Pallone Steps Up Call in Congress to Combat Drug Abuse (Frank Pallone Jr)
(Source: Frank Pallone Jr) WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, continued his efforts to combat drug abuse, including the...
View ArticleDrug dealer guilty in Clark County overdose death
UPDATE @ 10:30 p.m. (Oct. 8): A drug dealer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter tonight for selling heroin that led to an overdose death. A jury found Lucas Fowler, 25, of Springfield Twp.,...
View ArticleClark County drug dealer guilty in overdose death
A drug dealer has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the first time ever in Clark County for selling drugs that led to an overdose death . A jury found Lucas Fowler, 25, of Springfield...
View ArticleCloster man sentenced for selling heroin that led to Emerson woman's overdose
After a county prosecutor declared that his case should be a “cautionary tale” to any would-be drug dealer, a judge on Wednesday sentenced a Closter man to six years in state prison for selling the...
View ArticleCloster man sentenced for selling heroin that led to Emerson woman's overdose...
After a county prosecutor declared that his case should be a “cautionary tale” to any would-be drug dealer, a judge on Wednesday sentenced a Closter man to six years in state prison for selling the...
View ArticleMan gets 6 years in state prison in fatal overdose death
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) - A northern New Jersey man has been sentenced to six years in state prison for selling heroin...
View ArticleMan gets 6 years for selling drug that led to woman's death
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) - A northern New Jersey man was sentenced to six years in state prison for selling heroin that led to the...
View ArticleMiami drug dealers involved in killing of Canadian teen plead guilty
The two young drug dealers involved in the shooting that killed the son of a Canadian diplomat in Miami will avoid jail time after the pair pleaded guilty Thursday. Johann Ruiz, 21, and Anthony...
View ArticleTraffickers foisting new drug cocktail
A potentially lethal painkiller more potent than morphine is being cut with heroin to hook Bay State addicts on the latest and greatest killer cocktail, said authorities who yesterday shut down a major...
View ArticleKansas doctor, wife face new sentencing in overdose deaths
The Kansas physician and his wife were convicted of a shocking crime: running a moneymaking conspiracy at a clinic prosecutors have linked to 68 drug overdose deaths. Yet Dr. Stephen Schneider and his...
View ArticleMixing of potent painkiller with heroin leading to deaths
The Department of Health reported a record number of accidental drug overdoses last year, in part because of an increase in fentanyl, a potent painkiller mixed with heroin. Some details about the drug:...
View ArticleCVS To Sell Overdose Reversal Drug Without A Prescription In 12 More States
At CVS pharmacies in 12 states, friends and family members of people suffering from opiate addiction will now be able to get the overdose reversal drug naloxone without a prescription, the company...
View ArticleOverdose-reveral drug Narcan now for sale at Short North pharmacy
The first Columbus pharmacy is ready to dispense, without a prescription, a drug to be kept on hand by family members, friends and others who want to be ready to reverse potentially deadly heroin...
View ArticleTake as Prescribed: Drug Addiction in the US
The US consumes 80 percent of the world's supply of painkillers, and overdoses from prescription opioid drugs kill at least 16,000 Americans every year - more than cocaine and heroin combined. Once...
View ArticleAttorney General Racine Joins Colleagues from 37 States Urging Congress to...
(Source: District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General) Contact: Rob Marus, Communications Director: (202) 724-5646; robert.marus@dc.gov Washington, DC - As states continue to address the...
View ArticleGrape Street Crips Member Admits Conspiring to Sell Heroin (Drug Enforcement...
(Source: Drug Enforcement Administration - New Jersey Division) September 14, 2015 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (973) 776-1143 Grape Street Crips Member Admits Conspiring to Sell Heroin...
View ArticleHeroin proves a formidable foe in suburban Ohio county
HAMILTON, Ohio — Scenes from a community under siege: • It’s been a hectic morning for the Butler County coroner, who’s investigating three new deaths, all of them suspected heroin overdoses. If Dr....
View ArticleThe China pipeline, part 3: The deadly toll of synthetic drugs in South Florida
Third in a three-part series. Jordan Hirschfeld, a graduate of Michael Krop High who hoped to one day become a lawyer like his father, died in a Brickell apartment, the syringe still stuck in his arm...
View ArticleMiller, Attorneys General Urge Congress to Pass the Comprehensive Addiction...
(Source: Iowa Attorney General) (DES MOINES, Iowa) Attorney General Tom Miller, along with a bipartisan group of attorneys general, this week urged congressional leaders to pass legislation that would...
View ArticleCalifornia man sentenced for role with New Jersey drug ring
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Another member of a large-scale drug trafficking ring that sold heroin at the Jersey Shore is headed to prison....
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