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Justice Dept. Considers Merging Drug and Gun Agencies in Broader Reorganization

The Trump administration is considering major changes in how the Justice Department operates, including by merging the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives into one, according to an internal memo. The other changes include drastically altering how the department’s public integrity section functions; downsizing the fraud-focused investigations that involve

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Health

Fake £4m Xanax drug gang boss jailed over West Midlands op

Ben Godfrey BBC Midlands Today West Midlands Police Brian Pitts ran the operation with the help of his former partner, Katie Harlow, from a villa in Thailand A gang leader who co-ordinated from Thailand a £4m fake Xanax drug-making operation in West Midlands sheds and garages has been jailed for eight years. Up to 11

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Health

Experimental drug could help prevent Alzheimer’s in certain population: study

An experimental drug has shown promise in preventing Alzheimer’s for people at higher risk of developing the disease. That’s according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where researchers ran a clinical trial of people with rare genetic mutations that almost “guarantee” future Alzheimer’s development, according to a press

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Health

Terrifying zombie drug detected in US-Mexico border drug supply for first time

Experts are sounding the alarm about the ‘zombie drug’ xylazine coming into the US through the southern border. The animal tranquilizer, added to street drugs to make them more potent, has been linked to thousands of US overdose deaths per year since the Covid pandemic. Most of the deaths have been on the East Coast

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Health

Cold drug taken by millions recalled over POISONING risk

By ISHITA SRIVASTAVA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 11:33 EDT, 20 March 2025 | Updated: 12:01 EDT, 20 March 2025 The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for over 2,000 liquid Benadryl bottles due to risk of child poisoning.  The recall involves Benadryl Liquid Elixir which is sold in a round dark plastic bottle with

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U.S.

International uproar as China executes four Canadians for ‘drug crimes’ in ‘inhumane’ killings

China has provoked international outrage after it ‘inhumanely’ executed four Canadian nationals accused of drug-smuggling.  Canada’s foreign affairs minister Melanie Joly said she and former prime minister Justin Trudeau had asked for clemency for the dual citizens after they were implicated in the alleged crimes. But Beijing’s embassy in Ottawa said the executions were due

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World

Reputed Mexican drug lords seek lawyers in U.S.

On a single day late last month, the Mexican government shipped 29 accused drug lords north across the border to face U.S. justice. Plucked from Mexican prison cells, hustled onto planes in shackles and express-delivered into the waiting hands of American authorities were several notorious capos, whose alleged narco exploits have been chronicled in films,

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U.S.

RICHARD KAY: Harry is said to be relieved after the publication of his visa form and comments on drug use… but this is why I believe it could be the beginning, not the end, of his nightmare

The word yesterday from faraway Montecito, the super-rich enclave of California where Prince Harry lives in cosseted luxury, was that the Duke of Sussex was purring with satisfaction. Attempts to prise open the secrets of his US visa application had apparently failed. The heavily redacted court documents that did emerge suggested that his immigration status

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Business

Eli Lilly’s Popular Weight Loss, Anti-Diabetes Drug Mounjaro Launched In India

Last Updated:March 20, 2025, 14:29 IST Mounjaro (tirzepatide), Eli Lilly’s diabetes and weight-loss drug has been launched in India after receiving regulatory approval. The drug is currently sold in the UK and Europe. A pharmacist displays a box of Mounjaro, a tirzepatide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Lilly at Rock

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U.S.

China executed four Canadians for drug crimes this year

Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities have confirmed. All of them were dual citizens and their identities have been withheld, Canada’s foreign minister Mélanie Joly said. A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Canada reportedly urged Ottawa to “stop making irresponsible remarks”, as pundits feared a further

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