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Argentina Steps Up Alcohol-Zero Road Checks After Extreme Balcarce Case

Rules vary by province with alcohol zero compulsory on national roads.

Operation Unplugged Nets 101 Arrests in Palm Beach County Drug Crackdown

Family Sues Jefferson County Jail Over Ashley Raisbeck’s Death, Citing Antibiotic Error and Delayed Care

Suspected Drunken Driver Arrested on Vehicular Homicide in Fatal Lakewood Crash

WHO Adds Diagnostic Code as Cannabis Hyperemesis ER Visits Climb

Harris County Deputy Hospitalized After Inhaling Airborne Powder During Atascocita Traffic Stop

WHO Adds Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome to ICD as ER Cases Climb Among Youth

Michigan ER Nurse Gets 2 Years for Fentanyl Tampering

Delhi Police’s Operation Kawach 11.0 Nets 2,000+ Arrests Ahead of MCD Bypolls

Haryana Logs 63,073 Drunk-Driving Challans as Night Toll Checks Tighten Enforcement

Chicago Buildings Inspector Charged With Threatening Illinois Senator Is Ordered Detained

Report Details Cartel Control of Mexico’s Illicit Vape and Tobacco Trade Worth Up to 20 Billion Pesos

Colorado Hospital and Three Doctors to Pay $650,000 in Opioid Prescribing Settlement

Delhi Police Bust Interstate Tramadol Syndicate, Five Arrested in 54,000-Tablet Seizure

Hyderabad, Cyberabad Weekend Drunk-Driving Crackdown Nets 959 Drivers

Police Close Todd Snider Case, Say Injury Likely From Tour Bus Fall

3 Arrested in Warrant-Backed Raid at Las Potrancas Bar in Northwest Harris County

Brown Trial Finds Cannabis Use Cuts Short-Term Alcohol Intake in Controlled Bar Setting

Colorado Anti-Fentanyl Initiative Submits 200,000 Signatures for 2026 Ballot

Russia’s Prosecutors Report 5,500+ Confiscated DUI Offenders’ Vehicles Sent to SVO After 33,000 Seizures