Cherokee Nation Sues Drug Firms over Opioid Crisis

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# United States of America, #Health, Drugs, Indigenous rights

Thelawsuit suggests drug companies profited from an opiod crisis it helped manufacture.

In the first lawsuit of its kind, lawyers for the Cherokee nation are filing a lawsuit in tribal court against the nation’s six top drug distributors and pharmacies for flooding communities in Oklahoma with hundreds of millions of highly addictive opioid pain pills.

US Coast Guard Seize 16 Tons of Cocaine Worth over $400M.

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#Canada, #US, Drugs, Foreign-Policy

he maritime operation included the U.S. Coast Guard partnering with Canadian and interagency officials.

U.S. Coast Guard officials conducted a massive drug bust, which spanned over a 26-day period. The find netted 16 tons of cocaine, which has an estimated value of $420 million, officials said at a news conference at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. Fox affiliate WSVN reported that the drugs have a street value of over $1 billion.