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Brian Finucane, senior adviser for the U.S. program at the International Crisis Group, joins "The Daily Report" to analyze the Trump administration's deadly campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats.
Agostino Abbatiello, one of the fraternity members accused of running a massive cocaine trafficking operation at Penn State University, has been released on bail. CBS News' Lana Zak has more.
Actress Emaa Hussen, who played alongside Jason Statham in "Redemption," is accused of trying to smuggle 700 pounds of methamphetamine into Australia.
The Trump administration has designated the Cartel de los Soles a terrorist organization, but some say the Venezuelan entity is "not a group" at all.
Madisonville, Kentucky is the type of small rural town where people still say "good morning" to each other on the street. But as Morley Safer reports, even middle-class Madisonville has fallen prey to drug addiction, a scourge no longer confined to the nation's big cities and suburbs.
Nearly 17 pounds total of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine were found in the car. More than 1,610 pounds of illegal drugs were seized in the region last week, according to Customs and Border Protection.
Federal law enforcement officials are cracking down on pill presses, which drug traffickers can purchase online and use to pump out thousands of fentanyl pills an hour. Nicole Sganga takes an inside look at the efforts to seize these machines and prevent their sale.
The number of overdose deaths in the U.S. has nearly doubled in the last four years to more than 112,000 in 2023. Carter Evans takes an in-depth look at how a new task force in Los Angeles is holding dealers accountable.
CBS News' Adam Yamaguchi tours the streets of Portland, Oregon, to see firsthand the effects of drug decriminalization. The measure is having a positive effect for some, but it is facing public backlash.
There was more than a 1,600% increase in accidental fentanyl overdose deaths since 2016 in Los Angeles County, according to a new report by the county's Department of Public Health. Dr. Gary Tsai, the director of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control division of the department, joins CBS News with insight on the new report.
Customs and Border Protection officials said more than 3,000 lbs of methamphetamine and cocaine were found hidden in bins of jalapeño paste in a tractor-trailer at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case over a settlement for victims of the opioid crisis. Approving the settlement would mean shielding the Sackler family, the former owners of Purdue Pharma, from future lawsuits. Jan Crawford reports.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized thousands of pounds of fentanyl and its chemical precursors. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga was given a rare, up-close look at the fight against synthetic opioids.
In an unmarked building at an undisclosed location in California, hidden in a vault and locked behind security gates, are thousands of pounds of fentanyl and its chemical precursors seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. Nicole Sganga has more.
The drugs were shipped from Ecuador via Panama to Rotterdam and are worth around $660 million, Rotterdam's public prosecutor's office said in a news statement.
The largest-ever Colombian "narco sub" was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean, with 3 tons of cocaine found on board, authorities say.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is using a new method in its fight against fentanyl by targeting the entire trafficking network. Nancy Cordes has details.
The nonprofit aims to get people convicted of nonviolent cannabis offenses out of prison.
Three sons of former drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán were among 28 people charged in a federal fentanyl trafficking investigation Friday.
The DEA has been calling on the Chinese government to crack down on supply chain networks producing precursor chemicals.
Last week a federal jury convicted 49-year-old Jeffrey Young for illegally prescribing opioids, including oxycodone and fentanyl, from his medical practice Preventagenix in Jackson.
In the 12-month period ending in Oct. 2022, the United States recorded 101,750 overdose deaths, primarily from opioids.
GOP lawmakers have incorrectly blamed the spike in fentanyl overdoses on migrants, whom they blame for bringing the drugs across the border.
Authorities in Georgia, West Virginia and New York said the charges included crimes such as fentanyl trafficking, gun trafficking and more.
Prosecutors allege that Goran Gogic and others used "meticulous planning" to transport cocaine from Colombia to Europe through U.S. ports.
