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Pain doctors on board with crackdown
Kokomo Tribune, Ind.Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller is unleashing a major crackdown on the state's medical community, and a spokesman for Indiana's pain management doctors says it's about time. "It basically just got out of control, to where we're prescribing six...Tags: Prosecution, Procedural Sedation, Pharmaceuticals, Pain, Chemical Industry
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Four-month drug probe nabs 19 in Craven
Sun Journal, New Bern, N.C.A four-month investigation targeting the illegal sale of prescription drugs and other controlled substances in Craven County has resulted in 19 people charged, investigators say. The roundup by Coastal Narcotics Enforcement Team, specifically those from...Tags: Alprazolam (drug), Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Drug Trafficking, Cocaine
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Wandering Down syndrome child leads to neglect and abuse charges for Boynton woman
The 5-year-old child with Down syndrome was dirty, alone and wandering around a Boynton Beach apartment complex. When an investigator from the state Department of Children and Families arrived Monday, they found the boy was back home — and his home...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Abusive Behavior, Boynton Beach, OxyContin (drug)
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Bangor council restricts where sex offenders may live
Bangor Daily News, MaineIn a 6-3 vote Monday night, the City Council passed an ordinance that bans some sex offenders from moving to within 750 feet of a publicly owned property frequented by children. When the council first voted on the ordinance 28 months ago, Councilor...Tags: Sprague, Politics, Sex Crimes, Assault, Elections
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Good Samaritan law aimed at cutting overdoses
Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.In 2000, as Kay Sanford settled into her first year as North Carolina's injury prevention chief, she launched a review of several years worth of state death certificates in hopes of assessing the common causes of fatal injury. What she found alarmed her:...Tags: Health Organizations, Lobbying, Food and Drug Administration, Crime, Law and Justice, Vicodin (drug)
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Rx Drug Abuse: Arkansas Implements Prescription Monitoring Program
Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark.Editor's Note: The Times Record today continues its series of reports on prescription drug abuse. Sunday: Addict turns life around. A statewide system tracking the hundreds of controlled substance prescriptions filled in Arkansas is continuing to...Tags: Tool (music group), Clonazepam (drug), Concerta (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Advice Columns and Columnists
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Some pharmacies put limits on narcotics
The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.With prescription painkiller deaths rising nationwide, local pharmacies are tightening their policies regarding opiates, according to a local pharmacist and a spokeswoman for a major chain pharmacy. Pueblo pain specialist Dr. Dexter Koons notified his...Tags: Addiction, Suboxone (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Pharmaceuticals, Health and Medical Professionals
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Alleged O.C. drug dealer charged with murder in overdose death
An alleged Mission Viejo drug dealer is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on a charge of murder in the death of a 21-year-old woman by providing her with a lethal dose of drugs and then refusing to take her to the hospital after she lost consciousness....Tags: Prosecution, Alprazolam (drug), Murder, Drug Trafficking, Punishment
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Lambda South celebrates 30 years of helping South Florida's gay community
Tucked between a hair salon and a gift shop on bustling Las Olas Boulevard is a mysterious gated door with simple instructions: "Enter thru alley." Once you loop around the block and walks past the trash canisters that fill this back street, a rainbow...
Tags: Addiction, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Lake Worth, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Severn mother on probation after son drank methadone
A Severn mother who, despite a poison center's admonition to get her son to a hospital immediately, waited until her child began having a seizure from sipping his father's methadone, was placed on three years' probation Friday. Kimberly Brooks, 28,...Tags: Glen Burnie, Punishment, Child Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: New York City, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Tom Corbett, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics
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South Florida a growing home for recovery transplants
++++++++++++++++++++ || || || ++++++++++++++++++++ Tourists may visit South Florida for the party but others move here for the recovery. Many visitors who sought help with drug and alcohol abuse decide to resettle here after treatment, making...Tags: Miami Beach, Arts and Culture, Addiction, Culture, North Miami
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