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 ...
His first hit of K2 was offered up as a birthday present, “a way to escape, to leave the monotonous state I found myself in,” Iran Diaz wrote in a letter to Correction Commissioner Shawn Jenkins.
In the blistering heat of Freetown, Sierra Leone, young men gather on street corners, their limbs swollen, eyes glazed. They are the victims of kush, a cheap and deadly synthetic drug sweeping the ...
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 ...
Dr. Rahul Gupta speaks to faculty, students, and community members at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. on Sep.15, 2023. More than 100,000 people died of an opioid overdose nationwide in 2022 ...