[Link] 2 Drug Companies Can Legally Start Selling Cocaine, Heroin, and MDMA

Read: 3/3/2023 www.vice.com

But it’s not clear under what circumstances the companies will be able to sell the drugs, and B.C. Premier David Eby said he was “astonished” to hear the announcement. 

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[Link] A $200 Million Load of Fentanyl Was Just Seized in El Chapo’s Hometown

Read: 11/7/2022 www.vice.com

Authorities also found 555 kg of methamphetamine, 31 kg of cocaine, 7 kg of heroin, and over 71,000 kg of chemical precursors. Ten people were arrested in the bust, according to a Mexican army press release.

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[Link] The US Just Put a $5 Million Bounty on El Chapo’s Brother

Read: 8/11/2021 www.vice.com

MEXICO CITY—The U.S. government is beefing up its search for high ranking members of the Sinaloa cartel, including the brother of incarcerated kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera.  The move comes as fentanyl overdoses in the U.S. continue to surge, and seizures in Mexico spike.

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[Link] Tucker Carlson Pumped Full of Fentanyl, Emerges With New Understanding of the Opioid Crisis

Read: 4/11/2021 www.vice.com

Something happened to Tucker Carlson Monday morning that caused him to get emergency back surgery later in the week. It was, he said, according to recording obtained by Motherboard, “one of the most traumatic things that’s ever happened to me in my whole life, ever.”

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[Link] Constant Craving: How Digital Media Turned Us All Into Dopamine Addicts

Read: 3/11/2021 getpocket.com

According to addiction expert Dr. Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit. So how do we beat our digital dependency?

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