Swept Away: A drowning man in a flood-soaked city, New Orleans homicide cop Terence McDonagh shakes down the local undergrads, steals drugs from the evidence locker and takes up with a coke-addict hooker .

Crystal meth and crack cocaine are no longer the newest kids on the block when it comes to what drugs are being sold on Chicago's street corners.

When federal officials descended on this small South Carolina town to investigate a kickback scheme that had caught up the mayor and another official, they stumbled across a web of corruption they believe is deeper and more widespread through the county.

Lockport, N.Y. a " A 17-year-old has been charged in the fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian that authorities in western New York say may have been drug-related.Lockport Police Capt.

Detroit Police said they scored big-time this week, nabbing 14 kilos of cocaine in a drug bust from vehicles parked at an 8 Mile Road bar on the city's west side.

A New York sheriff is using money seized from drug dealers to buy drug-testing kits that he will distribute free to parents.Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco says he is providing the free drug test kits to help parents and guardians monitor their children.The kits cost about $1 and test for six different drugs, from marijuana to opiates to ...

The state Medical Examiner's Office has identified the final victims in the southwest Oklahoma City house fire and confirmed that the four victims died of gunshot wounds.

Colombia's police director says the son of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was directly involved in cartel business, even killings, rejecting the denials of a man whose reappearance is creating a sensation in Colombia 16 years after his father's death.

Former Jaguar, Jimmy Smith, has been sentenced to 18 months probation for drug charges.

Phoenix police arrested three Army soldiers after they were pulled over for speeding in a rental car with 680 pounds of marijuana and $10,000 cash inside.

A man and woman who reported to police that robbers stole their marijuana are now facing charges themselves.

State wildlife officials are asking hunters to keep an eye out for any drug-growing operations hidden in remote areas across Wisconsin.

Colorado is gearing up to officially tax and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a move lawmakers say amounts to legal recognition of a growing industry.

Posted on Nov 17, 2009 by admin . Two Iowa City roommates racked up numerous drug charges after a drug raid by police Monday.

A 19-year-old Brownsville man is jailed on a drug charge after he allegedly went door-to-door trying to sell marijuana.

Originally published November 17, 2009 at 3:05 p.m., updated November 17, 2009 at 3:09 p.m. SALT LAKE CITY a ' Authorities say a Salt Lake City woman told them she gave her 9-month-old daughter to a suspected drug dealer because she was homeless, addicted to methamphetamine and unable to care for the girl.

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An admitted member of Chicago's Vice Lords street gang has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possession of a 9-millimeter pistol.

The Oregon State Police seized 10 pounds of marijuana and more than 1,000 tablets of the hallucinogenic drug "2C-B" during a traffic stop near Ashland today.

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has issued a formal opinion saying medical marijuana is subject to state and local taxes.