NEW: A study found that overdoses double in communities after cops seize illicit opioids, providing the first empirical evidence that drug busts are associated with a spike in ODs. This is significant. Let’s unpack. vice.com/en/article/7kx… The CDC-funded study, published in American Journal of Public Health, looked at seizures of opioids and stimulants in Indianapolis. It showed that fatal overdoses doubled in the week after an opioid seizure w/in a short walk of where the bust took place.

new: a 15-year-old girl has been charged with homicide as an adult for allegedly selling fentanyl that led to another teen's overdose. the girl told police she's addicted to Percocets and was selling drugs to pay a drug debt vice.com/en/article/wxn… we're not naming the girl, but her name and image are now public, though her lawyer is hoping to have her case tried as a juvenile. In Wisconsin, children as young as 10 who are accused of homicide offenses are automatically charged as adults

NEW: Let's talk about the LAPD's decision to release Keenan Anderson's preliminary drug tests after they tased him 6 times and he died. This is a common tactic used by police in cases of suspected police brutality: vice.com/en/article/v7v… Police Chief Michel Moore said cops are awaiting a coroner’s report to determine cause of death. Nonetheless, LAPD quickly released its own drug test results showing that Anderson tested positive for cocaine metabolite and cannabinoids