U.S. Government Says Brittney Griner Was ‘Wrongfully Detained’

Sports
United States International Relations, Political Prisoners, Basketball, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Hashish By BY JONATHAN ABRAMS AND MICHAEL CROWLEY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/EWHB6PC

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Perpetuated Opioid Crisis, Jury Finds

Health
Drugstores, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Opioids and Opiates, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Drug Abuse and Traffic, Liability for Products, your-feed-healthcare By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/30S55Ua

Italian Police Break Up Drug Smuggling Ring Tied to Calabria Mob

World
Organized Crime, Drug Abuse and Traffic By BY GAIA PIANIGIANI from NYT World https://ift.tt/3qJ0cb5

D.E.A. Warns of ‘Alarming’ Increase in Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills

U.S.
Fentanyl, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Counterfeit Merchandise, Opioids and Opiates, Methamphetamines, Deaths (Fatalities), OxyContin (Drug) By BY NEIL VIGDOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3CQRLx7

F.D.A. Approves GHB, a ‘Date Rape’ Drug, for Rare Sleeping Disorder

Health
Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Sedatives, Narcolepsy, Sleep, Drug Abuse and Traffic By BY VIRGINIA HUGHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3AG4mlt

Blood Bath at Ecuador Prisons as Drug Gangs Battle for Control

World
Prisons and Prisoners, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Deaths (Fatalities), Drug Abuse and Traffic, Cocaine and Crack Cocaine, Organized Crime By BY JOSÉ MARÍA LEÓN CABRERA AND ANATOLY KURMANAEV from NYT World https://ift.tt/3sfBKeK

U.S. to Drop Case Against Mexican Ex-Official to Allow Inquiry in Mexico

World
Politics and Government, Defense and Military Forces, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Drug Cartels, United States Politics and Government By BY MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT AND NATALIE KITROEFF from NYT World https://ift.tt/3nsdzr4

Under Pressure From Trump, Extraditions from Mexico to U.S. Soar

World
Drug Cartels, Extradition, Drug Abuse and Traffic, United States Politics and Government By BY KIRK SEMPLE from NYT World https://ift.tt/2ur47hQ

Jhon Jairo Velásquez, 57, Dies; Escobar Henchman Turned YouTube Star

World
Deaths (Obituaries), Drug Cartels, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Drug Abuse and Traffic By BY ELIAN PELTIER from NYT World https://ift.tt/389q97t

H.I.V. Is Coming to Rural America

Opinion
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Rural Areas, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Opioids and Opiates By BY STEVEN W. THRASHER from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2P2e0J9

Fire Displaces 200 Residents of a Halfway House in Paterson, N.J.

New York
Group Homes and Supportive Housing, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Fires and Firefighters By NEIL VIGDOR from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2L6MBUp

The Giants at the Heart of the Opioid Crisis

Health
Opioids and Opiates, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) By DANNY HAKIM, WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2XyShLk

11 Indicted in 2016 Triple Murder to Silence D.E.A. Informant

U.S.
Informers, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Drug Abuse and Traffic By LIAM STACK from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2MbjHmn

What Advocates of Legalizing Pot Don’t Want You to Know

Opinion
Marijuana, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Cannabis Foods and Products By ALEX BERENSON from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2RcEyeL

At the El Chapo Trial, a Son Betrays His Father, and the Cartel

New York
Drug Cartels, Drug Abuse and Traffic By ALAN FEUER from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2QjbtZz

Trump’s Callous Use of Kanye

Opinion
Race and Ethnicity, Drug Abuse and Traffic By CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2RMk5tX

The Bright Future and Grim Death of a Privileged Hollywood Daughter

New York
Blacks, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Deaths (Obituaries) By ZOE GREENBERG from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2IUykIZ

Laced K2 Tied to Dozens of Drug Overdoses in New Haven

New York
Marijuana, Synthetic Cannabinoids, Drug Abuse and Traffic By ALI WINSTON from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2Pef2kr