NPR: How the Chinese mafia came to control much of the illicit marijuana trade in the U.S. (LINK)
CBS News: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador talks immigration, cartels, fentanyl crisis (LINK)
The Washington Post: After voting to legalize weed, Marylanders are mixed on impact, poll finds (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED FOR LINK) (LINK FOR POLL)
North Carolina considers regulating ‘gas station heroin’ as FDA warns consumers about dangers (LINK)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 14% of Southern 12th-graders say they use Delta-8 THC; 30% use marijuana (LINK)
The Seattle Times: Fentanyl crisis descends on jail in a small WA town short on treatment (LINK)
CBS News: U.K. cracks down on synthetic opioid 10 times stronger than fentanyl causing overdoses in Europe (LINK)
‘The hallucinations are horrific:’ Jacksonville Poison Control seeing more Delta-8 related calls (LINK)
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA): Latest wastewater data from 88 European cities reveal cocaine detections on the rise (LINK)
Kratom supplements, sold legally, can pose addiction risks (LINK)
'Gas station heroin': Colorado man in recovery urges Congress, state lawmakers to ban tianeptine (LINK)
