ISTANBUL Istanbul prosecutors launched a drug investigation targeting 19 celebrities, who were detained by narcotics teams for questioning and blood samples on suspicions of using narcotics. The operation, directed by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, saw the suspects transported to the Provincial Gendarmerie Command for statements and testing. The full list of those detained…
The U.S. Coast Guard says it seized over $220 million worth of cocaine in multiple recent interceptions of alleged drug boats. At least one operation apparently left a small vessel burning. The crew of the USCG Cutter Midgett intercepted four different alleged drug-smuggling vessels off the coasts of Mexico, Central America and South America during…
A former correctional officer, a former inmate at a South Carolina prison and the ex-inmate’s brother have been arrested and charged with running a widespread operation to smuggle drugs into over a dozen state prisons. The trio allegedly used packages “presented as containing books” to smuggle hundreds of strips containing synthetic cannabinoids and Suboxone into…
The United States will keep assets positioned in the Caribbean and strike anyone “trafficking in those waters who we know is a designated narco terrorist,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Wednesday morning, a day after President Donald Trump said the U.S. military had attacked and destroyed a drug-carrying vessel in the region. Mr. Trump…
Federal aid at risk for kids whose parents struggle with addiction – CBS News Watch CBS News A new study reports that nearly 19 million children in the U.S. are living with at least one parent struggling with substance use. And it comes at a time when key mental health and addiction services are facing…
The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public about the harmful effects of products containing tianeptine, also referred to as “gas station heroin” due to its availability in gas station stores. Tianeptine is an opioid alternative prescribed as an antidepressant in some Latin American, Asian and European countries. It is not approved by the…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently shared an unusual anecdote about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in an interview with The Independent. According to Gates, Jobs once suggested that he should have experimented with LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) to enhance his creativity and design better products. Notably, Jobs, known for his unorthodox approach to leadership and product development, had…