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Kansas City woman pleads guilty to selling heroin that led to overdose
Published On: 06-05-2018 in Category: Drug Addiction, heroin
A woman of Kansas City who was arrested in 2016 has pleaded guilty to selling heroin that led to her customer’s near-fatal drug overdose. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister, Loretta Gilliard, 34, will serve seven years in prison as part of a plea deal. Gilliard was arrested after a customer overdosed on heroin in […]
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New Missouri bill may criminalize addiction in pregnant women
Published On: 03-02-2018 in Category: drug abuse
A new bill in Missouri has proposed to make it a crime if a pregnant woman uses addictive drugs or controlled substances without a prescription. Sponsored by Nixa Republican Jered Taylor, the legislation would pronounce it a crime to put the welfare of a child in danger by willfully injecting, ingesting, consuming or inhaling any […]
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St Louis man to take his fight to legalize cannabis to Missouri Supreme Court
Published On: 11-10-2017 in Category: Marijuana
A 54-year-old St. Louis man is set to take his battle to legalize marijuana to the Supreme Court of Missouri around mid-November 2017. Mark Shanklin claimed that the 2014 “right-to-farm” amendment to the Missouri Constitution permitted him to engage in marijuana cultivation in his Carondelet neighborhood home. In October 2016, St. Louis Circuit Judge Robert […]
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Missouri State Highway Patrol seizes 100 pounds of marijuana
Published On: 08-04-2017 in Category: drug bust, Drug-trafficking crime, Marijuana
The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) officers on June 30, 2017, seized over 100 pounds of marijuana from a vehicle during a traffic stop in Platte County after detecting the odor of cannabis that was emanating from the vehicle. A proper search of the vehicle led to the discovery of dozens of bags of weed […]
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Lack of funding for DUI checkpoints in Kansas City raises concerns
Published On: 06-02-2017 in Category: addiction, drug abuse
The fight against impaired driving has been hit hard in Kansas City due to the absence of funds after the Missouri state legislature voted to cut off funding from the initiative of organizing routine DUI checkpoints. The DUI checkpoints planned by the police across the city in May have been canceled until the fiscal year […]
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Man arrested in Kansas City for carrying heroin in women’s shoes
Published On: 03-10-2017 in Category: drug bust, drug trafficking, heroin
Illegal drugs comprise a huge global market attracting a wide range of criminal organizations engaged in the cultivation, manufacture, distribution or sales of illicit substances. In countries such as the United States, where a strong emphasis is laid on tightening the law to curb illegal drug trade, still, many drug cartels manage to get drugs […]
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Kansas City couple and 16 others arrested in heroin ring bust
Published On: 01-24-2017 in Category: drug bust, drug trafficking, heroin, Marijuana, methamphetamine
The unique geographic location of Kansas City, near center of the United States, makes it a significant transshipment hub for illegal drugs and drug proceeds to and from the major drug markets in the West, Midwest and the East. Recently, in mid-December 2016, a U.S. District Court in Kansas City charged 18 people of conspiring […]
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President Obama reduces sentences of two Kansas City area men
Published On: 12-26-2016 in Category: Crack cocaine, drug trafficking, Drug-trafficking crime
Strategically located at the intersection of the I-29, I-35 and I-70, some of the busiest highways in America, Kansas City area is a significant transshipment hub for the narcotics trafficking industry. Crack cocaine is the most abused drug in the inner zones of Kansas City, whereas, methamphetamine is widely popular in the outer zones. Though […]
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Carfentanil is on its way to Kansas City
Published On: 11-25-2016 in Category: addiction, drug abuse, heroin
Carfentanil is the most potent commercial opioid in the world, as per the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The deadly drug which has been responsible for a spate of overdoses in Ohio recently is now heading toward Kansas City, said the DEA. Lately, Ohio has witnessed a surge in the number of overdose-related emergency room […]
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Kansas City man caught throwing cocaine out of his car window
Published On: 11-04-2016 in Category: addiction, cocaine, drug abuse, drug trafficking
Addiction to drugs not only makes a person desperate but can lead to incarceration, just as Galen Potts from Kansas City discovered the hard way. In early September, this year, Potts, 38, found himself in jail after he was caught red-handed while throwing cocaine out of his car window. In a desperate attempt to rid […]
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