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Nearly nine years after voters authorized the regulated sale of adult use cannabis in Massachusetts, the Joint Cannabis Committee is addressing the challenges (and that’s an understatement) the industry is facing with a very meaningful reform bill.  The bill faces a vote from the Joint Committee and has a long road ahead to pass both the […]

Release Date Fri, 05/30/2025 EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Ysleta port of entry seized 20.1 pounds of cocaine May 28. The drugs were hidden in a vehicle being driven by a 22-year-old male U.S. citizen. “The combination of officer experience, canine enforcement, tools and technology all play a […]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 36-year-old man has been sentenced for possession with intent to distribute 28.6 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Jesus Cedillo pleaded guilty Feb. 25. U.S. District Judge David Morales has now ordered Cedillo to serve 126 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years […]

Event The Press Release As psychedelic reform accelerates in the U.S. and beyond, the world’s largest psychedelic conference, Psychedelic Science 2025  (June 16–20 in Denver), will convene the key voices shaping this new policy landscape. Hosted by MAPS, the conference’s Policy Track gathers an unparalleled lineup of public officials, civil rights attorneys, Veteran advocates, and […]

We’ve all been there! A pair of hikers in New York called emergency services to report that a third member of their group had died, but when a park ranger responded to rescue them it turned out they were just high on hallucinogenic mushrooms, officials say. The third hiker was uninjured – and not dead […]

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty in federal court to a drug trafficking charge, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today. Jose Angel Sanchez, 33, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five […]

WASHINGTON – Cila Melgar Rodriguez, 36, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed large quantities of cocaine and crack cocaine throughout the District of Columbia and Maryland. Rodriguez is in the U.S. illegally and is subject to mandatory deportation after […]

A former Mecklenburg judge facing cocaine charges missed a court appearance and was arrested this week. Charles “Casey” Viser, 53, failed to appear in court May 2 on a felony charge of possession of cocaine and misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia, according to court records. District Court Judge Roy Wiggins issued an order […]

Eddie DuGay is a Navy veteran, a former Democratic member of the Maine House of Representatives, and a former aide to then-Rep. John Baldacci (ME-CD2). For four decades, DuGay has been a fixture of State House politics, advocating for his constituents in Washington County and later for his clients as a lobbyist and consultant. After […]

The crew of a guided-missile destroyer and an embarked Coast Guard law enforcement detachment seized $13.7 million in cocaine during an interdiction in the Caribbean Sea, U.S. 2nd Fleet announced Thursday. Norfolk, Va.-based destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107) and LEDET 401 boarded an unspecified “vessel of interest” on May 25, according to a Navy release. “The team discovered […]