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Subscribe to RSSChris Hansen reports a three-part investigation on the state of various drugs and supplements in America:
- Marijuana makes billions for the violent Mexican drug cartels and tons of it is routinely smuggled into the United States. But now the Mexican cartels have found a way to minimize the risk of smuggling by actually growing huge marijuana crops right here in the United States. A lot of it is even being grown on Federal land. Chris Hansen goes along with the DEA on the hunt for huge marijuana crops and the cartel members who are actually farming the marijuana.
- Vitamins and supplements are becoming a way of life in the United States. People looking for more energy and better nutrition look to that list of ingredients on the back of the bottle to confirm what they’re taking is safe and effective, something that will give them the edge their looking for. But as Chris Hansen found out, some of those labels may not be worth the paper they’re printed on.
- An update to an undercover investigation, Chris Hansen went inside a so-called head shop in New York City to report on bath salts, one of the newest designer drugs. Its effects, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration, are similar to those of cocaine and methamphetamines. Since “Dateline’s” report last spring, NY State has made them illegal and the DEA put bath salts on the controlled substances list.
On Monday, March 19th, at 12pm ET / 9am PT, Chris Hansen will host a Google+ Hangout on DatelineNBC.com with Federal Drug Enforcement agents and their efforts to track down illegal drugs.
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Where is the link to the FDA page about the supplements?? Chris said there was a link on the Today Show page but there isn't even a STORY. So I came here looking for the link and there IS NONE. Why tell viewers to go to the web page when there is nothing there? Your credibility has taken a big hit with me....
I'm looking for the same link TD is...
try NPAinfo.org/consumers
Me too TD. Looking for the same link. I wanted to check into the new supplement out there that Dr Oz had recommended on his Friday episode. It's called Relora. Anyone else out there ever used it or know
about it. Is it safe?
I agree... and I am sure were not just the only few looking for it. I looked everywhere on the website.
What a thoroughly craven and utterly bankrupt report! Here we are, 3 decades into the failed "drug war," and Chris Hansen follows DEA agents stalking dreaded marijuana growers in Utah. MARIJUANA! A drug that is neither as addictive nor dangerous as either alcohol or nicotine! THIS is the big crisis of drug abuse in America?
No, the biggest crisis is the grotesque over-prescription (what we used to all "pushing") of legal drugs to treat non-existent conditions ("depression") and the refusal of Big Pharma to research low-profit antibiotics to fight off resistant strains of bacteria, thus threatening ALL OF US with a biomedical catastrophe. Why doesn't Hansen, in all his righteous anger and desire to entrap people, go after THAT? No, it's the horror of kids toking joints that has him hot and bothered.
This was a report straight out of the 80s drug war campaign. Utterly and totally discredited, and continues largely today because of the prison-industrial complex that has a stake in continuing to round up and jail young people. A thoroughly cowardly and hypocritical report.
I might have urged Dateline that it would be far more beneficial to go after Big Pharma might instead, but I know better. Look who sponsors NBC news...
Tovano, I am LIVID that Hansen goes after herbal meds, who IS watching the FDA?
I post 20 times a day recalls from the FDA, the drugs that they are controlled and "watched" by them ( haha, I chuckle)
Hmmm... maybe they should pull BIG PHARMA and ALL there meds the FDA oversee's ... I wonder who will be scared then??
This world needs to open there eyes to the fraud that they think is OK because they have a script.
People please check whistle blowers for GLAXO, or check out FDA recalls on statins....
THIS IS INSANE!!
Chris Hansen lost my respect after this episode. Looks like a PAC ad for his advertisers (big farma and fast food) and government contractors. 100+ heavily armed government troops, helicopters, billions of dollars in special equipment and machines, to hunt and terrorize 6 extremely poor farmers trying to get a couple bucks to back to their families. These "cartel members" are sleeping without even a tent and they have one pistol between them. Then after these geniuses (our DEA overspends by a cuzillion times and has the force of army tracking 6 farmers) perform days of surveillance, strategize, plan, implement, etc they cant even get the 6 poor farmers in the middle of the night and that general says we are actually going to get to zero drugs. I was lmao at how stupid these DEA officers looked. Cmon what a joke on the people.
