Until recently, most local law enforcement agencies did not classify prescription drug overdoses as criminal acts, even though the incident probably involved illegal conduct. But…
1982 may have been a watershed year in the War on Drugs. That was the year a cocaine overdose killed basketball phenom and Boston Celtics…
When police officers break up intricate drug trafficking rings, they usually crow loudly about it. But possession-only cases make up over 85 percent of all…
Two area men now face homicide charges for their role in a 2017 heroin overdose death at a nondescript Pierce County house. But in their…
Four people are in custody after authorities seized an “unusually large amount of meth” in a major suburban drug investigation. The investigation, which began in…
In the 1960s, Supreme Court justices issued a number of criminal law decisions that upheld the rights of defendants, specifically with regard to the Fourth…
Minneapolis Democrat Sen. Scott Dibble says the state’s medical marijuana review board is nothing but “a coffee club” that has “no real purpose.” Current and…
The Upper Midwest, including Minnesota, is “flooded” in meth, according to DEA Special Agent Ken Solek. Between 2017 and 2018, these drug seizures increased significantly…
In a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court applied the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against excessive fines to Minnesota and other states. The ruling sharply…
The War on Drugs was already several decades old when Len Bias, a basketball phenom whom many compared to Michael Jordan, was drafted by the…