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Addicted to Heroin, Part 2: APD Calls Overdose Deaths An 'Epidemic'
Channel 2 NewsHeroin overdoses have reached an "epidemic" level, according to the Anchorage Police Department. APD Sgt. Kathy Lacey says heroin use is back in force and heroin-related overdoses are claiming more young lives than traffic fatalities. "Heroin has come...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Heroin, Morphine (drug), Methadone (drug), Drug Trafficking
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Edgewood man arrested in Ocean City drug bust
A 37-year-old Edgewood man was arrested on gun and drug distribution charges in Ocean City on Tuesday following a two-year investigation by local law enforcement agencies, which have been battling a spike in heroin and prescription drug abuse across the...
Tags: Harford County, Crime, Law and Justice, Ocean City, Worcester County, Crimes
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For The Record
Arrest: The March 31 brief "Man arrested on drug charges" incorrectly stated the suspect was allegedly found with 150 pounds of oxycodone pills. In fact he allegedly had 150 oxycodone pills. Movers: The March 30 photo caption for "Estancia football... -
State investigating Baltimore methadone clinic after man's death
The day after her ex-husband's funeral in January, Sabrina Lumpkin started calling every public official she could think of, trying to get someone to pay attention. Warren Lumpkin, 34, had died in a Southwest Baltimore house of heart complications...
Tags: Elkton, Hospitals and Clinics, Disease Prevention, Crime, Law and Justice, Methadone (drug)
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Seven from Martinsburg Division have releases revoked in U.S. District Court
U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II said in a recent news release that 18 people had their supervised release revoked for violating terms and conditions imposed by the U.S. District Court, including seven in the Martinsburg Division before Judge Gina M....Tags: Heroin, Prisons, Cocaine, Punishment, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Man arrested on drug charges by Irvine police (Corrected)
Irvine police arrested a man for allegedly selling prescription drugs Friday, concluding a three-month investigation, according to a press release. Detectives arrested Anaheim resident Anthony Risberg, 37, for sales and transportation of a controlled...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Personal Weapon Control, Police Arrests, Drug Trafficking, Politics
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Philadelphian jumps on tracks to help fallen man
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The recovering drug addict with a long rap sheet who had just sat down on the bench at a north Philadelphia train station often wondered if he was a good person, and perhaps never considered that anyone thought he was a hero to...
Tags: Heroin, Heroism, Substance Abuse, Addiction, Behavioral Conditions
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Prescription drug-related deaths continue to rise in U.S.
Despite efforts by law enforcement and public health officials to curb prescription drug abuse, drug-related deaths in the United States have continued to rise, the latest data show. Figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal...Tags: Vicodin (drug), Health Organizations, U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, Disease Prevention, Gil Kerlikowske
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Clark County law enforcement seeing rise in heroin
Until a year ago, it had been years since Winchester Police officers made a controlled buy for heroin. It just wasn’t in demand. Pills — narcotic painkillers of many types — were plentiful. In other parts of the state, meth had a strong...
Tags: Heroin, James Hall, Methamphetamine Addiction, Crime, Law and Justice, Cocaine
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Lincoln grand jury indicts 15 on drug charges
STANFORD — Kentucky State Police Detective Keith Addison was the only person called to testify before a Lincoln County grand jury last week, leading to the indictment of 15 people on drug-related charges. All of those indicted either allegedly...
Tags: Hydrocodone (drug), Methamphetamine (drug), Drug Trafficking
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Drug-related deaths plunge in first half of 2012
The number of oxycodone-related deaths in Orange and Osceola counties — where hundreds of people accidentally overdosed on prescription drugs in recent years — plunged during the first half of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011,...
Tags: Seminole County, Heroin, Prescription Drugs, Morphine (drug), Alprazolam (drug)
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Lincoln grand jury indicts 15 for drug trafficking
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — A Lincoln County grand jury has indicted 15 people on drug trafficking or complicity to drug trafficking charges based on testimony from state police. The people, all of whom reside in Stanford according to court documents, face charges...Tags: Hydrocodone (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Methamphetamine (drug), Justice System, Trials
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