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    May 10, 2013 |Story| AM News

  1. Drug overdose killed man found in ticketed pickup

    KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A 26-year-old man whose body was found two months ago inside a twice-ticketed pickup truck on a Kalamazoo street died of a heroin overdose. Police tell (http://bit.ly/11YCx1n ) MLive.com Friday that investigators are trying...
    2. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  2. Police defend using boy, 14, in drug sting

    LAKE ORION, Mich. (AP) — Police in suburban Detroit said they made the right decision to use a 14-year-old boy last month in a sting to bust a suspected drug dealer. The sting came to light after a 35-year-old parolee was arrested for trying to...

    Tags: Drug Trafficking, The Detroit News, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers

    3. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  3. Half of Indiana's smokers tried to quit in 2011

    <span style="font-size: small;">MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) &mdash; Indiana has the nation's seventh-highest percentage of smokers, with more than a quarter of the state's population smoking, but more than half of those people tried to quit in 2011, according to a study.</span>
    MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana has the nation's seventh-highest percentage of smokers, with more than a quarter of the state's population smoking, but more than half of those people tried to quit in 2011, according to a study. "Most people...

    Tags: Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Quitting Smoking

    4. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  4. Ind. mom gets 60 years in son's starving death

    RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — A judge sentenced an eastern Indiana woman to 60 years in prison Tuesday for the starvation death of her 3-month-old son. Amy Hockett, 22, was convicted of murder last month in the February 2013 death of Khaiden Hockett....

    Tags: Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment

    5. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  5. Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies

    <span style="font-size: small;">C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96.</span>
    C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute,...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Manhattan (New York City), Health and Safety at School, Dartmouth College

    6. Jan 4, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  6. RELEASE: LaPorte police bust 2 for drugs in home with 3-year-old

    <span style="font-size: small;">The following release was issued Friday morning by the LaPorte County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office</span>
    The following release was issued Friday morning by the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office On Thursday, January 3, 2013 case workers from the Indiana Department of Child Services and investigators from the LaPorte County Metro Operations Unit were...

    Tags: Drug Trafficking

    7. Jan 8, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  7. UPDATE: LaPorte police bust 2 for drugs in home with 3-year-old

    A update to a story from Friday about the arrest of two LaPorte men following a welfare check on a small child. A sergeant with the LaPorte County Special Operations Unit says 32-year-old Eric Slayton faces charges of marijuana possession and dealing...
    8. Nov 30, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  8. Top local cops oppose legalizing marijuana

    <span style="font-size: small;">SOUTH BEND -- Local law enforcement officials reacted with surprise this week at comments made by Indiana State Police Superintendent Paul Whitesell regarding legalizing and taxing marijuana.</span>
    SOUTH BEND -- Local law enforcement officials reacted with surprise this week at comments made by Indiana State Police Superintendent Paul Whitesell regarding legalizing and taxing marijuana. Whitesell said earlier this week at a State Budget Committee...

    Tags: Trials, Drug Trafficking, Judges, Justice System, Fines

    9. Dec 20, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  9. Man charged in deadly Michigan crash ordered to trial

    <span style="font-size: small;">SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) &mdash; A man charged in the deaths of a woman and two young children in a southwestern Michigan traffic crash has been ordered to stand trial.</span>
    SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A man charged in the deaths of a woman and two young children in a southwestern Michigan traffic crash has been ordered to stand trial. David Glen Johnson appeared Wednesday for a preliminary examination in Van Buren...
    10. Dec 20, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  10. Officials seek ways to curb prescription abuse

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Health care providers, police, legislators and others are working on ways to curb widespread prescription drug abuse in Indiana. The state attorney general's office hosted a symposium on the problem Wednesday in Indianapolis....

    Tags: Substance Abuse, Prescription Drugs

    11. Nov 19, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  11. Former addict now counsels others

    <span style="font-size: small;">SOUTH BEND -- Ed Denny, a Broadway Christian Church volunteer, gently</span><span style="font-size: small;"> coaxed a woman to finish her plate of biscuits and gravy one morning</span><span style="font-size: small;"> at the church's daily breakfast for the homeless.</span>
    South Bend Tribune
    SOUTH BEND -- Ed Denny, a Broadway Christian Church volunteer, gently coaxed a woman to finish her plate of biscuits and gravy one morning at the church's daily breakfast for the homeless. "You need to put on weight," he congenially reminded the wispy...

    Tags: Substance Abuse, Drugs and Medicines, Cocaine, Mental Health, Christianity

    12. Nov 8, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  12. Prescription Addiction: A growing epidemic

    <span style="font-size: small;">It&rsquo;s a shocking statistic impacting lots of local families &ndash; last year in St. Joseph County, more people died from accidental drug overdoses than in car accidents.&nbsp; Many of those deaths were caused by prescription drugs.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a growing problem &ndash; what some experts are calling an epidemic &ndash; in our community and across the country.&nbsp;</span>
    WSBT-TV Reporter
    It’s a shocking statistic impacting lots of local families – last year in St. Joseph County, more people died from accidental drug overdoses than in car accidents.  Many of those deaths were caused by prescription drugs.  It’s a...

    Tags: Substance Abuse, Health and Safety at Work, Mental Health, Theft, OxyContin (drug)

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