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Public defender arrested on drug charges
Staff WriterA federal public defender who represented countless people behind bars has found herself behind bars. Diane Regan and her 30-year-old son were arrested Wednesday in connection with various drug-related offenses, according to Imperial County Deputy...Tags: Police Arrests, Drug Trafficking, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Justice System
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Our View: Abuse of prescription painkillers becoming a national problem
“There aren’t enough treatment centers and yet there’s a pharmacy on every corner.” That’s how one mother of a teenage addict described what an Associated Press analysis has unveiled: a prescription drug problem so huge...Tags: Hydrocodone (drug), Drugs and Medicines, Prescription Drugs, Percocet (drug), Health
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INKED! Keeping on schedule
Potheads are annoying. They talk too much, are way too chill and keep asking the same questions over and over.
But as a general rule they’ve never been in that criminal class like junkies, crackheads and tweakers, addicts who could conceivably...Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments
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Sunny Jamaica cast into shadow after new drugs bust
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Jamaica, sunlit home of the world's finest sprinters, was cast into shadow on Tuesday after confirmation that the Caribbean island's most successful female sprinter has failed a drugs test. Twice Olympic...Tags: Jamaica, Track and Field, Germany, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest
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What we think: State owes answers for breach in pill database
Florida's pill mill database has sprung an embarrassing leak, a data breach of confidential information that threatens to undermine the public's already shaken confidence in a law enforcement tool that tracks prescriptions for painkillers and other...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, American Civil Liberties Union, Health and Medical Professionals, Health
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Athletics-Sunny Jamaica cast into shadow after new drugs bust
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Jamaica, sunlit home of the world's finest sprinters, was cast into shadow on Tuesday after confirmation that the Caribbean island's most successful female sprinter has failed a drugs test. Twice Olympic...Tags: Track and Field, Jamaica, International Olympic Committee, Caribbean Islands, Usain Bolt
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Mississippi leans on Google to crack down on illegal products
ReutersBy Diane Bartz WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Mississippi's attorney general said on Tuesday he would subpoena documents from Google Inc as part of a probe into allegations the Web search company facilitated the sale of drugs without a prescription...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Google Inc., Prescription Drugs, Justice System, Lawyers
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Salisbury doctor charged in New Jersey pill scheme
A Salisbury Township doctor faces charges in New Jersey that he allowed an associate to write bogus prescriptions for painkillers using his prescription pads. Dr. John Richard Manzella, 48, of the 1900 block of Lehigh Parkway North, is charged in Sussex...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Osteopathic Medicine, Internal Medicine, Adderall (drug)
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Hagerstown pharmacist and owner of Russo's Rx pleads guilty to health care fraud
A Hagerstown pharmacist pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Baltimore to fraudulently selling powerful pain killers and billing Medicare and Medicaid for nearly $200,000 of the cost, the U.S. Department of Justice said. David Russo, 62, pleaded...
Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking, Medicare, Government Health Care
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Casey man indicted for alleged rape
LIBERTY — A Liberty man who allegedly raped a woman in March has been indicted on two felony counts by a Casey County grand jury. Carl J. Hoffman Jr., 43, of 436 Sherrer Road, was indicted for first-degree rape and being a persistent felony...
Tags: Clonazepam (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Prescription Drugs, Crimes
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Agents raid Longwood pain clinic
Federal authorities raided a Longwood pain management clinic Friday, where at least one physician has already been investigated by the state for his prescribing practices. Agents searched Professional Pain Care on State Road 434, a clinic associated with...
Tags: Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Hospitals and Clinics, Back Pain, General Practitioners, Brevard County
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DEA settles Walgreens painkiller case for $80M
MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has reached an $80 million civil settlement with the Walgreens pharmacy chain over violations of rules governing the distribution of powerful prescription painkillers. DEA officials said...
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