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News Articles: Drugs

Kristen Clark-Hassell, of St. Marys, shows her voluminous files resulting from years of DFCS involvement in her children’s lives. (Jake Shore/The Current)

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Georgia DFCS relied on controversial laboratory for drug tests crucial to custody decisions

The child welfare agency's director says she’s open to an audit of past tests. But it’s likely too late for one mother.

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Jake Shore and
  • The Current
Illustration by Katherine Silvia

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  • News

In Brunswick, drug cops were convicted. A prosecutor was indicted. But hundreds caught in their maw are forgotten

Though more than 450 people's drug-related convictions were flagged years ago by the former Brunswick area district attorney for possible review because of wrongdoing by GBNET officers, scores of them were never informed of this opportunity to challenge their convictions.

April 26, 2024
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By:
  • Caitlin Philippo
The APD Narcotics Unit called the 580 pounds of marijuana and other drugs a ‘significant seizure.”

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  • News

‘Extremely large’ drug bust in Buckhead nets 580 pounds of pot valued at $2 million

The Atlanta Police Department Narcotics Unit made an “extremely large marijuana bust” with 580 pounds found inside a Buckhead apartment.

March 15, 2024
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
A picture of methamphetamine, cash and a firearm seized by the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office. Photo courtesy of the Muscogee County Sheriff's Office.

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Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office seized drugs worth $21 million in 2023, report says

One of the most significant increases in crime statistics cited by the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office for last year was the skyrocketing value of seized drugs.

February 20, 2024
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By:
  • Kelby Hutchison
Tulalip Tribes Police arrest a suspect from another tribe on drug charges. One charge — possession of drug paraphernalia — wouldn't apply to non-Native suspects in Washington state

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  • National

Tribal courts can't prosecute non-Native drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem

As the fentanyl crisis ravages Native American communities, some of their leaders want tribal police and courts to go after non-tribal dealers. But they can't without getting permission from Congress.

February 20, 2024
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Kush users in a shack at the Kingtom dumpsite in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Cheap, quick to take effect and easily accessible, kush has proved dangerously appealing to a generation of young Sierra Leoneans growing up amid widespread poverty and unemployment.

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  • Global Health

Cheap, plentiful and devastating: The synthetic drug kush is walloping Sierra Leone

Kush, a synthetic cannabinoid, is spreading quickly for the promise of a stress-relieving high. But what's the impact on users — and Sierra Leonean society? And how are the authorities responding?

February 10, 2024
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By:
  • Tommy Trenchard

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  • National

'I ain't found it yet.' No line this mother won't cross to save her addicted daughter

Renae was so desperate to keep her child alive when so many others have died from overdose that she resorted to extreme measures — and extreme risks. She now supervises drug use in her own home.

December 12, 2023
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By:
  • Martha Bebinger
Cars line up outside the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

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  • National

Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it's not the migrants

We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories.

August 09, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills

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Atlanta a hub for East Coast illegal drug trade as area fentanyl deaths spike, DEA says

Multiple factors that make Atlanta a good distribution hub for fentanyl, including its location on an extensive interstate system, the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and wealth, according the DEA.

April 11, 2023
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  • The Ledger Enquirer
A small selection of products offered by William Goodall, and Katiana Kay, his partner in their CBD online shop Bay Smokes, are shown, Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.

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  • News

Georgia Supreme Court rules in Delta-8, Delta-10 case

A Gwinnett County prosecutor is pleased with the ruling but wants more clarity on the cannabis-derived products.

March 17, 2023
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Georgia state Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick

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  • Politics

Georgia Senate on the brink of regulating Delta-8 sales, adding testing requirements

Georgia senators pressed pause Tuesday on a bill that may have banned the marijuana-adjacent gummies, oils and vape cartridges now on sale at Georgia retailers.

February 22, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Both the branded and generic versions of Adderall, a prescription amphetamine that treats attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other conditions, have been in short supply in the U.S. since October.

Adderall shortage forces some patients to scramble, ration or go without

The FDA announced the supply troubles in the fall. Four months later, the medication remains hard to get and could stay that way until the spring

February 18, 2023
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
Kratom

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  • Politics

Lawmakers: Bill aims to ban kratom in Georgia

Kratom, a drug made from the leaves of the Southeast Asian tree, is unregulated in Georgia. Lawmakers say it can be purchased at gas stations or convenience stores despite potentially dangerous side effects. 

February 17, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia David Estes speaks at a news conference at the Glynn County Police Department headquarters on Jan. 11, 2023.

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  • Law

Largest federal indictment in history of Georgia's Southern District charges 76 with drug conspiracy

Federal prosecutors in Southeast Georgia announced Wednesday a massive drug trafficking indictment, charging 76 people — including a state prison guard — with operating a drug distribution network of opioids and other controlled substances in and around Brunswick's Glynn County.

January 12, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween.

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  • National

Unfounded fears about rainbow fentanyl become the latest Halloween boogeyman

Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween. But public alarm from a DEA warning about bright-colored fentanyl pills remains.

October 31, 2022
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  • Giulia Heyward
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