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Friday, March 4, 2022 |
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Tourists Evacuated: Drugged-out Homeless Zombies Torch Hotel After DLNR Cuts Security
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 3625 Views :: Homelessness, Tourism, Drugs
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"...An interim security contract at the property lapsed at the end of December 2021. DLNR continues to explore cost-effective options for further securing the property...." -- DLNR
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022 |
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DoH Revises Admin Rules for Marijuana and Hemp
By News Release @ 11:02 PM :: 2728 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Drugs
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... As of January 31, 2022, a statewide total of 33,951 in-state patients and 2,748 caregivers were registered statewide. The primary reported condition for registered adult patients is 'severe pain'. The primary reported conditions for children under 18 years of age are 'seizures' and 'severe pain' ....
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022 |
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Cocaine News: Heidi Tsuneyoshi declares candidacy for Governor--as Republican
By News Release @ 7:00 PM :: 6441 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Office of Elections, Politicians, Drugs
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... Heidi's husband, Chad Tsuneyoshi, is a federal ex-con convicted for his part in a 1000kg cocaine ring ....
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 |
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Maui Fentanyl Dealer Gets 15 Years
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 3038 Views :: Maui County, Drugs
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... the four lbs of fentanyl was being transported to Dayton, Ohio on December 10, 2014 by a drug trafficking organization operating on Maui and in Northern California ....
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Saturday, January 22, 2022 |
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Thursday, December 16, 2021 |
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Fatal Drug Overdoses on the Rise in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:23 AM :: 2332 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Drugs
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... There were an estimated 268 fatal overdoses in Hawaii over the 12 months ending in April 2021, compared to 252 over the same period the year prior ....
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Tuesday, November 2, 2021 |
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Honolulu Council Employee Guilty of Smuggling Heroin
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 3507 Views :: Honolulu County, Drugs
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... Arlene-Anela Kekoolani, 30, of Honolulu, Hawaii, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin ....
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Friday, October 8, 2021 |
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Fentanyl: 21-Time Loser Faces Federal Justice
By News Release @ 5:23 PM :: 2349 Views :: Drugs
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... Indictment Returned After Investigation Involving Seizure of 16.4 Kilograms of Methamphetamine, 3.14 Kilograms of Pills Containing Fentanyl, $400,000 in Cash ....
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Friday, October 8, 2021 |
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18 years for 26 lbs of Meth: Federal Sentence for Former Hokulea Crew Member
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 2175 Views :: Drugs
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... Judge Otake described Kapoi’s conduct as “injecting poison” into communities that lack the resources to deal with methamphetamine addictions ....
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Monday, September 20, 2021 |
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Life Sentence? State Releases Criminal to his Mommy -- then Feds Take Over
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 3355 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... In 2020 Wilson was already out on the street after his 2019 sentencing to '10 years' in the State case ....
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Sunday, July 18, 2021 |
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Miske News: Union Boss Gets Greedy -- Almost Pays Price in Blood
By Andrew Walden @ 7:44 PM :: 7982 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Akau said the problem involved hiring for jobs on the docks, and that removing Victim 12 “would help the flow of jobs onto the docks.”…
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Saturday, July 10, 2021 |
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Hawaii Joins Opioid Resolution against Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma
By News Release @ 8:55 PM :: 2145 Views :: Drugs
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... Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers must make public more than 30 million documents, including attorney-client privileged communications about the original FDA approval of OxyContin and the tactics used to promote opioids ....
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Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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Kauai Drug Treatment Center to be Deeded to HHSC
By News Release @ 6:18 PM :: 3371 Views :: Kauai County, OHA, Drugs
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... 29 years after Iniki, will Kauai finally get a youth drug treatment center? ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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Alm: Myeni Encountered Police at Kewalo Basin 30 Minutes Before Shooting
By Video @ 12:51 AM :: 4412 Views :: Honolulu County, Police, Drugs
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... Alm added that Myeni, who did have marijuana in his system...also had an odd encounter with officers just 30 minutes before going to Nuuanu, when he approached police at Kewalo Basin as they took a statement from someone reporting a car theft. Alm said Myeni started questioning the victim himself ….
