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  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. 🚨 Benz driver caught with 'ice' under the bonnet
    "Police #arrested a woman after finding one kilogramme of #crystal #methamphetamine, aka “ice”, hidden under the bonnet of her #MercedesBenz and a pistol on the back seat.. #police identified the 29-year-old woman only as Chanittha."
    👆 #Luxe clothes and #luxury car cannot hide the rotten stench of a #drug #trafficker 👆🤦‍♂️
    👉 Much heavier deterrent legal consequences ( #capital 🤔) are necessary to quell 🇹🇭's #narcotics scourge!
    bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

  5. 'It wasn't working': #Canada province ends #drug #decriminalization
    "BC's experience mirrors tt in US state of #Oregon which #rolledback its drug decriminalizatn prog in 2024 aft a 4-year trial.. A flashpoint moment in BC was a 2024 incident where a person was filmed smoking a narcotic inside Tim Hortons, popular coffee chain frequented by families.. Local politicians attributed te incident to a #permissiveness abt #drugs ushered in by decriminalization"
    Don't try drugs✋️
    bangkokpost.com/world/3187903/

  6. #Trump #DOJ ofcl said #US should just “sink” boats in the #Caribbean

    At a DOJ conference in Feb, then-acting DAG #EmilBove told the DOJ's top #drug prosecutors that the Trump admin wasn't interested in interdicting suspected drug vessels at sea anymore. Instead, he said, the US should "just sink the boats," acc/to 3 people present for the speech.

    #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #WarPowers #Congress
    npr.org/2025/11/17/g-s1-97836/

  7. Adherence to #Guideline Recommendations on Psychotropic #Drug Use for Challenging Behavior in #Dementia

    "...Of all newly started prescriptions, 17% were evaluated within the recommended 7 days after starting..."

    #Geriatrics #Care #Alzheimers #Deprescribing #MedMastodon

    jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(2

  8. Thank you, Monterey PD!

    "September 13, 2024, at 5:47 P.M., #Monterey #Police Officers responded
    to a report of a stolen electric #scooter. The scooter had a #GPS device attached to
    it and the reporting party believed it was located in a wooded area near Mark
    Thomas Drive and Josselyn Canyon Road. Monterey Officers responded to the scene and located a campsite in the wooded area. Inside the campsite, Officers found the stolen scooter, a stolen electric
    #bicycle, controlled substances, #drug paraphernalia and a loaded .45 caliber
    #handgun.” files.monterey.gov/News-Releas
    #BikeTooter #BikeTheft #MontereyCounty #LawEnforcement #ActiveTransportation
    #ElectricScooters #ElectricBikes #ebike #ebikes #guns

  9. The synthesis of #drug libraries is key in drug discovery but can be inefficient, especially in small labs. Jiang Weng and colleagues at Sun Yat-Sen University (#Guangzhou #China) propose a reagent-free sulfamide coupling strategy to form bifunctional molecules. This method allows the coupling of acid and amine on a 96-well plate without additives published in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

    onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

    #chemistry #research #medchem

  10. TIL that the connection between Parkinson's and pesticides was discovered after Californian drug users injected themselves with faulty heroin that contained a neurotoxin byproduct, subsequently exhibiting symptoms

    TIL that the connection between Parkinson's and pesticides... #heroin #drug #parkinson's #neurodegenerative #pesticides

    iospress.com/catalog/books/the

  11. Chemical tweaks to a #toad #hallucinogen turns it into a potential #drug
    Targets a different #serotonin receptor from other popular #hallucinogens.
    The Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius), also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, secretes a #psychedelic compound that likes to bind to a different #serotoninreceptor subtype called #5HT1A. And that difference may be the key to developing an entirely distinct class of #antidepressants.
    arstechnica.com/science/2024/0

  12. Association of the #Drug Burden Index (DBI) exposure with outcomes: A systematic review

    "...The use of the DBI as a screening tool in the community, #nursinghome, and #hospital settings could help identify those at high risk of poor clinical outcomes who may benefit from a comprehensive #medication review and #deprescribing..."

    #Geriatrics #Drugs #Care #Medicine

    agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wile

  13. #Ant-viral #drug backfires: #COVID drug linked to viral mutations that spread
    Anti-viral drugs, such as #Paxlovid and remdesivir, aim to halt this incessant evolution in individual patients—shortening illnesses, snuffing out opportunities for mutation, and reducing transmission. But one antiviral appears to be backfiring—allowing #SARSCoV2 more opportunities to mutate. #Merck's small-molecule #molnupiravir linked to mutated viruses that spread in people. arstechnica.com/health/2023/09

  14. Small review about synthetic routes to #antiviral #drug remdesivir. Including first described synthesis by Gilead in #Nature, but also the approach from Benjamin List in Angewandte Chemie.

    organicchemistry.eu/books/nucl

    #chemistry #medchem #covid