The Border Patrol does not keep data on juvenile drug runners caught trying to sneak into Arizona. Customs and Border Protection records show 130 minors were caught attempting to bring drugs through entry ports from Sonora into Arizona during fiscal 2009, an 83% increase over the previous year. Teresa Small, a Customs and Border Protection…

The painstakingly engraved statue was painted gold with green stripes on the base to match the real trophy. It was bound, along with several team jerseys packed in the box, for an address in Madrid when it was intercepted in a warehouse inside the airport. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/07/05/2010-07-05_colombian_police_seize_world_cup_replica_trophy_made_entirely_of_cocaine.html#ixzz0suf5Zp7G

The synthetic marijuana is legal in most parts of Texas and the United States. But alarmed by its growing use and easy availability, states and local governments are now scrambling to take “fake weed” off the streets. “We’re drafting a bill as we speak,” said State Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano. “From Allen to Richardson and…

“[Sen.] Jon Kyl and I invite the President to come to the Arizona Sonora border. The violence is incredibly high,” McCain said. “The human smuggling and drug cartels are at a level of violence where 23,000 Mexican citizens have been murdered in the last few years. … There is a level of violence which has…

INDIANAPOLIS — Some are questioning a new policy requiring those on probation to bare all during mandatory drug tests. Both men and women will now be required to lower their pants below their knees and lift their shirts to ensure they are not attempting to falsify a urine test. Skirting drug tests has become a…

Officials, doctors and participants acknowledge that Ecstasy use is increasing and particularly widespread during events such as raves. Officials said use of the hallucinogen and stimulant was widespread among the scores of partygoers taken by ambulance to emergency rooms from the Electric Daisy Carnival, which was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and surrounding…

Former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell was arrested Monday at his home in Mobile, Ala., for possession of a controlled substance. The arrest for possession of codeine syrup came as part of an undercover investigation, Mobile County Sheriff Office spokeswoman Lori Myles told the (Mobile) Press-Register. http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_15446430

Authorities in Ecuador say they have captured the first true submarine designed and built to smuggle drugs. “Semi-submersible” vessels have long been built for the narcotics trade, but it appears that the drug runners have now upped their game to make vessels able to travel completely underwater. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/06/true_sub_captured_from_drug_smugglers/

In 2009, the four most lethal drugs in Florida were heroin, Methadone, Oxycodone and fentanyl, according to a report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.The Florida Medical Examiners Commission Report on Drugs Identified in Decreased Persons was released Wednesday by FDLE. The most frequently occurring drugs found in 2009 were ethyl alcohol, at 4,4046;…

While drug-related deaths across Florida rose an alarming 20 percent last year over 2008, South Florida saw a notable decrease in two key areas of substance abuse: cocaine and heroin. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/01/1709624/experts-fear-new-wave-of-addiction.html#ixzz0sSchGzoh