meth
Real-life 'Breaking Bad:' 'Erratic' professor suspended after students discover he'd once run a meth lab
October 10, 2023 | 1:15pmIn a life “Breaking Bad” scene, a Michigan State professor was suspended after students worried about his “erratic behavior” discovered he was previously arrested for running a meth lab.
Cops recover pound of meth from Staten Island hotel turned migrant center
October 5, 2023 | 8:29pmThe hotel was turned into a 35-unit shelter to house incoming migrants on May 4, according to local pols.
Students find meth in teacher's hair scrunchie during 'Family Fun Night': cops
September 26, 2023 | 2:51pmAfter the event ended at about 6 p.m., the teacher was seen by two janitors "frantically searching for some sort of hair tie."
Mexican man caught trying to smuggle 400 pounds of cocaine in cucumber shipments across border
September 25, 2023 | 6:22pmA Mexican man was arrested after trying to enter California with more than 400 pounds of cocaine hidden inside boxes of cucumbers, authorities said.
Woman who named son 'Methamphetamine Rules' grilled in TV interview: 'Why would you do this?'
September 20, 2023 | 3:10pmAn Australian journalist who named her son Methamphetamine Rules has been grilled over the blunder in an interview.
Family suffers mystery ailments after stolen car is returned with high traces of meth, fentanyl
September 18, 2023 | 1:13pmJake Culver, of Pierce County, WA, said his family suffered headaches and upset stomachs as they discovered that their 2002 Ford F350, which had been returned after being stolen, had...
FDA solicits public outcry before pulling 'unsound' decongestants like Sudafed off shelves
September 15, 2023 | 10:13amThe market for oral decongestants is huge: A study of 100,000 US households showed that about half purchased medications with phenylephrine each year.
Thank the FDA as you cough and sniffle your way through the winter
September 14, 2023 | 2:33pmIs the FDA pulling cold medicine off shelves? Likely soon, because it's a bureaucratic nightmare that no longer has the public interest at heart.
200 pounds of 'liquid meth' hidden in fuel tank seized by CBP on US-Mexico border
September 12, 2023 | 8:32pmU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized nearly 200 pounds of liquid methamphetamine concealed in the fuel tank of a tractor, the agency announced.
Sudafed, Benadryl and most decongestants don't work: FDA advisory panel
September 12, 2023 | 3:48pm"This drug should have been removed from the market a long time ago," said a patient advocate from New York.
Afghanistan now world's fastest-growing meth manufacturer despite Taliban ban on narcotics
September 10, 2023 | 12:38pmA report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes called Afghanistan’s meth manufacturing a growing threat to national and regional health and security.
'Take me to jail,' NJ man caught sitting on cop car with meth pipe begs cops
September 7, 2023 | 8:38pmCody Zeigler, 27, was perched on top of the cop car in the parking lot of the Hackettstown Police headquarters around 11 a.m. Wednesday when an officer approached him, police...
Two men charged after allegedly smuggling over 600 pounds of meth in surfboards
September 6, 2023 | 4:09pmPolice say 12 surfboards arriving in Australia from Los Angeles were part of a bigger plot to smuggle about 660 pounds of meth into the country.
Drug runner caught trying to smuggle pink meth into NYC through JFK Airport: prosecutors
August 26, 2023 | 4:14pmDavid Urrego Arteaga was indicted Monday in Brooklyn Federal Court on drug trafficking charges after he tried to bring atleast 70g grams of pink meth through the JFK Airport on April 1 after...
Thief vandalizes church, then baptizes himself: cops
August 8, 2023 | 7:40amA Georgia man broke into a Florida church, causing several thousands of dollars’ worth of damage during a theft spree – then baptized himself in the sanctuary pool, police said.
Alicia Navarro moves to reservation plagued by meth, sex crimes — and tribal members are wary
August 4, 2023 | 4:13pmTeenage runaway Alicia Navarro and boyfriend Eddie Davis spent Thursday moving the last of their belongings from the apartment they had rented in Havre, Montana, to Davis’ mother’s trailer home...
'Drunk and high' Florida parents charged after toddler 'baked to death' in hot car: cops
July 7, 2023 | 12:42pmJoel and Jazmine Rondon's 18-month-old daughter was found strapped into her car seat in 105-degree heat.
Washingtonians fed up as ODs claim over 2,750 lives in soft-on-drugs state
June 23, 2023 | 2:19pmLawless Washington is poised to have the most overdose deaths in the nation— and progressives who were once against punishing drug users are finally fed up and changing their tune,...
Man charged after 21-year-old dies from drinking drugged beer
June 1, 2023 | 4:12pmThe 40-year-old male, whose identity has not been released, was charged with one count of manslaughter.
'Most hippie' town in Washington outlaws drugs after ODs in streets, fentanyl death of 5-year-old
May 7, 2023 | 11:24amBellingham, known as the "most hippie" town in Washington, outlawed open use of heroin and fentanyl after concerns over its drug-addled downtown finally pushed the liberal-leaning city to its limit.