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Central Kentucky drug addicts turning to heroin
smojica@amnews.comNow that law enforcement officials and doctors have cracked down on the abuse of prescription painkillers, a growing number of central Kentucky drug addicts are turning to heroin. “We’ve been finding heroin here, and officers in Lincoln...Tags: Heroin, Pharmaceuticals, Prisons, Vicodin (drug), Substance Abuse
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Boyle grand jury indicts 17
A Danville man was indicted by a Boyle County grand jury recently for discharging a firearm in a residential neighborhood. Jeffrey C. Graham, 37, of 4018 Old Hustonville Road, was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment for allegedly shooting off...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Theft, Justice System, Prisons, Trials
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Officer rescues baby trapped in bed
A Winchester woman has been charged with wanton endangerment and first-degree possession of a controlled substance after police found her baby trapped between a mattress and a bed frame.
Winchester Police Capt. James Hall said police received a call from...Tags: James Hall
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State, Nicholasville Police searching for 96 in drug roundup
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comSeveral people throughout Jessamine County and parts of other counties woke up to law-enforcement officers ready to arrest them on drug trafficking charges Thursday morning. In all, 96 people are targeted in a drug roundup as Nicholasville police officers...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Drug Trafficking, Prosecution, Police Arrests, OxyContin (drug)
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Suspect in Boyle drug case dubbed 'sponsor'
tkleffman@amnews.comAmong the pills, money and guns police found after Steven Wilson crashed his truck Monday night was a telltale container from a pharmacy in Georgia. “He had one script for 90 Percocets filled on Feb. 26, and it was completely empty,” Boyle...Tags: Health, Heroin, Chemical Industry, Theft, Addiction
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Monroe DA: Dad provides urine for son to use in drug test
A 64-year-old man and his son face charges after Monroe County authorities say they hatched a plan to sneak a condom filled with urine into a drug-screening test. Earle H. Herold and his son, 30-year-old Jesse Herold, both of Tobyhanna, face charges,...Tags: Punishment, Drug Trafficking, Abusive Behavior, Prosecution, Morphine (drug)
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Walgreens agrees to record-breaking $80M fine to settle Florida oxycodone probe
Walgreens has agreed to pay a record-breaking $80 million penalty to resolve a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration investigation into the company's dispensing practices in Florida, including at an Oviedo pharmacy. The DEA in September banned a Walgreens...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Chemical Industry, Justice System, Pain, Drugs and Medicines
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Accused pill-mill docs keep getting wrist slaps
Last summer, after I wrote about prosecutors cutting a sweetheart deal with a doctor accused of writing prescriptions for more than 500,000 oxycodone pills, I heard from a lot of grief-struck parents. One woman mourned the suicide of her son, whose...
Tags: Lawyers, Punishment, Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Heroin, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lorazepam (drug), Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research
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Doctor from Lowry City is charged with writing prescriptions without state permit
ghartley@schurz.comOSCEOLA, Mo. -- A family doctor from Lowry City is accused of writing prescriptions for more than two years without having a valid state permit to do so. The St. Clair County prosecuting attorney filed 16 felony charges against Dr. John Ure on Monday...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Valium (drug), Dilaudid (drug), General Practitioners, OxyContin (drug)
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Bel Air man who sold Oxycodone gets 10 years in prison
A Bel Air man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to selling prescription drugs on dozens of occasions, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Ronnie Stocks, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and...
Tags: Prisons, Prescription Drugs, Punishment, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System
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Drug overdose: the quiet epidemic
For all the attention that violent crime gets in the media, the average American is much more likely to die from another largely preventable tragedy. Fatal drug overdoses have risen sharply in recent years. In Congress this month, Maryland Rep. Donna F....
Tags: Heroin, Chemical Industry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Donna F. Edwards, First Aid
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