Opioids Are Not as Effective as You Think The drugs often prescribed for acute pain only provide pain relief for a short time and can lead to nausea, tolerance and overdose.

Opioids Are Not as Effective as You May Think
The drugs often prescribed for acute pain only provide pain relief for a short time and can lead to nausea, tolerance and overdose. bit.ly/4lsU9lf #oxycontin @sydney.edu.au #narcotics #opioid #opiate #PainRelief #painmanagement #surgery #dentalsurgery

Cocaine, synthetic drugs proliferation raises security, public health threats in West Africa - Report The harms driven by synthetic drug markets, including overdoses, chronic and severe mental health conditions, and community fragmentation, are escalating, the report notes.

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Cocaine, synthetic drugs proliferation raises security, public health threats in West Africa – Report
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The breadth and depth of synthetic substance presence globally have grown enormously over the past decade. ...

#OperationPandora nets three #Swedes tied to darknet #narcotics
"Lind, arrested at a rented house in Bangkok, had lived in #Thailand for ~13 years.. Swedish & Australian authorities requested Thailand's assistance in locating te suspects, believed to be key figures behind #darknet platforms. Te […]

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#OTD (Mar 01) in 1926, federal officials drop a years-old #narcotics charge against Salvatore 'Charlie #Luciano' #Lucania.

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Targeting America: The Montreal Network Exporting Carfentanil — 100 Times Stronger Than Fentanyl — Into the United States QUEBEC — An elite Montreal-based narco network allegedly exported carfentanil and next-generation synthetic opioids 100 times deadlier than fentanyl to American consumers via the dark web, leading to ...

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Targeting America: The Montreal Network Exporting Carfentanil — 100 Times Stronger Than Fentanyl — Into the United States
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An elite Montreal-based narco network allegedly exported carfentanil and ...

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The Lebanese Army Intelligence seized a mobile drug lab in Al-Kuykh, confiscating significant narcotic supplies. In Tripoli, seven people were arrested for drug trafficking, emphasizing the persistent issues of organized crime and drug abuse in Lebanon.

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Drug smuggling syndicate using choppers busted, seizure reaches RM12.6 million SELANGOR: Police cracked down on drug smuggling activities to neighbouring countries using pirate boats around Selangor waters and seized drugs worth RM12.6 million, on February 12. The Op Tapis by the Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (JSJN) led to the arrest of three Indonesian citizens, including a woman. JSJN director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspects, aged between 26 and 53, were arrested in two separate raids around Sekinchan. In the first raid at a house in Kampung Sungai Leman, police found three plastic packages believed to contain methamphetamine weighing 11.36 grams. The second raid targeted an unnumbered […]

Drug smuggling syndicate using choppers busted, seizure reaches RM12.6 million #DrugSmuggling #Methamphetamine #PoliceRaid #OpTapis #Narcotics

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Nitazenes: Inquests show how deadly synthetic drugs spread A BBC investigation shows how nitazene deaths have risen and the illegal drug market is changing.

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'His loss is massive': Inquests show spread of deadly synthetic drugs
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Estonia: No drugs found on stopped container ship Estonian authorities have released a Bahamian-flagged container ship stopped earlier on suspicion of drug smuggling, ERR reports. The Estonian Tax and Customs Board (EMTA) found no narcotics on board…

Authorities in #Estonia have released a Bahamian-flagged container ship stopped earlier on suspicion of drug #smuggling. The Estonian Tax and Customs Board found no #narcotics on board the vessel, which was en route from #Ecuador to #Russia.

Columbus Man Faces Life Sentence After Conviction in Major Drug Trafficking Bust at Polaris Fashion Place - Fiona Knight

#ICEBudget Growth: This amount makes ICE the highest-funded US law enforcement agency, eclipsing other agencies focusing on #traffickers, #violentcrime, and #narcotics. 2/3

China pumping drugs into Europe in ‘hybrid warfare’ Beijing accused of failing to stem flow of raw materials for ecstasy and meth to criminal gangs

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China pumping drugs into Europe in ‘hybrid warfare’
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China is pumping black market chemicals into Europe to be made into class A drugs in what critics say is a form of hybrid warfare.
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There are three or four books I consider absolutely essential when researching the global #narcotics trade. This is one of them. Whatever you were told about Mexican #cartels - you WERE LIED TO. Zavala's research (comprehensively referenced) leads to some shocking conclusions.

