Authorities seized $1 million worth of heroin from an arriving traveler at Newark Liberty International Airport. via WINS-AM New York

"This is probably one of the most potent hallucinogens known"

Brain-imaging studies performed in animals at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory provide researchers with clues about why an increasingly popular recreational drug that causes ... via Medical News

- The fight to keep the doors open at Canada's only safe injection site heads to the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver Monday.

The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users and the Portland Hotel Society, which manages the site, say the 10-day trial will challenge the federal minister of health's ability to close the facility, known as Insite.

It has been operating under a special government exemption of the Narcotics Control Act for over four years but federal officials have repeatedly refused to make that exemption permanent. Read more

Eight alleged members of a methamphetamine drug trafficking ring are arrested following several months of investigation from the Larimer County Drug Task Force. via TheDenverChannel

A prison guard is behind bars after being charged with five felonies, including having sex with an inmate and trying to sell marijuana to work. via WJXX

The attorney for convicted killer Joseph Duncan is in some legal trouble of his own. via KTVB Boise

"While many parts of the nation are seeing declines in meth production, trafficking and use, American Indian and Alaska native communities are being preyed upon by criminals behind this horrific drug trade"

An ad campaign has been launched in hopes of raising awareness and curbing the use of methamphetamine in American Indian communities across the U.S. The National Congress of American Indians, the Partnership ... via Canadian Online Health News

Nineteen Verona High School students have been suspended for drinking and smoking pot during a trip to Costa Rica. via WAOW

The mother of a British teenager found raped and murdered on a beach in Goa is returning to India to find out why her daughter's internal organs were taken. via IcNorthWales

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that Attorney General Marc Dann's office fired a special agent over allegations that the agent demanded sex from a fellow member of a narcotics task force. via WKEF