In February 2018, Snohomish County law enforcement and prosecutors implemented a two-gram rule, meaning that anyone possessing two grams or less of a controlled substance (such as heroin) would not be charged with a crime. Supporters of the two-gram rule argued that prosecutors were overwhelmed w...
With recreational marijuana use being legal in Washington, many recreational users of marijuana have found vaping THC to be their preferred method of ingesting. But in light of the recent outbreak of mysterious lung illnesses and deaths related to vaping, on Friday, September 27, 2019, Governor J...
Authorities in Kenosha, Wisconsin have arrested two brothers and charged them with running an illegal business of packaging and selling THC-filled vaping cartridges. The cartridges were packaged to look like candy and had names like “Chronic sour patch,” and other fruity flavors. The brothers a...
The U.S. is in the midst of an opioid epidemic. Many blame the greed of large pharmaceutical companies like Johnson & Johnson for marketing opioids as a harmless painkiller. These addictive drugs have been prescribed to millions of Americans over the last 30 years. Drug addicts are often though...
In July, lawyers for Johnson & Johnson and the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office made their closing statements in an opioid trial. Since then, everyone has been watching and waiting for the judge to make his final decision in the case. He reached a verdict on Monday, August 26, 2019. Judge Thad ...
Safeway employees at three different stores in western Washington made a surprise discovery on August 18, 2019, when they went to unpack boxes of bananas. Employees at a Bellingham Safeway discovered packages of cocaine in the bottom of a box of bananas and immediately called the police. King Cou...
This fall in Seattle, homeless people with a heroin problem could get some help with overcoming their addiction, thanks to an initiative by King County. Officials in King County put out a request for proposals and will choose bidders in September to treat heroin addicts who want help kicking the ...
In a risky move, the attorney general of the state of Arizona filed a suit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court claiming that members of the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, should return $4 billion funneled away from the company. The suit alleges that the Sackler family knew it would be ...
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) recently compiled and released data about the correlation of prescription opioid pills and rise of opioid deaths. The data is being used in some of the 2,000 lawsuits that are being filed against pharmaceutical companies across the country, seeking compensat...
If you were caught with marijuana and convicted of possession before it became legal in Washington, you can relax: in May Governor Inslee signed SB 5605, which means anyone who was convicted of misdemeanor marijuana possession may apply to have their record expunged. Washington SB 5605 SB 5605 ...
Now that Nevada has passed a law that allows residents to use recreational marijuana, residents should not be discriminated against or disqualified from a job for doing so. This is according to a Nevada state representative who sponsored a bill that just made it illegal for employers possibly ret...
In California, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled that California's incarcerated can possess marijuana but they can't use it. The Court overturned the convictions of five prisoners who had been caught possessing marijuana by citing the language in the 2016 ballot initiative that made posses...
On North Farr Road in Spokane Valley, members of law enforcement swept into a home and arrested several drug offenders. The home had been the subject of ongoing investigations for drug-related activity. Among those arrested, there was one offender with 14 and another with 11 felony convictions on...
Arkansas passed its Amendment 98 to the Arkansas Constitution in 2016, allowing medical use of marijuana beginning in May 2019. It is the 33rd state to enact a medical marijuana program. Arkansas voters have already reformed their Medical Marijuana Bill to allow for the sale of "edibles," which w...
Police in Washington recently seized $1.16 million worth of narcotics in two separate arrests. According to multiple reports, police say a man was arrested in Tumwater on suspicion of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver heroin and that they seized about 4 pounds o...
A new bill would require that public schools in Washington develop action plans if a parent asks that their child is given marijuana to treat illnesses during the school day. Introduced by State Representative Brian Blake of Aberdeen, House Bill 1095 passed on a 77-19 vote and now moves forward ...
Members of the Sackler family, owners of the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, are named as defendants in lawsuits filed by several states throughout the country. Purdue Pharma makes the opioid painkiller OxyContin that is blamed for contributing to the nation's opioid epidemic. According to ...
According to a new Washington State University survey, marijuana use is decreasing among teens except for those who work 11 or more hours per week. The study, conducted by WSU College of Nursing Assistant Professor Janessa Graves, concludes that marijuana use in Washington went down significantl...
The state of Washington has sued several opioid distributors. Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Incorporated, and AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation. The lawsuit claims that these distributors failed to catch suspicious drug orders that we...
When President Trump declared a national emergency to secure the funds he needed to build a physical wall along the southern border with Mexico, the declaration did not simply create $8 billion. Instead, it merely allowed the President to reallocate the funds from other sources of government mon...
A 19-year-old man in Washington is facing charges for drug possession and for possession with intent to distribute after being arrested with 6,000 Xanax pills at his residence in Puyallup, Washington. 19 Year Old Arrested in Possession of Thousands of Pills Reports are still sketchy, in large p...
A new study was just released in JAMA Pediatric and the results reveal marijuana use among a small group of adolescents in Washington has gone down since the legalization of recreational marijuana. Specifically, the study reveals that marijuana declined among eighth graders and tenth graders in 2...
A former University of Oregon football standout has been arrested by Oregon law enforcement for possession of heroin. This past summer, Colt Lyerla's family members were receiving several messages from individuals stating that Lyerla was getting “mixed up” with drugs and had become involved in dr...
Recently, Washington State University released the results of a medical study they conducted on pregnant rats. WSU was studying the effect that THC has on the offspring of rat mothers who were administered a vaporized cannabis into their cages as opposed to other pregnant rats who were not given ...
The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) has issued two emergency marijuana production license suspensions against North Coast Concentrates. The suspensions each last for 180 days beginning November 2, 2018, and ending on May 1, 2019. The suspensions were issued when the Cannabis Bo...
