There aren't a lot of concrete answers as to why marijuana transactions are deadlier, but there are theories. The morning Kim Ambers turned 50, her oldest son, Richard Ambers, called to wish her a happy birthday. I love you, he told her. It was a tradition for the Ambers family members to see one another on birthdays, but Kim Ambers' celebration would have to wait. Richard was working and had a Halloween party afterward. The whole family would go out for breakfast the next day, on Oct. 29, 2016. [continues 1106 words]
The Minnesota Department of Health issued an alert Tuesday that heroin possibly mixed with a drug used to treat horses may have reached Minnesota. Local health experts suspect a man treated Sunday at a Twin Cities hospital used heroin cut with clenbuterol, a veterinary drug used to treat respiratory problems in horses. The drug causes long-lasting heart palpitations in humans. The incident in Minnesota echoes other such incidents reported across the country. The man admitted to snorting heroin and then experiencing a "rapid, pounding heart beat" that wouldn't subside, said Dr. David Roberts, medical director of the Hennepin Regional Poison Center. [continues 535 words]
The Former St. Paul Officer Turned Himself In After Minneapolis Police Seized About 22 Pounds Of Cocaine And 8 Pounds Of Methamphetamine Retired St. Paul police officer Clemmie H. Tucker turned himself in to Minneapolis police Wednesday afternoon in a drug case involving $4 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine. "There's nothing to compare it to," Capt. Rich Stanek said about the size of the seizure. "This is one of the largest, if not the largest," narcotics seizure for Minneapolis police. [continues 570 words]
Law-enforcement Agents Seize Records, Computers And Smoking Accessories. An undisclosed amount of merchandise, financial records and four computers were taken from a local hemp store and the owner's Iowa City home during a search by approximately 40 officers from the Drug Enforcement Agency Sunday. Hemp Cat owner Adam Engelby said the DEA served him with two search warrants early Sunday, one for his home and another for his business, which is located at 114 1/2 E. College St. [continues 399 words]
