#Oregon must ‘stay the course’ on soft heroin laws despite skyrocketing overdose rates: drug law proponents

#Oregon must ‘stay the course’ on soft heroin laws despite skyrocketing overdose rates: drug law proponents

“Oregon must ‘stay the course’ on soft heroin laws despite skyrocketing overdose rates: drug law proponents” Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization measure has been highly scrutinized since voters passed it two years ago, but as state funding finally starts to make its way to addiction service providers, proponents say they’re starting to see results. “It’s going…

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#Queens DA seizes converted school bus selling marijuana

#Queens DA seizes converted school bus selling marijuana

“Queens DA seizes converted school bus selling marijuana” Now that’s what you’d call a Magic School Bus. Queens prosecutors put the brakes on an illegal marijuana operation that was allegedly peddling “Beach Boyz Budz” brand weed out of a multi-colored converted school bus, The Post has learned. The bus — decked out in Jamaican Rastafarian…

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#NYC man indicted for stashing ‘Joe Biden’ brand cocaine

#NYC man indicted for stashing ‘Joe Biden’ brand cocaine

“NYC man indicted for stashing ‘Joe Biden’ brand cocaine” This’ll get you higher than Air Force One. A New York City man was busted with $300,000 worth of cocaine — some in packages bearing President Biden’s picture — stashed inside his sports car, authorities said Wednesday.  Reynaldo Almonte, 29, was indicted in Manhattan Supreme Court…

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#More illicit cannabis shops sprout up in Kew Gardens

#More illicit cannabis shops sprout up in Kew Gardens

“More illicit cannabis shops sprout up in Kew Gardens” Kew Gardens is turning into Weed Gardens —  with another unlicensed cannabis shop brazenly opening up in the tidy Queens neighborhood. The illicit marijuana store, called “Pre-Roll World,” launched its grand opening on Metropolitan Avenue two days ago with lots of, um, buzz. “I don’t understand…

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