Shawn Hogendorf of the Prior Lake American reports: When the synthetic substance salvia was made illegal in August, local law enforcement officials said they expected imitation marijuana – such as “K2 ...

Connecticut prisons are dealing with drug overdoses. What is the state doing to slow it? WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Emilia Otte to discuss her article, “Drug overdoses in CT prisons ...

Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency over widespread drug abuse. One drug causing particular concern in the West African nation is the synthetic drug "kush." Locals say the drug is made with ...

Doctors are warning of several novel and potent synthetic opioids that could require more than one dose of the overdose reversal drug naloxone to counteract. A report published at the end of August in ...

At the Shirley branch of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution this August, staff noticed a woman in the visiting room with her cheeks bulging. When they stopped the visit, a balloon was found in ...

Difficult-to-detect synthetic drugs smuggled into Nevada’s prison system through ink on mailed correspondence has caused a substantial increase of overdoses among the inmate population, according to ...

The global drug trade exhibits striking regional differences, with varying drug preferences across different parts of the world. However, a common thread unites these regions: The pervasive rise of ...

Although it’s been around for nearly 40 years, the “Iron Law of Prohibition” is as popular as ever. For the uninitiated, the concept holds that “as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of ...

The synthetic drug market in East and Southeast Asia continues to expand at “concerning levels,” the United Nations said yesterday, highlighting the emergence of new smuggling routes for ...

Connecticut prisons are dealing with drug overdoses. What is the state doing to slow it? WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Emilia Otte to discuss her article, “Drug overdoses in CT prisons ...