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Single tip led to Osceola drug case with more than 400 suspects in 18 counties
In the fall of 2011, an anonymous tipster set off one of Central Florida's largest recent drug cases by reporting Kissimmee residents dealing prescription painkillers. Months earlier, the pills had became harder to obtain when a new state law started...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Methamphetamine (drug), Osceola County, Heroin, Pam Bondi
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Grand jury indicts W.Va. trooper on one felony count of fraudulent scheme
matthewu@herald-mail.comA West Virginia State Police trooper is accused of “fraudulent double-dipping” while working as a trooper. Johnathan D. Brand, 25, of 1327 Riddle Ave., #5, Morgantown, W.Va., was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury in Berkeley County...Tags: Criminals, Drug Trafficking, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Crimes
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Hyrdrocodone tops list as most-prescribed drug in W.Va.
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A powerful narcotic was the No. 1 prescribed drug among Medicare patients in West Virginia for 2010, and a Charleston neurologist was the top prescriber in the state. State doctors wrote 402,159 hydrocodone-acetaminophen...Tags: Medicare, Lotteries, Government Health Care, Prilosec (drug), Freedom of Information Act
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Dozen indicted by Huron County grand jury
Norwalk Reflector, OhioA Huron County grand jury indicted 12 people on Friday. Here are their names and their charges. Allen E. Mobberly on one count possession of methamphetamine. Orre E. Shane on two counts trafficking in heroin, one count possession of heroin. Edward...Tags: Murder, Theft, Methamphetamine (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Heroin
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Police chase results in meth arrest
Middlesboro Daily News, Ky.Anthony Cloud Staff Writer A police chase ended in an arrest Thursday. Bryan Scott Bogucki, 37, of Middlesboro, was arrested on several felony charges, including first-degree fleeing or evading police, two counts of first-degree possession of a...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests, Crimes, Prosecution
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Senate OKs medical marijuana; McCarter recalls daughter's drug-related death
Belleville News-DemocratDespite tearful opposition from a metro-east lawmaker, the Illinois Senate on Friday approved a bill allowing people to use marijuana to ease the pain of certain medical ailments. The bill would create a four-year pilot program, under which patients...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Lebanon, Muscular Dystrophy, Pharmaceuticals, Pat Quinn
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After emotional debate, Senate OKs medical marijuana
— Siding with patients who say cannabis is the only drug that can safely ease their chronic pain, the Senate sent Gov. Pat Quinn a measure Friday that would make Illinois the 19th state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. The issue sparked...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Linda Holmes, Food and Drug Administration, Pat Quinn, Aurora
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Illinois Senate approves bill to legalize medical marijuana
Illinois has come within a signature of becoming the 19th state to allow marijuana use for medical purposes. On Friday, the state Senate voted 35-21 to approve a medical marijuana measure, which now will head for Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. The...
Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Marijuana Use, Lifestyle and Leisure, Washington, DC, Regional Authority
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Fort Lauderdale pill mill doctor will go to prison
The doctor admitted there were clues that he was working at a Fort Lauderdale pill mill – his salary went up 400 percent, the "chaotic" waiting room overflowed with patients from out of town and he was told to give everyone the maximum number of...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Prisons, Labor Legislation, Fort Lauderdale, Hospitals and Clinics
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Illinois Senate approves marijuana for medical uses
ReutersSPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) - The Illinois Senate on Friday voted to approve the use of marijuana for medical purposes, which if signed into law would make it the second-most-populous state in the nation after California to allow the drug's use for...Tags: Vicodin (drug), Hampshire, General Practitioners, Human Interest, Human Rights
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MPD makes multiple drug arrests
Middlesboro Daily News, Ky.Reina P. Cunningham Staff Writer Four Middlesboro men were arrested on unrelated drug and other felony charges earlier this week. Shawn Anthony Lawless, 39, was arrested Wednesday by Brad Cawood of the Middlesboro Police Department (MPD) and charged...Tags: Theft, Drug Trafficking, Crime, Law and Justice, Dwayne Johnson, Police Arrests
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Doctors discuss pain-pill abuse in Duluth forum
Duluth News TribuneThe problem of prescription drug abuse is stark, Carol Falkowski said. "We have a prescription opiate problem in this country and in this state, the likes of which we have never seen," Falkowski told health professionals gathered for a Minnesota Medical...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Vicodin (drug), Internal Medicine, Health and Medical Professionals, Health Organizations
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