The Oregon U.S. Attorney's Office says that 22 defendants arrested “are connected to a criminal organization responsible for trafficking methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine in Oregon and Washington state are facing charges.” The U.S. Attorney's Offices says those connected were distributing the ...
Although recreational marijuana is now legal in Washington State, there are still ways in which growing, purchasing, and possessing marijuana can result in an arrest. If you are found by police to be in possession of more than one ounce of marijuana you can still face some significant charges. Th...
At the University of Washington's Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute, they have created interactive charts that showcase drug trends across the state. In one particular focus area, the Institute has compiled “Crime Lab” data. Crime Lab data reflects drugs that have been seized by local and state law ...
Earlier this week, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board announced that it has plans to “‘re-evaluate' all edible marijuana products in an effort to cut back on products that may be appealing to children.” Washington, which legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, has made it a practice...
According to law enforcement in Texas, various amounts of methamphetamines, mushrooms, and marijuana were found while executing a search warrant on a home near a College Station skate park. There were also several drug paraphernalia items found in the home, including syringes, cash, and scales. T...
One hundred pounds of marijuana have washed ashore to the beaches of Florida's Atlantic Coast. The bundles have washed ashore and federal law enforcement officers are expected to collect the bundles of marijuana so that they may investigate where it came from. There has been at least one man arre...
In El Paso, Texas, 18 people were arrested in connection with a prescription opioid fraud scheme that federal, state, and county law enforcement had been investigating for nearly a year. Along with the arrests more than 3,300 powerful painkillers were seized. The drugs seized included hydrocodone...
In Muncie, Indiana this week police found crack cocaine, methamphetamines, heroin, fentanyl, and several pieces of drug paraphernalia in the car of a woman who was pulled over for reckless driving. When pulled over, the woman initially admitted to having only marijuana in her possession and upon ...
The National Institute on Drug Use has unveiled a comprehensive, recently updated report on teen drug use in the U.S. The report reveals trends among American teens. According to the survey, youth in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades reported that their annual use of certain drugs increased, while other...
A sheriff in southwest Oregon is petitioning the state to provide money to his county so that they may organize a team to investigate illegal marijuana growing operations. The Josephine County sheriff, Dave Daniel, is asking the state for $648,000 to form a team of investigators. The county itsel...
Just recently, Canada legalized recreational marijuana and beginning in October of this year, adults in Canada, much like adults in Washington State, will also be able to legally buy and smoke marijuana for pleasure. Currently in the United States, there are nine states, including the District of...
Eleven members of a heroin and methamphetamine trafficking ring based out of the northern Puget Sound region have been arrested. The arrests, announced by U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes, followed a six-month investigation. The six-month investigation was spearheaded by the FBI, DEA, and a group o...
Washington State law has greatly relaxed the laws surrounding marijuana in recent years. Current law has decriminalized possession of small amounts of the drug, making Washington one of only two states to do so. However, there are still stiff penalties attached to the cultivation or possession of...
The ongoing drug war has for years been focused on cutting down both the supply and the demand for illegal narcotics worldwide. According to a new study released by the United Nations, that effort appears to be unsuccessful. The study, released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UN...
After nearly a decade of fighting extradition from Canada to Seattle, a British Columbia man was sentenced to prison for his role in using leased helicopters to operate a multinational drug smuggling ring. The man, 46-year-old Colin Martin, was sentenced to seven years for a crime he was indicted...
Former Disney star Orlando Brown has been arrested again. The troubled former child star now faces charges of narcotics possession after Las Vegas police arrested him on June 4, 2018. Unfortunately for Brown, this is not his first run-in with the law. Brown was arrested by Las Vegas police as th...
A major heroin dealer operating across the street from an elementary school was taken into custody after a lengthy investigation, according to law enforcement officials. The Whatcom County Sheriff and Ferndale Police arrested a 48-year-old woman for allegedly trafficking heroin from her home acro...
A single 2017 traffic stop has led to a large drug bust in Tacoma, Washington. In all, twelve Washington State residents are in custody after law enforcement agencies executed dual busts in the South Sound area. This bust is related to the March 2018 arrests in which over 20 people were arrested....
To continue the effort to decriminalize minor marijuana possession, Seattle prosecutors are seeking to dismiss over 500 marijuana possession convictions. This move is a logical extension of Seattles decision to stop prosecuting minor marijuana possession charges in 2010. Under current Washington...
If you have been charged with prescription drug possession, you probably have discovered your future is uncertain and the charges are serious. The law identifies these types of crimes today as among the most severe drug crimes. These charges fall under the law known as Violation of the Uniform Co...
Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board established a new marijuana trace-ability system, Leaf Data Systems, to monitor pot transfers. A little more than a week later, officials are scrambling to trace who is responsible for hacking the new software. The tracking system was expected to answer the q...
A former Seattle police officer recently plead guilty to charges of marijuana smuggling and conspiracy in U.S. District Court. According to the Seattle Times, former police officer Alex Chapackdee was accused of helping to smuggle hundreds of pounds of marijuana from the Pacific Northwest to Bal...
The newly-approved 2018 Seattle City budget includes over $1 million to fund the creation of the nations first safe-injection sites for intravenous drug users. The budget calls for two facilities, one within city limits and one outside the city. At the facilities, people will be able to inject ...
President Trumps commission on the opioid epidemic called for sweeping reforms to anti-drug policies this week, including Tougher prison sentences for certain kinds of opioid trafficking Expansion of drug courts, which channel people accused of drug crimes towards addiction treatment, rath...
The Massachusetts criminal justice system is still dealing with the fallout from a scandal involving one of the chemists who was working for the state. The chemist, Sonja Farak, “admitted that she was high nearly every day while analyzing drug samples submitted by police from 2005 to 2013.” Farak...
