Updated with further details at 4:30 p.m.
A San Bernardino criminal defense attorney was arrested on suspicion of accepting guns and drugs in exchange for his legal services, authorities said.
Gary Stephen Redinger, 59, who once ran for Superior Court judge, was arrested last Wednesday morning after a search of his house turned up suspected methamphetamine and more than 30 firearms, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Donald Read the rest of this entry »
Two people have been arrested after drugs worth thousands of pounds were seized in Aberdeen.
Crack cocaine with a street value of about £14,000 was recovered by police in the Torry area.
A 44-year-old local woman and a 37-year-old man from Birmingham were detained.
A Grampian Police spokesperson said they were expected to appear from custody at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
If a weight-loss supplement does contain an undeclared active
pharmaceutical, the F.D.A. considers the product to be an illegal,
unapproved drug. Doctors said undeclared drugs could cause problems on
their own, like elevated blood pressure or seizures, could have toxic interactions with other medications people take and
could make it difficult for physicians to diagnose patients.
As the F.D.A. continues to investigate, many questions remain Read the rest of this entry »
A part-time firefighter who stored cocaine and cannabis worth about £115,000 in his home in Inverclyde has been jailed for four and a half years.
Alan Brown, 32, admitted the offence at his home in Glamis Drive, Greenock, in April last year.
The High Court in Glasgow heard how the Brown had agreed to store the drugs, which were recovered during a police raid, for a payment of more than £100.
The Crown accepted a not guilty plea from Brown’s Read the rest of this entry »
While some experts have recently recommended more aggressive cholesterol screening in childhood, less than 1 percent of adolescents 12–17- years-old may potentially qualify for cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a new study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
According to the study, updated recommendations for cholesterol screening in childhood released last year by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Read the rest of this entry »
How Many Kids Need Cholesterol Drugs?
Feb. 16, 2009 — Following a call for more aggressive screening and
treatment of cholesterol in childhood, a new study published in the journal
shows that about 200,000 U.S. teens and preteens need
medication to lower their cholesterol.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended last summer that
doctors consider cholesterol-lowering drugs, called statins, for children aged
8 and older if a blood Read the rest of this entry »
DURHAM – Authorities are refusing to comment on a police affidavit fingering a member of the Sigma Beta fraternity, which was raided in the fall, as the marijuana supplier to a fellow fraternity brother indicted this month on drug charges.
The affidavit, prepared by a detective with the state Attorney General’s Drug Task Force, says an undercover officer went to the Sigma Beta house on Madbury Road in August to buy drugs from David Mason, who was Read the rest of this entry »
State Police have charged a CVS pharmacy technician with stealing more than $9,000 worth of drugs from the Pembroke store during a three-year period.
Cheryl L. Pascarelli, 45, of 10 Lydon Lane, Halifax, pleaded innocent to larceny of drugs on Wednesday in Plymouth District Court.
Police said Pascarelli stole Vicodin, Valium, Suboxone, antibiotics and antiviral medications and sold them to help pay her bills. A CVS loss-control agent discovered Read the rest of this entry »
BENEATH THE SPIN ⢠ERIC L. WATTREE
Is Rush Limbaugh on Drugs Again, or Simply the World’s Biggest Ego Trip?
Ultra Conservative Political shock jock, Rush Limbaugh, seems to have finally slipped off the reservation. It is hard to know whether he’s back on drugs, or if the recent election returns have caused him to lose his mind all together.
In his latest bloviation he’s challenging President Obama to enter into negotiations with him on Read the rest of this entry »
CHANDIGARH: A so-called crusader
against drug menace, former zonal director of NCB Saji Mohan initiated a number
of de-addiction campaigns in the Tricity, in which he involved area police and
many educational institutes.
On June 26, the controversial officer
was the main guest during a function organized to mark International Drug Day in
association with UT police and PGI. Here, Saji Mohan and his men demonstrated
the agency’s functioning Read the rest of this entry »