By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The DEA has issued a public warning about the dangers of carfentanil, a synthetic opioid it describes as being 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl, which itself is 50 times more potent than heroin. It is designed to be used as a tranquilizing agent…
Fentanyl has been used as a powerful additive to heroin, and its use has been killing Americans.
The DEA’s plan to ban kratom, a natural substance that is abused and can be dangerous, has spurred outrage from people who say it is an effective treatment, including for people addicted to opioids.
Two bothers accused of engaging in a shootout with DEA agents near a mall in Joliet, Ill., have been charged in connection with the incident.
The DEA is looking for researchers to grow marijuana in an effort to better understand whether cannabis has medicinal benefits.
A recent decision upholding the federal ban on medical cannabis was a letdown in Maine and the 24 other states where the drug can be prescribed to ease the symptoms of illness.
A former DEA agent who was accused of posing as an FBI agent in a fraud scheme no longer faces charges.
A federal court ruled Tuesday that the Department of Justice cannot pay to prosecute people who are in compliance with state medical marijuana laws.
