Tag: Schedule I drugs

Super Potent Opioid ‘Iso’ Hits D.C. Amid Surging Overdose Deaths

May 13, 2022

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Gaspard Le Dem

in Outlaw Report, Politics, Washington, D.C.

Federal authorities are warning a new drug as potent as fentanyl — a synthetic opioid partly responsible for a nationwide surge in fatal overdoses — is now circulating in the D.C. region. Per a Wednesday report by FOX 5, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it discovered isotonitazene — known as “Iso” or “Toni”…
Virginia House Committee Shelves Bill To ‘Defelonize’ Drug Possession

Jan 25, 2022

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Gaspard Le Dem

in Criminal Justice, Outlaw Report, Politics, Virginia

Lawmakers in Virginia’s House of Delegates unceremoniously shelved a bill on Friday that would have reduced criminal penalties for the possession of drugs. In a 6-2 vote, the House’s Courts of Justice Subcommittee #1 approved a motion for HB 612 to be “laid on the table” – meaning the measure is now unlikely to be…