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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Sixty Defendants Charged in Nationwide Takedown of Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Network
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 3383 Views :: Drugs
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... As of today, 44 of the 60 defendants are either in federal or state custody, and the search continues for 16 defendants ....
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Friday, June 18, 2021 |
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Kailua man receives over 24 years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering
By News Release @ 4:31 AM :: 2910 Views :: Drugs
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... Wilcox utilized his Kailua clothing company, “Armed and Dangerous,” as a front business to launder cash drug proceeds ....
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021 |
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DoH Revokes License of Maui Weed Dealer
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 3075 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Drugs
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... The NOVO was issued due to the licensee’s ongoing failure to submit annual independent financial audits ....
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Squatters Take Over Uncle Billy's Hotel
By Video @ 1:10 AM :: 4437 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness, Tourism, Drugs
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... Akamai readers will remember this is exactly what happened to the old Hilo Hotel on Kinoole St during the 1990s depression ....
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Sunday, April 25, 2021 |
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Mehau in Majuro – How the US Meth Epidemic Began
By Andrew Walden @ 10:02 PM :: 12869 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History, Drugs
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... “We’re not proud of it. But crystal methamphetamine is our gift to the nation. It started here.” -- Judge and Former US Attorney Ed Kubo ....
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Sunday, March 28, 2021 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:34 AM :: 3618 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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... Bullet Dodged on Problematic Bills ....
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Saturday, March 13, 2021 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:01 PM :: 3509 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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... abortion, drugs, suicide ....
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Monday, March 8, 2021 |
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Cannabis Production on Oahu -- Dirtiest in the USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 PM :: 4136 Views :: Energy, Environment, Drugs
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... eastern O'ahu has the highest emissions, at 324 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per ounce. That’s roughly equivalent to burning 16 gallons of gasoline....
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Thursday, March 4, 2021 |
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Hawaii Gives 1.18 million syringes to drug addicts
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 2892 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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... And provided overdose prevention training and nasal naloxone to over 1,000 drug addicts ....
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Saturday, February 20, 2021 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 5:10 PM :: 4281 Views :: Gambling, Life, Drugs
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... drugs, gambling, abortion ....
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Friday, February 5, 2021 |
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Feds link Bay Area man to California/Hawaii coke smuggling ring, illegal gambling hall
By News Release @ 12:47 PM :: 9011 Views :: Ethics, Police, Drugs
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"... Lee said she and Officer Chu have been growing marijuana ever since her husband left her ...."
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Sunday, January 24, 2021 |
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Legislature Begins Session with Drugs and Suicide
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 8:59 PM :: 3621 Views :: Health Care, Life, Drugs
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... Bill Tracking at the Legislature Begins ....
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Friday, January 15, 2021 |
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Meth Trafficking: Former Mayor of Yona, Guam Sentenced to Prison for Extortion
By News Release @ 8:20 PM :: 3263 Views :: Ethics, Drugs
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... bribes from a drug trafficker to obtain United States Postal Service cluster box units ....
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Sunday, November 15, 2020 |
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020 |
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Feds Bust DoH Lab Tech--Allegedly Making LSD During COVID outbreak
By Andrew Walden @ 1:02 AM :: 6723 Views :: Military, Drugs, COVID-19
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...“You would think that employees at the state disease outbreak control center would be too busy these days for such extracurricular activities,” Dan Grazier, an ex-Marine Corps officer who now works for the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight, told The Daily Beast....
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 |
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HB1819: Legislature passes bill to legalize industrial hemp
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 4675 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Drugs
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...Another hemp bill, Senate Bill 1353, was vetoed by Governor Ige last year, after he expressed concerns that it was unenforceable. This year’s version was worked on directly with the Governor's administration to ensure its enactment....
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Friday, June 5, 2020 |
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UPW Prison Guard Busted Allegedly Smuggling Meth into OCCC
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 5675 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...the UPW still has not agreed to allow all guards to be searched for contraband....
