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Federal prosecutors said Lavante Wiggins of Pittsfield High School and another man had conspired to traffic “large quantities” of the drug in western Massachusetts. NY Times The dean of students at a high school in western Massachusetts was arrested on Wednesday and charged with conspiring to traffic “large quantities of cocaine” after a nine-month investigation, federal authorities […]
A gang led by a drug importer known as “Thor” attempted to smuggle £140 million worth of cocaine into the UK from Sierra Leone. The vast quantity of Class A drugs was concealed within a shipment of flour transported by boat from West Africa before being intercepted at the border. The Merseyside-based organised crime group behind the […]
Latin America’s transnational criminal landscape is reconfiguring due to the accelerated internationalisation and diversification of criminal organisations, which are able to control territory and project influence globally. Traditionally, cartels controlled limited territories and specialised on a single product, usually cocaine. The new criminal elites now traffic multiple products across extensive markets and regions. 12th December […]
The Wichita County Sheriff’s Office arrested one man after a significant drug bust late Tuesday night. p. Deputies arrested the 38-year-old driver, Noe Ricardo Ruis, for manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance greater than 400 grams and transported him to the Wichita County Jail. Read details at https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/crime/wichita-county-sheriffs-office-makes-1-5-million-cocaine-bust/
The Criminal Court in Turnhout (Antwerp Province) has sentenced a man from Herentals to 5.5 years imprisonment for supplying drugs resulting in death, culpable negligence and assault. The man had mixed LSD into his girlfriend’s wine. This resulted in her death. The dealers that supplied the drugs were given prison sentences of 3 and 4 […]
“This was certainly not an outcome that we were hoping would materialize, and we know that today’s path forward does not provide a perfect solution,” interim OCM director Charlene Briner said Wednesday. Read story (paywall) https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-cannabis-office-abandons-early-license-lottery-move-could-affect-marijuana-market-rollout/601193682 Judge’s stay prompts cannabis regulators to abandon early lottery Judge’s stay prompts cannabis regulators to abandon early lottery […]
See A new psychedelic-focused startup incubator is debuting, backed by an investor behind some of the most prominent biotechs in the space. The main theme of … Paywall https://endpts.com/negev-labs-debuts-with-30m-in-assets-striving-to-build-a-network-of-psychedelic-biotechs/ Negev Labs Emerges from Stealth with Announcement of Alexander Shulgin Research Institute Licensing Agreement, Acquisition of Beckley Psytech Development Program and R&D Collaboration with Hadassah Brain […]
Ten $10,000 reporting grants issued per year to audio and print reporters Applications due January 31, 2025 About the Fellowship The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship offers ten $10,000 reporting grants per year to journalists reporting in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business and culture of this new era of […]
Header Image: Detroit Corporation Counsel Conrad Mallett Jr. The founder of Sugarleaf Church says the city’s corporation counsel defamed her and her church in a statement to Metro Times The leader of a non-denominational church that incorporates the use of cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms filed a lawsuit against the City of Detroit’s top lawyer on […]
11 December 2024 In a significant step forward for mental health education, the Clinical Psychedelic Lab within the Department of Psychiatry at Monash University will launch the Monash Psychedelic Education Program in 2025. Psychedelic science has re-emerged as one of the most impactful frontiers in scientific research, challenging and expanding our understanding of the brain, mental health, and […]