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Cyberattack Disrupts Intoxalock Ignition-Interlock Network, Stranding Drivers in Dozens of States

The company reports a March 14 intrusion with no recovery timeline.

Michigan House Passes Bill to Ban Kratom, Sending Measure to Senate

Boston Tightens Security for South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade

California Reports 95% Compliance as Kratom, 7‑OH Ban Yields $5 Million in Seizures

UM Shuttle Driver Charged With DUI After Students Halt Erratic Ride

High Courts Split on Codeine Cough Syrup Cases as Calcutta Grants Bail and Allahabad Refuses

Soria School-Bus Driver Probed After Testing Four Times Over Limit With 49 Children on Board

WA Moves to Toughen Tobacco Laws With Multi‑Million‑Dollar Fines and 90‑Day Shop Closures

Barcelona Enforces Tougher Civility Rules With On-the-Spot Fines as Madrid Steps Up Anti-Dumping Patrols

Provinces Step Up Holiday Road Checks as High BAC Violations Lead to Vehicle Retentions

France Extends Nitrous Oxide Bans as Seizures Mount, Prevention Drives Expand

Salta Lawmakers Move To Lift Zero‑Tolerance Driving Alcohol Rule to 0.5 g/L

Super Bowl LX Prompts Game-Night Safety Blitz With Extra Patrols, DUI Checks and Boston Crowd Controls

Mexico Supreme Court Grants Amparo in 14‑Gram Cannabis Case

Coroner: 14-Hour Ambulance Wait Likely Cost 39-Year-Old Her Life

UK Raids Net 1.3m Illegal Cigarettes in West Yorkshire as Nationwide Crackdown Expands

Tucumán and Mendoza Push Surprise Drug Tests for Officials as Salta Enforces Provincewide Mandate

Police Dismantle 800-Square-Meter Underground Cannabis Farm Beneath Poultry Facility in Torrijos

Over 690 Booked in Hyderabad and Cyberabad Drunk-Driving Crackdown

Macron Orders Sweeping Customs Offensive and Airport Raids in New Anti‑Trafficking Drive