Kratom Sold as ‘Energy Shots’ Raises Alarm Over Teen Use on Gulf Coast
The Drug Education Council warns that kratom, an addictive drug banned in Alabama, is being sold as energy shots and used increasingly by Mobile and Baldwin County teens.
Three Chickasaw High Students Hospitalized After Eating THC Gummies
Three Chickasaw High School students were taken to a hospital ahead of a Friday football game after eating THC-infused gummies, according to Chickasaw police. All three students have since been…
Chickasaw Police: Student Who Collapsed at High School Did Not Overdose on Fentanyl
A Chickasaw High School student who collapsed in class did not overdose on fentanyl, according to Chickasaw police, who walked back an earlier suspicion that a pill containing the drug…
Mobile Officials Sound Alarm on Dangerous Batch of Spice After Deaths, Interstate Seizure
Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran and Mobile Police Chief James Barber warned residents about a dangerous batch of spice linked to two deaths, hours after deputies seized 489 packages of…
Mobile County Lands $450,000 Federal Grant to Fight Methamphetamine
The U.S. Justice Department awarded the Mobile County Commission $450,000 through the COPS meth program, money Sheriff Sam Cochran said would fund an awareness campaign, data analysis and enforcement over…