Well said Tovouno and Jersey Teapot. Seriously? We are spending how much on trying to stop Marijuana? What a complete WASTE of resources. It's RIDICULOUS! HOW, HOW, HOW do we educate people to the facts of marijuana? We need to legalize pot and realize the HUGE Tax Revenues that would be generated. No cartels They wouldn't need to be killing people to protect their 'grows'...The worst thing about pot smokers? Over ordering...How is it that our government can make a weed illegal?
Cant find the links that todays chow claimed would be here. I want to see the FDA link for dangerous supplements.
Stephen, I searched thoroughly for the site that the above have requested.
I have found 35+ FDA regulated recalls, as well as medication shortages.
The only thing that I was able to find was a PDF file ... hope this rests your mind.
I really wish you guys would dig into your Prescribed meds that are the ones killing people daily.
Here is the PDF:
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/UCM247107.pdf
where is the LINK to fda and tips on buying safe suppliments?!
I'm a major supplement-taker and SADLY missed this episode. Might there be a rerun? Or better yet, the episode available for viewing online in the future?
Tovouno, The big crisis is not the drug marijuana but that cartel members from a foreign country are the ones growing it in our nation. I was surprised to see the federal government doing anything that involves ILLEGALS or gangsters from Mexico. If you happened to walk up on these people you would no doubt be killed and then buried never to be see again. Our nation had been invaded by millions of ILLEGAL aliens while the past several administration and congress turn a blind eye to this because they are owned by groups like La Raza (The Race)!
We have immigration laws for a reason. To vet out criminals, people with communicable diseases and people that have no means of support. You spit in the face of every legal immigrant when you help ILLEGALS.
Tovouno What are you talking about? As Ranf notes we have these illegal alien criminals invading our country and destroying the environment. I live in California and it is not safe to go backpacking into our national forests as the cartels have taken control of them.
These bastards pack in chemicals, trash, batteries and electronic gear then leave the same. These growing areas are filled with trash, streams are diverted and wildlife including bears, and deer are being poached.
I understand your concerns about the pharmaceutical corporations but they won't murder children who stumble upon their operations.
Also I watched this episode and could not believe how incompetent the DEA was. They had over 100 officers and instead of taking the cartel members at night they waited until the next morning and the criminals took off. The special agent in charge of this operation should be reassigned to a crossing guard position.
Chris Hansen, Thank you so much for showing the report on federal DEA agents going after Mexican cartel members. Our country has been INVADED by 12 to 30 million ILLEGAL aliens, many of them doing their best to destroy our nation. I'm proud of the DEA and hope our federal government does not continue to tie DEA, ICE, state and local law enforcement's hands when it comes to stopping Mexican cartels. There have been so many Americans murdered and harmed by these criminals in so many ways because of political correctness. I worked in Arizona for 18 years and was shocked what went on there with full knowledge of the federal government. Thanks again Chris for letting citizens see what's actually happening.
Consumers seeking to know the supplements they use have been tested and certified by an accredited and internationally-recognized testing lab should use only those certified by NSF International. NSF International developed the official American National Standard for dietary supplements. NSF tests and certifies supplements to the standard to ensure they don’t contain unsafe levels of contaminants or other undeclared ingredients, and inspects the manufacturing facilities. Visit this page for a list of NSF certified supplements:
100+ heavily armed government troops, helicopters, billions of dollars in special equipment and machines, to hunt and terrorize 6 extremely poor farmers (cartel) trying to get a couple bucks to back to their families. The DEA geniuses spend tons of cash and perform days of surveillance, strategize, plan, implement, etc they cant even get the 6 poor farmers (with one pistol between them) in the middle of the night . Its sad, but I was lMAO at the nonsense.
The site is listed after you click on the story on the main page listed under "List of tainted supplements" in the body of the story along with other links or you can copy/paste it here,
It did take me a second so I can see why it may be missed by some. This is quite an extensive list!
I also agree with all the posts on the DEA/cartel story. I consider alcohol and cigarettes worse than pot. Just make it legal already! There are plenty of other drugs that will keep the DEA busy!