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#drug — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #drug, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Federal government moves to seize suspected cartel leader’s Hemet ranch – Press Enterprise

    Federal prosecutors are moving to seize a Hemet ranch allegedly owned by a fugitive identified by authorities as…
    #Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Valencia #California #Courts #crimeandpublicsafety #drug-relatedcrime #hemet #LawEnforcement #News #riversidecounty #top-stories
    europesays.com/spain/81808/

  2. STRANGE NEWS: #Khat litters the #USA

    UK INDEPENDENT: Thousands of pounds of the #Drug khat have been smuggled into the U.S. over the past month — but what exactly is it?

    Khat, which is pronounced like “cot,” is a flowering evergreen shrub typically grown in parts of #Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

    The shrub’s leaves can be chewed for their #Stimulant-like effect, according to the #DEA....

    People using khat often store it in their cheeks, like #ChewingTobacco,
    independent.co.uk/news/world/a

  3. Army says 52 #drug #smugglers #killed in North in past 10 months✊️
    "MajGen Sathit Waiyanont said te clashes were among 499 successful attempts to block drug smugglers, w a total of 482 #suspects #arrested.. apart fr te arrests, soldiers seized 7.96 tonnes of crystal #meth, 297 million #speed pills, 20 kilogrammes of #heroin, 1.33 tonnes of #ketamine & 378kg of #opium.. Pha Muang Task Force is a specialised unit of te Royal #Thai #Army"
    #narcotics #zerotolerance #ganbatte
    bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

  4. It's good hear that some people turn their lives around to help others and be recognized for it.

    Former #drug addict from #Romford awarded BEM for raising awareness to over a million children.

    romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/248

  5. On Tuesday, #Johnson & #Johnson became the latest drugmaker to take the Biden administration to federal court in an attempt to put a #halt to the #drug #pricing #program. Three other drug companies — #Merck, #Bristol #Myers #Squibb and #Astellas #Pharma — have filed their own lawsuits, as have the industry’s main trade group and the U.S. #Chamber of #Commerce.

    The suits make similar and overlapping claims that the drug pricing provisions are #unconstitutional. They are scattered in federal courts around the country — a tactic that experts say gives the industry a better chance of obtaining #conflicting #rulings that will put the legal challenges on a fast track to a business-friendly #Supreme #Court.

    nytimes.com/2023/07/23/us/poli

  6. On December 19th, 2022, the #US_FDA removed the absolute requirement for #animal testing before human #drug trials.

    Why did they make this change? And what do #organ-on-chips technologies have to do with it?

    New #research pulse:
    3brain.com/research-pulse/the-