Building on increased arrests and seizures, joint drug task force to continue
On Oct. 2, agents with the Columbus-Lowndes joint narcotics task force executed a search warrant on a 10th Avenue South residence and recovered approximately 20 pounds — or $46,000 worth — of marijuana alone.
Hawkins starts sheriff term with personnel changes
Newly-elected Sheriff Eddie Hawkins is settling into his new position at Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office and has already started planning his changes — starting with switching around personnel.
Hawkins: Black market hijacks vaping, makes it more dangerous
Nature abhors a vacuum.
That goes for human nature, too.
During Thursday’s Exchange Club luncheon at Lion Hills Center, Eddie Hawkins of Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics noted the emergence of vaping as a form of recreational drug use has emerged as a public health threat.
Hawkins defeats Wright in Lowndes sheriff runoff
Eddie Hawkins upended Chief Deputy Greg Wright Tuesday in the Republican runoff for Lowndes County sheriff.
Hawkins: America is most addicted society in the world
About 128 people per-day die from opioid overdoses around the country, with 2016 and 2017 seeing more overdose deaths than deaths from both car accidents and gun violence.