More than RM1.1 billion worth of drugs seized, 20,540 suspects arrested in KL KUALA LUMPUR: Various types of drugs weighing 1.08 million kilograms, estimated to be worth more than RM1.10 billion, were seized in 18,352 cases in the national capital last year. Kuala Lumpur Police Chief, Datuk Fadil Marsus said that a total of 20,540 suspects suspected of being involved in the case were detained by the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (JSJN) during the same period. “Based on statistics, various types of drugs with a total weight of 1.08 million kg were seized with an estimated value of more than RM1.10 billion.” “The action taken is based on legal provisions such as the […]

More than RM1.1 billion worth of drugs seized, 20,540 suspects arrested in KL #DrugsSeized #KualaLumpur #DrugEnforcement #Narcotics #CrimeNews

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The Fentanyl Executive Order and Domestic Military Deployments Any attempt to authorize domestic military deployments by designating fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction rests on absurd legal theories.

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The Fentanyl Executive Order and Domestic Military Deployments
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On Dec. 15, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order designating “illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as weapons of ...

Egyptians in South America — The Truth Behind Cocaine Traces Found In Mummies The shocking discovery of cocaine in Egyptian mummies suggests transatlantic travel occurred long before Columbus

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Ousted Maduro pleads not guilty to US drug charges "I am innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man. I am still president of my country," Nicolas Maduro said. Delcy Rodriguez was sworn in as Venezuela's interim president with words of support for Ma...

Ousted #Maduro pleads #notguilty to #US #narcotics charges

#Madurocaptured: #Trump's secret obsession with #Venezuela’s oil
Discussion of combating #narcotics is a smoke screen. The main goal is to control Venezuela's #oil reserves.
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No, the coup d'etat in #Venezuela doesn't have anything to with #narcotics trafficking

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Documenting Drugs: The Artful Intoxications of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz In pursuit of Pure Form, the Polish artist known as “Witkacy” would consume peyote, cocaine, and other intoxicants before creating pastel portraits. Juliette Bretan takes a trip through Witkiewicz’s chemical forays, including his 1932 Narcotics, a genre-bending treatise that warns of the hazards of drugs while seductively recollecting their delirious effects.

>> Witkacy always skated the thin line between relatability and absurdity; between the educational and the visceral; between life and art. <<

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On this date, December 27... ... in 1906, a Black Hand bomb destroys a grocery on Manhattan's Elizabeth Street. ... in 1907, suspected regional Black Hand leader Valentino Piazza is arrested in Pittsburgh. ... in 1908, New York mafiosi Pietro Inzerillo and Carlo Comigliano are both wounded during a gunfight on Elizabeth Street. ... in 1917, imprisoned Mafia leader Ignazio Lupo is believed to have had advance knowledge of a fatal attack by inmate Dimiter Popoff against an Atlanta Prison deputy warden. ... in 1927, with a Buffalo Catholic church refusing to hold a funeral for murdered gangster Filippo Mazzara, hundreds attend services at the Mazzara home. ... in 1934, John Alioto of Milwaukee is sentenced to prison following convictions for forgery and larceny. ... in 1935, prosecutor Thomas Dewey prepares a secret list of Manhattan's top-dozen racketeers. Newspapers report that 'Lepke' Buchalter, 'Gurrah' Shapiro and 'Dutch Golberg' Shomberg are on the list. ... in 1938, Santo Vultaggio dies in Brooklyn at age 60. ... in 1961, eleven defendants, including Joseph Valachi, Charles Schiffman and Vito Agueci, are convicted in New York federal court of running a narcotics smuggling operation. ... in 1965, members of the press learn that Peter Maas is preparing the memoirs of gangster Joe Valachi for publication. ... in 1982, 'Jack the Dandy' Parisi, alleged to be a former gunman for Murder Inc., dies in Hazleton PA at the age of 83.

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Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

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Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon Donald Trump’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, toppled the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations in the history of the Department of Justic...

Donald Trump’s #pardon of Juan Orlando #Hernández, the former president of #Honduras, toppled the #capstone of one of the most ambitious #narcotics investigations in the history of the Department of Justice.

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#OTD (Dec 23) in 1948, John #Stoppelli is charged with violating federal #narcotics laws.

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