opioids
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A Pennsylvania Police Chief Was Charged With Helping Distribute Drugs. Tell Us Again How Cops Aren’t Corrupt
Shawn Denning faces up to 20 years in jail for his actions, as well as a $1 million fine.
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Fetty Wap Arrested on Drug Charges in New York
The 'Trap Queen' rapper is accused of transporting and distributing more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine.
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3 Years After the World Lost Prince, His Heirs Still Have Yet to Receive a Penny: Report
It has now been almost three years since the world lost the musical genius, legend and icon known as Prince, but his estimated $200 million estate remains mired in all kinds of drama, with his heirs yet to see one dime. It’s a sad state of affairs (pun intended) caused in great part, according to financial experts,…
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Pennsylvania Prisons Locked Down Indefinitely After 29 Employees Hospitalized
This week, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ordered a lockdown of its entire 47,000-person-prison system after yet another spate of employees was rushed to the hospital, sickened by what the DOC is calling “unknown substances,” which many believe to be illicit opioid-related drugs. The Washington Post reports that the prison in Albion, Pa., where five…
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Opioid Mixture Killed Veteran News Anchor Roy Hobbs
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Former DEA Agents Say Trump’s Drug-Czar Pick Helped to Fuel the US Opioid Epidemic
Welcome to Bizarro World. In less than a year in office, “President” Donald Trump has chosen an anti-climate-change believer to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a racist to oversee the Justice Department, an education novice to run the Education Department and, to be his drug czar, a congressman who several Drug Enforcement Administration agents say…
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Opioid Crisis Intervention Court Is a New Kind of Drug-Court Program Looking to Stop People From Dying
Drug court is a common diversion program across the nation that attempts to help nonviolent drug addicts charged with crimes by placing them in a supervised treatment plan in lieu of the traditional justice system. In exchange for successfully completing the program, participants can often get a reduced sentence or have charges dismissed entirely. The…
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Ohio Town Considers Imposing a 3-Strike Policy on Heroin Overdoses
If you are a heroin addict in Middletown, Ohio, the city is considering a controversial proposal that could have an impact on whether or not you get help the next time you overdose on your drug of choice—and if it has its way, three strikes means you’re dead. WLWT reports that Middletown is considering whether…