drug-related crime

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press Armed guards were a fixture outside the marijuana growing operation in rural Oklahoma where four people were slain execution-style.The mail carrier "was met…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press Police say the suspect in the killings of four people at a marijuana farm in Oklahoma has been arrested in South Florida.The Oklahoma State Bureau of…

Lillianna Alfaro was a recent high school graduate raising a toddler and considering joining the Army when she and a friend bought what they thought was the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in December 2020.The pills were fake and…

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that he's asking for a review of how many Kentuckians have marijuana possession convictions as he…

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Comedians Eric André and Clayton English are challenging a police program at the Atlanta airport they say violates the constitutional rights of airline…

By AARON MORRISON - Associated Press By pardoning Americans with federal convictions for marijuana possession, President Joe Biden said he aimed to partially redress decades of anti-drug laws that…

By LISA RATHKE - Associated Press Vermont dispensaries are set to begin selling marijuana for recreational use, though only three will be ready to do so on opening weekend.FLORA Cannabis in Middlebury,…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An increasing number of fake prescription pills that contain potentially deadly fentanyl are helping drive overdose death rates to record…

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers may consider harsher penalties for traffickers and distributors of illicit fentanyl next year, but some say a comprehensive approach should also include more health services and helping…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police on Thursday arrested two teenage boys in connection with the death of a 15-year-old girl who overdosed in a restroom at her…