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Like any other business, the narcotics trade it requires a distribution infrastructure — Memphis has a good one, says the Memphis Commercial Appeal. It requires suppliers. Today, most drugs that arrive in Memphis come through Mexico, though they may originate in places like Colombia, law-enforcement officials say. http://thecrimereport.org/2010/06/26/how-mexican-drug-cartel-operations-lead-to-deaths-in-memphis/

The new users of heroin: affluent suburban teens and young adults who snort or sniff the highly addictive drug. Once stigmatized because of its junkie connotation, many believe it has proliferated because it no longer needs to be injected. Users eventually may turn to injection as their tolerance level increases their need. http://www.examiner.com/x-32509-Chicago-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2010m6d28-Chicago-leads-in-heroinrelated-ER-visits–A-growing-teen-epidemic

Mexican police say they have captured a top figure in Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa drug cartel. http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/americas/Mexico-Arrests-Top-Drug-Figure-97221354.html

On July 1 a substance commonly known as “spice” will become illegal in the state of Alabama, stopping sales of what local law enforcement consider a dangerous substitute for marijuana. http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/8030860/article-Wicked-weed-or-teapot-tempest-?instance=home_lead_story

(Reuters) – Police in an Arizona border city are on heightened alert after receiving a warning from a Mexican drug cartel that officers may be targeted if they carry out off-duty drug busts, authorities said on Tuesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65M0IF20100623?type=domesticNews

Kingston, Jamaica (CNN) — Christopher “Dudus” Coke, the alleged Jamaican drug kingpin, will be extradited to the United States, a quiet formality that followed a dramatic eruption of street violence in the capital of Kingston. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/24/jamaica.coke.extradition/?hpt=T2&fbid=895jIfooHiv

Methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin may be America’s most addictive and destructive drugs, but marijuana is the most dangerous illegal drug in our nation. The reasons for this conclusion are many. First is that marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in America. Almost 2 million persons began using marijuana last year in the United…

Law Enforcement officials claim by the time a child reaches the 5th grade, there is a significantly high chance they have either seen, been pressured or heard about drugs. The Auburn Police Department and officials with Drug Abuse Resistance Education or DARE say education about drugs in this time of life is crucial. http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=12692917

WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) — Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is proposing that recipients of government assistance like welfare and unemployment be required to pass a drug test before getting the money. http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=102814&catid=158