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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador embraces, President Joe Biden and Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following a joint news conference at the North American Leaders Summit, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Mexico City. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

U.S., Canada, Mexico launch new efforts to battle fentanyl

The U.S., Canada and Mexico have pledged enhanced coordination measures to combat the rise of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, which the countries have jointly recognized as the foremost drug threat in North America.

April 14, 2023
Attorney General Merrick Garland arrives to speak at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, April 13, 2023. Garland announced that a Massachusetts Air National Guard member who has emerged as a main person of interest in the disclosure of highly classified military documents on the Ukraine war was taken into custody Thursday by federal agents. FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate follows at right. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Justice announces major fentanyl charges against Mexican cartel leaders

The Justice Department has charged over two dozen members of the Mexico-based Sinaloa cartel, including top leaders, for their alleged roles in the illicit fentanyl supply chain after a lengthy and sprawling investigation into a problem that is killing tens of thousands of Americans and remains a thorn in the White House's side.

April 14, 2023
The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. Montana lawmakers were expected to take a big step forward Thursday, April 13, 2023 on a bill to ban TikTok from operating in the state. It's a move that’s bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Montana lawmakers pass first-in-nation ban on TikTok

The Montana Legislature has passed a bill that prohibits the download or use of TikTok within its borders as of 2024, clearing the way for Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte to sign the first-of-its-kind ban in a test case for efforts to outlaw the app across the nation.

April 14, 2023
A patient prepares to take the first of two pills for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Some abortion clinics are fielding lots of calls from patients since a Friday, April 7, 2023 court ruling threatened the availability of a main drug used in medication abortion, mifepristone. Patients are concerned about whether they can still get the care they need. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Drugmakers urge appeals court to stay Texas ruling on abortion pill

Dozens of drugmakers and pharmaceutical executives are urging a federal appeals court to stay a ruling that invalidated the two-decades-old approval of an abortion drug, saying a Texas judge allowed personal conclusions and cherry-picked anecdotes to supplant scientific reasoning.

April 12, 2023
Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, walks at the White House on Nov. 18, 2021, in Washington. Gupta announced Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, that states would be encouraged to submit proposals for how to use money from Medicaid funds to combat addiction and other medical services for people at state jails and prisons in an effort to help some of those most at risk of dying in the nation's overdose epidemic. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

White House designates ‘tranq’-fentanyl combo an emerging drug threat

The White House drug czar told Congress on Wednesday that he is designating the combination of fentanyl and "tranq" as an emerging threat, underscoring the level of alarm around a vicious drug mixture that causes skin abscesses and amputations and is worsening the deadly overdose crisis.

April 12, 2023