#Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of #methamphetamine, U.N. says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/afghanistan-fastest-growing-maker-methamphetamine-un-says-rcna104259

Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, UN drug agency says

> The United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crimes, which published the report, said meth in Afghanistan is mostly made from legally available substances or extracted from the ephedra plant, which grows in the wild.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/afghanistan-fastest-growing-maker-methamphetamine-drug-agency-103062947 #Afghanistan #methamphetamine

Police bust multinational drug ring for smuggling meth into S. Korea

> The drug ring, run by a Korean, a Chinese and a Nigerian national, based in #Cambodia #China and #Nigeria [..] is suspected of smuggling and distributing #methamphetamine in South #Korea.
The police also confiscated 18.7 kilograms of the substance, worth 62.3 billion won (US$46.6 million), from ring members in South Korea. The amount is enough for some 620,000 doses. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230910000800325 #southeastasia

CBP officers at Otay Mesa, #California discovered ~200 pounds (~90kg) of liquid #methamphetamine concealed in the fuel tank of a tractor. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-officers-seize-liquid-methamphetamine-otay-mesa-cargo-lot

"psa adhd gang, people recreationally using or abusing stimulants is not why they're hard to get, they're hard to get because doctors can be absolute motherfuckers with egos the size of saturn who like to play god with people's lives. if they didn't have the "drug seeking behavior" line to use as a tool to be a dick, they'd just say "tsk tsk you're obviously wrong about your own symptoms" a little more often than they already do. peace and love on planet amphetamines.

and this gets me because. it's like there's a contingent of adhders who heard that we're predisposed to substance abuse issues and, rather than connecting the dots of "substance abuse is often a coping mechanism resorted to in the wake of insufficient care for a psychological disorder, stigma against addicts is one more link in the chain of systemic societal ableism," instead thought "drug users are dangerous and selfish people who are out to do harm to uniquely vulnerable people like me." for a while I put this mindset down to the lack of experience and time to process ideas that comes with youth; it still sucks, but the people I knew in middle school who had bad takes about drugs and alcohol no longer think that way now we're in college, and mostly they changed their minds on their own instead of needing me or someone else to call them out directly. but there are subsets of adhd communities who used these talking points when their average age was 15 in 2016 and are still using them now when their average age is 22. so maybe the hot new trend for 2023 should be interrogating the propaganda you've been fed about drug users for your whole life and considering whether these ideas hold up to compassionate scrutiny and who benefits if you believe them."

#endthedrugwar #stopthedrugwar #classwar #drugs #drug #pharmacy #humanrights #fuckthesystem #eattherich #pharmaceuticals #entheogenic #amphetamine #methamphetamine #capitalism #fascism #health #ego #econotego

https://www.tumblr.com/hater-of-terfs/727073743648735232?source=share

#Cambodia - Drug trafficking on a giant scale: Police seize over 450kg of drugs in ‘Golden Triangle’ bust - Khmer Times

>Police have made another massive drug seizure in Cambodia – confiscating 465kg of #methamphetamine in 2 raids
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501341542/drug-trafficking-on-a-giant-scale-police-seize-over-450kg-of-drugs-in-golden-triangle-bust/ #southeastasia #tootsea

CBP officers at Calexico discover 200 packages of #methamphetamine fully concealed in a pick-up truck. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/calexico-cbp-officers-discover-methamphetamine-hidden-throughout

2023 wurden in #Leipzig bereits 4 #Spätverkauf släden geschlossen, berichtet die #LVZ. In den Spätis, 3 davon in #Reudnitz #Schönefeld, gab es zusätzlich zu den legalen #Drogen #Alkohol und #Nikotin ebenso #Kokain, #Cannabis oder #Methamphetamine #Crystal zu kaufen.

Drogen sind auch in Leipzig überall verfügbar: in Privatwohnungen, Parks, Kokstaxis oder im #Späti.

