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Olympic Snowboarder Turned Drug Lord Is Now Wanted Internationally

Ryan Wedding’s story starts as an Olympian, but ends as a wanted fugitive. When found, he faces life in prison—the price of a wasted life. 

DRUGS

Drug Trafficker Used Social Media to Ensnare Youth in His Crimes

Now sentenced to a decade in prison, this Washington man used Snapchat to recruit young drug couriers, showing off his luxurious lifestyle—one built on human misery.

DRUGS

Europe Flooded by Ecuadorian Cocaine Through Unlikely Albanian Connection

More than $12 billion in cocaine is flooding Europe through an alliance between South American gangs and an Albanian criminal network.

DRUGS

Fish Hooked on Drugs Bodes Ill for Humans

“Red-flag” study shows fentanyl and other drugs are making their way into our water and the creatures that use it… including us. 

DRUGS

Darknet Drug Gang Selling Heroin Online—Delivered in Stuffed Animals—Receive Prison Sentences

Part of an epidemic of online drug sales, the “rickandmortyshop” brought death by mail. Now the leader is in federal prison for eight years—but it’s a drop in the bucket.

DRUG PREVENTION

From Addict to Advocate, He’s Fighting Drugs and Drug Crime in Italy as Part of Foundation for a Drug-Free World

Nearly dead from drugs at 19, Oreste Depaoli took a new path, and is saving lives and cleaning up communities from the endless misery of drugs. 

MENTAL HEALTH

New Boston Study Reveals ADHD Drugs Can Cause Psychosis. We Already Knew That.

While ADHD prescriptions have shot up 30 percent for adults ages 20 to 39, it’s just been demonstrated that amphetamine use increases the risk of psychosis by up to five times.