#Snapchat cracks down on drug dealing after fentanyl overdoses

#Snapchat cracks down on drug dealing after fentanyl overdoses

“#Snapchat cracks down on drug dealing after fentanyl overdoses” Snapchat is cracking down on drug sales through its disappearing-photos app following reports of dealers using it to sling deadly fentanyl-laced pills.  The company is ramping up automatic “proactive detection” systems that boot drug dealers from the app, according to a Thursday blog post. It’s also…

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#Inside industrial-made meth’s meteoric rise in NYC

#Inside industrial-made meth’s meteoric rise in NYC

“#Inside industrial-made meth’s meteoric rise in NYC” A “tidal wave” of dangerous synthetic drugs is flooding New York City, with methamphetamines and fentanyl pouring over the U.S. southern border at alarming rates and quickly finding their way into local neighborhoods, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said. This influx of dangerous drugs is having a deadly…

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#Federal officers open fire at NJ Ruby Tuesday’s

#Federal officers open fire at NJ Ruby Tuesday’s

“#Federal officers open fire at NJ Ruby Tuesday’s” Federal officials in New Jersey on Wednesday opened fire at two suspects — shooting and injuring one of them — in a confrontation outside of a Ruby Tuesday’s, a report said. The melee kicked off at about 4 p.m., when officers from a DEA task force tried…

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#How to fight back against legalized theft by cops

#How to fight back against legalized theft by cops

“#How to fight back against legalized theft by cops” Six months after the Drug Enforcement Administration stole $43,000 from Stacy Jones at a North Carolina airport, her lawyer, Dan Alban, received a letter from the aptly named Douglas Kash, a senior attorney in the DEA’s Asset Forfeiture Section. “I am writing to inform you of…

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#DEA seizes record amount of meth in California drug bust

#DEA seizes record amount of meth in California drug bust

“#DEA seizes record amount of meth in California drug bust” The US Drug Enforcement Administration recovered over 2,200 pounds of methamphetamine earlier this month in Southern California, the agency’s largest-ever domestic seizure of the drug, officials said Wednesday. The agency executed the bust on Oct. 2 at stash houses in Riverside County, east of Los…

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