaths are down but emergency calls are spiking. Inside the mystery leaving Ontario paramedics ‘flying blind’

Toronto Star - 6 days ago

Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell's Accountant Co-Invested With Russia-Linked Indicted Cocaine Trafficker

Byline Times - 6 days ago

Authorities burn cocaine worth $336 million in large drug bust

Independent UK - 9 days ago