Defendant conspired to receive and pay kickbacks to encourage urine drug screen testing performed by a lab in Florida...
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CA: Deadly Opioid More Potent Than Fentanyl Seized In California: Enough To ‘Kill 50 Million People’
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertMassive Drug Bust in California In a massive drug bust in California, a man and a woman have been...
Car-exhaust drug craze alarms Congo’s capital A new craze for a drug derived from crushed vehicle exhaust filters is...
NC: Officer comforts 1-year-old boy after parents overdose on heroin
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA heartbreaking photo shows a North Carolina police officer comforting a 1-year-old boy whose parents overdosed on heroin in...
NE: Fentanyl-laced cocaine that caused overdose deaths was stolen from Nebraska State Patrol evidence locker, officials say
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA former patrol evidence technician and the owner of a Lincoln restaurant were arrested in the theft. Lincoln Police...
Methamphetamine use, methamphetamine use disorder, and associated overdose deaths among US adults
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA new study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) showed that from 2015 to 2019, overdose deaths...
PA: ‘Pill mill’ doctor abruptly ends trial with guilty plea, faces 15 years in prison
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA 64-year-old Northumberland County doctor is facing 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to 12 counts of...
CA: Leader of ‘Oxy Bandits’ Crew Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery Spree of 15 Southern California Pharmacies
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA Lynwood man who organized and led a crew – dubbed the “Oxy Bandits” by law enforcement – that...
CT: Both Employees on Duty Overdose at East Haven Assisted Living Facility
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe only two staff members on duty at East Haven assisted living facility Caroline Manor were found suffering from...
A federal judge dealt the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of compounding pharmacies a blow by finding a...