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Secret deal for doctor weakens pill-mill fight
Last summer, when authorities raided the offices of Dr. Riyaz Jummani, they did so with breathless bravado. Agents claimed that they were shutting down one of the busiest and most dangerous pill mills in the state — one run by a man who wrote...
Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Prescription Drugs, Percocet (drug), Justice System
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Prescription pain pill rates dramatically increase across Central Indiana
Prescribed painkillers are leaving pharmacies, falling into pill bottles and into the hands of Indiana residents at an incredible rate. Those increased sales of pain pills are leading to increased cases of abuse. According to the IU Center for Health...
Tags: General Practitioners, Drugs and Medicines, Minority Groups, Health, Prescription Drugs
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Herren made sure they listened
Chris Herren got annoyed with a few kids who weren't paying attention in the audience at Bangor Area High School on Monday night when he told of his descent into drug and alcohol addiction and his recovery.
Most in the audience of more than 800 were...Tags: National Football League, Alcohol Addiction, Health, Documentary (genre), Basketball
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Convicted IMPD officer again arrested for OWI
An Indianapolis Metro Police Department officer, who has been on indefinite suspension without pay pending termination, has been arrested again for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
David Dinsmore was arrested in Johnson County Tuesday night.
This...Tags: Crimes, Police Arrests, Crime, Law and Justice, Motorvehicle Accidents, Disasters and Accidents
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Accused doctor's license suspended
The state has temporarily suspended the license of a Montgomery County physician, saying he is a danger to the public after he was arrested and charged with prescription fraud.
Richard Ruth of Franconia Township has an administrative hearing Monday...Tags: General Practitioners, Court Preliminary, Facebook, Medical Procedures and Tests, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Methamphetamine (drug), Defense, Proposition 19 (California, 2010), Crime, Law and Justice, Health
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CDC: Prescription drug epidemic worsens, Hoosiers impacted
Overdoses from prescription painkillers are skyrocketing across the U.S., according to the CDC, and Hoosiers have not escaped what health officials are calling a public health epidemic.
"The disease was bigger than Bryan. In the end, he got caught up,...Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Prescription Drugs, Addiction
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Police: Two men arrested after child found under influence of marijuana
Officers with the Indianapolis Police Department were dispatched to the 3900 block of Lafayette Road on a report of a child locked in a car around 7:30 p.m. Monday.
When police arrived to the scene, they found a 4-year-old boy in the back of a blue...Tags: Prosecution, Hydrocodone (drug)
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Rick Scott is being a real pill about drug-sales database
Mike ThomasI guess Gov. Rick Scott includes dope dealing as one of the Florida industries he hopes to stimulate. Scott wants to kill a prescription-drug database that would track the flow of narcotic pain killers coming from "pill mill" clinics. This will help keep...Tags: Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Politics, Florida Legislature, Tennessee, Hydrocodone (drug)
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Blocking drug database is deadly hypocrisy
If you read newspapers, then you probably remember the '60s. The adults lectured us about the evils of marijuana while holding a Jim Beam in one hand and cigarette in the other.
That bit of hypocrisy pales compared with what kids are seeing out of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Companies and Corporations, Rick Scott
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Prescription drug deaths: Bill would tighten rules on hydrocodone
L.A. NOWTaking aim at “America’s most abused narcotic,” congressional lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would place tighter restrictions on the painkiller hydrocodone, which is a key contributor to the nation’s prescription... -
Fox executive homicide investigation progressing 'vigorously'
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials said it's likely to take some time before they close the homicide probe of Fox executive Gavin Smith. Officials declared Smith's disappearance a homicide case earlier this week. But they said it's...
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