28 Jan How one drug court cut new felonies in half
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Doreen Slocum started doing drugs in her early teens, and - like many - it didn't take long for her to get into the hard ones."I would say probably fully blown heroin by the time I was 19," she said.She has since turned her life...
Six people are facing charges in connection to separate drug busts in the city on Thursday that turned up more than $100,000 worth of drugs and other items, London police said on Friday.In one bust Thursday afternoon, police said the Guns...
ZANESVILLE - Judge Kelly Cottrill postponed the sentencing of a Quaker City woman this week who has a history of drug abuse.Elizabeth Martin (Photo: Submitted)Elizabeth A. Martin, 22, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine on Nov. 21. Earlier that month, Martin's $100,000 bond was reduced to...
Columbus, Ohio -- Investigations are underway into allegations that a doctor working for an Ohio hospital system ordered inappropriately high doses of pain medication to dozens of patients, leading to the deaths of at least 28 people at two hospitals. The Columbus-area Mount Carmel Hospital System...
West Virginia Congressman David McKinley is focusing on the opioid issues affecting his state.OHIO VALLEY — West Virginia Congressman David McKinley will serve on three House Energy and Commerce subcommittees.His goal? Stopping the opioid issues affecting his state.In West Virginia, 52 of every 100,000 deaths are...
Editor: Drug overdoses killed more people in the United States than car accidents or guns. In 2017, synthetic opioids such as Fentanyl were involved in nearly 30,000 deaths from 2016-2017. Mexican cartels make large quantities of cheap methamphetamine and deliver it to the United States through the...