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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... -
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: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers, Prosecution, Drug Trafficking
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Half of Indiana's smokers tried to quit in 2011
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: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Quitting Smoking, Health Insurance Cost
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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, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Punishment
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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies
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,...
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RELEASE: LaPorte police bust 2 for drugs in home with 3-year-old
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
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Top local cops oppose legalizing marijuana
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...
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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
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Former addict now counsels others
South Bend TribuneSOUTH 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: Environmental Issues, Cocaine, Biscuits, Drugs and Medicines, Substance Abuse
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Prescription Addiction: A growing epidemic
WSBT-TV ReporterIt’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: Alprazolam (drug), Vicodin (drug), Flu, Pharmaceuticals, Prescription Drugs
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