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Heroin deaths rise as crackdown on prescription drug abuse succeeds
As efforts to crack down on the abuse of prescription drugs have worked, a new problem has emerged, with addicts who can no longer get their fix by popping pills turning to the old-fashioned street drug heroin, health and law enforcement officials say....Tags: Perry Hall, Crime, Law and Justice, Pain, Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore County
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Fatal drug overdoses in U.S. increase for 11th consecutive year
Fatal drug overdoses have increased for the 11th consecutive year in the United States, new data show. According to a research letter published Tuesday from the National Center for Health Statistics, 38,329 people died of drug overdoses in the United...
Tags: Symptoms, Valium (drug), Medical Research, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lorazepam (drug)
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Marijuana decriminalization compromise may be necessary in Pennsylvania
"Politics is not an exact science," explained the exalted 19th-century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. "Politics is the art of the possible." Of course, Bismarck also said, "We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world; and it is the fear...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Crime, Law and Justice, Heroin, Nancy Reagan, Hospitals and Clinics
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Lincoln man sentenced for shooting at informant
tkleffman@schurz.comSTANFORD — A Lincoln County man has been sentenced to two years in prison for shooting at a police informant whom he believed was responsible for his arrest on drug trafficking charges. Jerry L. McAninch, 41, of New Salem, who initially was...Tags: Prosecution, Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Drug Trafficking
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Investigation focuses on doctor in drug deaths
The Medical Board of California has launched an investigation into a string of 16 fatal overdoses tied to powerful narcotics prescribed by a prominent Orange County physician. Dr. Van Vu, a pain management specialist in Huntington Beach, was featured in...
Tags: Science and Technology, Boston Scientific Corporation, Pain, Pharmaceuticals, Morphine (drug)
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Severn father acquitted of child abuse charges
A Severn father was found guilty of child neglect on Wednesday, but was acquitted of the most serious charge facing him — child abuse — in a case that stemmed from his 5-year-old son losing consciousness after drinking methadone. In a...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Child Abuse
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Woman sent to prison after gallery drug bust
An Aberdeen woman arrested after a synthetic drug bust at Skeleton Key gallery in August was sentenced Wednesday to prison. Sherri M. Bauer, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of with intent to distribute synthetic cannabis and one count...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice, Morphine (drug), Fines
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Severn father on trial for child abuse after boy drank methadone
Police testified Tuesday that a Severn man, whose 5-year-old son lost consciousness last September after drinking methadone that the father acknowledged buying, waited more than an hour after the boy initially became ill to call for help because he "was...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Lexington Market, Trials, Child Abuse
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Health officials warn of increasing HIV infections in Greece
Financially strapped Greece is seeing a rapid increase in new HIV infections, driven by skyrocketing infection numbers among people who inject drugs, health officials said Friday. More than 300 people who inject drugs were found to be newly infected...Tags: HIV, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Disease Prevention, HIV Treatment
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Vin Diesel movie producer arrested in Glendale after crashing Corvette
A movie producer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of driving under the influence of methadone and the prescription drug Adderall after he allegedly crashed his Corvette into a parking pole in Glendale, according to police. Robert DeBrino – who...
Tags: Celebrities, Prescription Drugs, Vin Diesel, Glendale (Queens, New York), Entertainment
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Man suspected in W.Va. pharmacy robbery due in Md. court on unrelated charge
matthewu@herald-mail.comThe man suspected in the Spring Mills, W.Va., Walmart pharmacy robbery Tuesday was due to appear in Washington County Circuit Court today for an unrelated burglary case, according to court records. Jesse Lee Gibson, 27, of 1483 Oak Grove Road in...Tags: Prosecution, Walmart, Crime, Law and Justice, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Justice System
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Chorus of voices grows stronger for 'death with dignity'
The bullet that Larry Robert Broman used to kill himself went clean through his head and into the wall. No one had expected him to do it. Not his ex-wife, who had remained close to him. And not their two grown daughters. It happened early on the...
Tags: Lung Cancer, Pharmaceuticals, Morphine (drug), World War II (1939-1945), Nursing Homes
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