Advocate: Kratom ‘should be regulated,’ not illegal
C.M. Haddow knows a Georgia narcotics officer who once entered a convenience store in north Georgia and asked if the store carried kratom, a substance commonly found in convenience stores and which many people use as pain relief medication.
Mississippi toughening up narcotics overdose investigations
In the wake of a national opioid epidemic, Mississippi is toughening its investigations of drug overdose deaths.
MBN agent: Marijuana use more prominent, dangerous today than before
Use of marijuana has increased by 7.5 percent since 2007, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Lt. Eddie Hawkins said.
32 arrested, 1,367 pot plants confiscated
The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics says a six-month campaign against marijuana growers brought 32 arrests and 1,367 confiscated plants.
Major Oktibbeha Co. cocaine ring busted
A major cocaine ring based out of Oktibbeha County has been dismantled, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.
The investigation, called Operation Queen Bee, focused on a group of Starkville-based cocaine distributors who provided narcotics to the northern half of the state.