#Legalisierung #Kreuzbund #Selbsthilfe #Sucht #Abhängigkeit

‘brick and mortar pharmacies in Northern Mexican tourist towns are selling counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine … often passed off as controlled substances such as oxycodone, Percocet and Adderall’ - MedicalXpress https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-counterfeit-pills-laced-fentanyl-mexico.html #uppers #downers #fentanyl #heroin #methamphetamine

Stimulant therapy for ADHD in teens doesn't increase risk of cocaine or methamphetamine use later #methylphenidate #methamphetamine #cocaine https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-07-therapy-adhd-teens-doesnt-cocaine.html

Global News BC: Meth, cocaine found in Kelowna home after Canada Day stabbing https://globalnews.ca/news/9812680/drug-bust-kelowna-stabbing-canada-day/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #canadaDaystabbing #CooplandCrescent #Methamphetamine #RichterStreet #Stabbing #Cocaine #Crime #$33k

Global News BC: Record amount of methamphetamine found in canola oil jugs bound from B.C. to Australia https://globalnews.ca/news/9768269/drug-bust-canola-oil-jugs-bc-australia-cbsa/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CanadaBorderServicesAgency #drugtraffickinginBCports #AustralianFederalPolice #DrugTrafficking #Methamphetamine #CBSAdrugbust #Tsawwassen #Crime #World #CBSA

Global News BC: 140kg of New Zealand-bound meth busted at B.C. port https://globalnews.ca/news/9709590/bc-border-meth-bust-new-zealand/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CanadaBorderServicesAgency #methampetamineexport #methamphetaminebust #Methamphetamine #DrugBust #Crime #Drugs #News #CBSA #Meth

Haines Man Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy
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JUNEAU – A Haines man was sentenced Thursday to 2 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release for drug conspiracy.

According to court documents, Fredrick Daniel Folletti, 63, of Haines, Alaska pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy involving the transportation of 79.67 grams of actual...
https://alaska-native-news.com/haines-man-sentenced-for-drug-conspiracy/67599/
#Fredrick Daniel Folletti #haines #sentencing #methamphetamine #meth

🚨 Methamphetamine users are more likely to suffer from depression, say @UQ_News and @unsw

Learn more about the findings here:https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/methamphetamine-users-are-more-likely-to-suffer-from-depression #Methamphetamine #Depression #MentalHealth #DrugUse

Mexico's Navy spotted 11,520 #tequila bottles filled with liquid #methamphetamine on a dock at the port city of Manzanillo. According to authorities, the total haul was around 10 tons of #meth #BoingBoing

https://boingboing.net/2023/04/25/mexican-navy-intercepts-10000-tequila-bottles-filled-with-liquid-meth.html

Mexico's Navy spotted 11,520 #tequila bottles filled with liquid #methamphetamine on a dock at the port city of Manzanillo. According to authorities, the total haul was around 10 tons of #meth #BoingBoing

https://boingboing.net/2023/04/25/mexican-navy-intercepts-10000-tequila-bottles-filled-with-liquid-meth.html

Fairbanks Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Attempted Drug Distribution and Firearms Possession
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FAIRBANKS - On April 14, 2023, Senior District Judge Ralph R. Beistline of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska sentenced Jason Benjamin O’Bryan, 30, of...
https://alaska-native-news.com/fairbanks-man-sentenced-to-10-years-for-attempted-drug-distribution-and-firearms-possession/67424/
#drugs #methamphetamine #weapons #sentencing #fairbanks #alaska #Jason O'Brian

The U.S. #methamphetamine mortality rate increased fiftyfold between 1999 and 2021. Most of the added deaths involved #heroin or #fentanyl, researchers report. What can be done? http://docc.hk/fxs2kc

Palmer Driver Pulled over for Moving and Equipment Violations that Resulted in Drug Bust
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On Monday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers observed a green Ford Escape with equipment violations also performing moving violations and elected to pull the vehicle over on Green Forest Drive.

During contact, it was found that the driver, identified as 52-year-old Ryan E. Hoeldt of...
https://alaska-native-news.com/67088-2/67088/
#ryan hoeldt #methamphetamine #cocaine #arrest #palmer