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020 |
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Cocaine: Another Tsuneyoshi Running for Honolulu Council
By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 9553 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians, Drugs
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...Convicted cocaine dealer and MMA fight promoter Chad Tsuneyoshi may not be satisfied with just having his wife on the Honolulu Council....
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Friday, February 28, 2020 |
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Feds: Kauai Councilman is Meth Kingpin for Samoan Prison Gang
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 9070 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Politicians, Drugs
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...Sitting Kauai County Councilmember and Eleven Others Charged with Participation in a Drug Trafficking Organization....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Vaping and Tobacco Harm Reduction in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:22 PM :: 4067 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Analysis of the vaping industry in Hawaii, including economic data, state health department findings on vaping-related lung illnesses, youth e-cigarette use, tobacco retail compliance checks, and state funding dedicated to tobacco control programs....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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Study: 25% of CFS Clients Victims of Sex Trafficking
By News Release @ 10:07 PM :: 5477 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...The six-page survey was administered over the course of three months to 363 individuals seeking help by trained social workers or support staff of Child & Family Service....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Fireworks Prove Honolulu Port Security Lacking
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 9:38 PM :: 4200 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...“New Year’s Eve was just one of many indications that the inspection process is lacking, which is how illegal goods are coming into the state through our ports. We have seen an increase in gun violence, drug addiction is an epidemic and we are at high-risk for suffering from toxic substances and agricultural invasive species that can hurt our environment,” said Councilmember Pine....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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Eliminating Barriers to the Treatment of Mental Illness -- HRS Evaluated Law by Law
By News Release @ 11:57 AM :: 4443 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...In 2019, Hawaii's legislature expressly re-incorporated failure to obtain needed treatment for mental illness to prevent serious physical debilitation or disease into its definition of 'dangerous to self.' ....
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020 |
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Family of Murdered Woman Demands Action Against Homeless Criminal Camp Near Whitmore Village
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 6763 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture, Homelessness, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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"...ADC acknowledged that there is some criminal activity going on but said they did not want to send sheriffs there and clear it out because criminals would just come back...."
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 |
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DoH Orders Shutdown of Unlicensed Drug Treatment Centers
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 4776 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Drugs
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...Pacific Quest Corp operating two illegal special treatment facilities or therapeutic living programs....
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Wednesday, January 8, 2020 |
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Hawaii Attorney General Approves Asset Forfeiture Rules
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 3836 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...the administrative asset forfeiture rules will become effective on January 17, 2020....
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Friday, November 15, 2019 |
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DoH: Marijuana Behind Most Vaping Illness
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 4101 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...FDA and state health laboratories have detected vitamin E acetate (a synthetic form of vitamin E) in a sample of vaping fluids also containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active compound in marijuana....
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Thursday, November 14, 2019 |
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LEAD: Homeless Law Enforcement Program Spreads to Big Island
By News Release @ 5:29 PM :: 4009 Views :: Homelessness, Drugs
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... The Big Island Substance Abuse Council (BISAC) will operate the pilot project ....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 |
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Monday, October 7, 2019 |
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DoH public health advisory urging everyone to stop vaping
By News Release @ 6:02 PM :: 4219 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...If you are an adult using vaping devices to kick a cigarette habit, do not return to smoking cigarettes....
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019 |
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Feds Charge 15 in Hawaii Gambling Bust
By News Release @ 1:59 AM :: 6263 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...These cases are being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security (Homeland Security Investigations), Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program (HIDTA), U.S. Marshals Service Hawaii Fugitive Task Force, and the Honolulu Police Department....
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Thursday, August 15, 2019 |
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Ebbtide Waikiki: Fullard-Leo Family Fights Pimps for Control of Hotel (literally)
By Andrew Walden @ 6:16 PM :: 14533 Views :: Development, Law Enforcement, Police, Tourism, Drugs
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...a July 22, 2019 'melee' between members of the Fullard-Leo family and 20 pimps and drug dealers....
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Thursday, June 27, 2019 |
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Meth Bust Nets Retired Guam Police Officer
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 6735 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...John Topasna Mantanona aka 'Boom' was arrested today, June 26, 2019, and charged with obstructing justice by endeavoring to influence a juror and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine hydrochloride....
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