Obama says US will tackle prescription drug abuse
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Traveling to a region in the throes of a drug abuse crisis, President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to use his bully pulpit and federal programs to try to combat the...
View ArticleObama to announce federal push to fight heroin use
Heading to a region grappling with the scourge of drug abuse, President Barack Obama planned to announce new steps to improve doctor training and ease access to drug treatment as part of an effort to...
View ArticleObama to unveil plan to curb opiate use: How big is US heroin problem?
President Obama will announce Wednesday policy reforms to curb the devastation of heroin and painkiller abuse nationwide. A White House official tells the Associated Press that the plans include...
View Article2 men get jail terms for roles in Camden-based drug ring
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Two southern New Jersey men have received prison terms for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking...
View ArticleIn hard-hit W. Va., Obama hears of opioid crisis
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Traveling to a region in the throes of a drug-abuse crisis, President Obama promised Wednesday to use his bully pulpit and federal programs to try to combat the "epidemic" of heroin...
View ArticleObama to announce federal push to fight heroin use
Heading to a region grappling with the scourge of drug abuse, President Barack Obama planned to announce new steps to improve doctor training and ease access to drug treatment as part of an effort to...
View ArticleObama to announce federal push to fight heroin use
Heading to a region grappling with the scourge of drug abuse, President Barack Obama planned to announce new steps to improve doctor training and ease access to drug treatment as part of an effort to...
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 ArticleCDC to help Ohio deal with overdoses
Government doctors who study disease are helping Ohio find solutions to a wave of overdose deaths caused by a powerful painkiller mixed with heroin. Experts in epidemiology and behavior with 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 ArticleBreaking Bad Drug Dealer Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Distributing...
(Source: Drug Enforcement Administration - New York Division) October 08, 2015 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 212-337-2906 Breaking Bad Drug Dealer Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for...
View ArticleDrug overdoses in Chicago hit 74 in 3 days: 2 men arrested in heroin sale
The rash of drug overdoses in Chicago have led law enforcement to beef up the hunt for the heroin dealers in the city. This led to the arrest of two gang members after they sold $720 worth of heroin to...
View ArticleFour Programs That Help Treat Addiction
The nation's drug epidemic, specifically the abuse of heroin and opiates, has earned center stage in politics and pop culture alike. The fact that we're talking about the devastating disease of...
View ArticleHeroin use explodes in Fayetteville in wake of painkiller crackdown
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Tribune News Service) — Sean doesn't know why he became a heroin addict. He thinks genetics could have played a part. Or maybe his father's suicide. But Sean doesn't make excuses....
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 ArticleHenderson Doctor Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada) LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Mahesh Kuthuru, M.D., 47, of Henderson, Nev. pleaded guilty today to unlawfully writing prescriptions for...
View ArticleSnyder plan combats prescription drug, painkiller addiction
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Gov. Rick Snyder called Monday for more than two dozen changes aimed at targeting the worsening crisis of prescription drug and painkiller addiction, including $3 million to...
View ArticleCalley: Fight overdoses with tighter drug monitoring
The Snyder administration wants heightened monitoring of pain killer prescriptions to be the centerpiece of a new strategy for battling the growing number of addictions and deaths in Michigan linked to...
View ArticlePeabody Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Heroin and Fentanyl (Drug...
(Source: Drug Enforcement Administration - New England Division) October 21, 2015 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 617-557-2138 Peabody Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Heroin and Fentanyl...
View ArticleHenderson Doctor Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Distribution of Controlled...
(Source: Drug Enforcement Administration - Los Angeles Division) October 26, 2015 Contact: DEA Public Affairs Los Angeles Division 213-621-6827 Henderson Doctor Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Distribution...
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