- CDC reports highest overdose deaths in one year
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new data indicating fatal drug overdoses accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the data, approximately 81,230 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in a 12-month period, ending in May 2020, the largest number of drug overdoses for a 12-month period ever recorded. […]
- Kellyanne Conway: ‘Trump Helped Me Shatter a Barrier’ in Politics
Counselor to the president, Kellyanne Conway, said at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night that Trump helped her “shatter a barrier” in politics by becoming the first woman to run a successful presidential campaign. Kellyanne Conway said President Donald Trump spent decades elevating women to “senior positions” in the workplace. “He confides in and consults us, […]
- Texas BP Agents Seize $1.5 Million In Drugs Over Four Day Period
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents stationed in the Rio Grande Valley Sector made multiple drug seizures over the last four days that amounted to $1.5 million worth of drugs, according to a press release. “Even with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, human smugglers continue to try these brazen attempts with zero regard for […]
- Raphael Warnock: Opioid Crisis Only a Public Health Emergency Because ‘the Faces of Human Tragedy Are White and Suburban’
Georgia Democrat Senate candidate Raphael Warnock said in 2019 that the opioid crisis was only treated as a “public health emergency” and not a “war” because the “faces of the human tragedy are white and suburban.” During a sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2019, Warnock claimed that America treated the […]
- Melania Trump Highlights Nation’s Opioid, Mental Health Crisis in Impassioned Speech at RNC
First Lady Melania Trump shone a spotlight on the nation’s opioid crisis in an impassioned speech from the White House Tuesday, as she wrapped up the second night of the Republican National Convention. In an address from the newly renovated White House Rose Garden, the first lady acknowledged the lives lost to the CCP (Chinese […]
- CDC: Over 75,000 overdose deaths estimated by end of 2020
October 16, 2020 The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it expects the death toll from drug overdoses to hit 75,500 by the end of 2020, according to alarming preliminary estimates from the public health institute. Coverage of the opioid crisis has fallen to the wayside this year as the nation and the […]
- Opioid Overdose Deaths Spike In Maryland, Chicago, Likely Related To COVID Lockdowns
Opioid overdose deaths spiked in some areas of the United States as the nation faced the epidemic of the novel coronavirus, a devastating double whammy. Health officials in Chicago are saying that Cook County saw opioid overdoses skyrocket when more people were isolated in their homes. “The interaction between COVID-19, the fear of COVID-19, and […]
- Indiana Deputies Intercept ‘enough fentanyl to kill over 2,000 people’ During Traffic Stop
<!– –> <!– –> Sep 4, 2020 Indiana Sheriffs seized what they say is “enough fentanyl to kill over 2,000 people” during a routine traffic stop on Tuesday, according to a press release. Earlier that day, county Sheriffs seized 30 grams of suspected methamphetamine during a separate traffic stop. Three individuals were arrested for […]
- Texas: CBP Seizes Nearly $1 Million In Cocaine From Smugglers
Border Patrol agents seized nearly $1 million worth of cocaine on June 6, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection press release. The interception occurred at the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas. “Our frontline CBP officers at the Port of Brownsville yet again affirmed their resolve to advance CBP’s border security mission and that […]
