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The mother of New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain faces up to 20 years in prison when she's sentenced next month on a felony drug charge.
Panama's government is building four air and sea monitoring stations to fight trafficking of drugs, weapons and migrants.
In April 2007, former “Full House” child actress Jodie Sweetin took to the podium at Marquette University to tell college kids how she overcame drug addiction and try to inspire them to stay clean and sober themselves.
A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick enough to need dialysis.
A Mexican agriculture official has caused a stir by reportedly suggesting that Mexican farmers could learn a thing or two from drug traffickers.
Medicare officials are backing off a policy that pushed many doctors to use a $2,000 injectable drug for a potentially blinding eye disorder, over a similar treatment that costs about $50.
A calculated move to inspect a heavy chessboard paid off for customs officers at Philadelphia International Airport.
Children on widely used psychiatric drugs can quickly gain an alarming amount of weight; many pack on nearly 20 pounds and become obese within just 11 weeks, a study found.
The Food and Drug Administration has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn't extend patients' lives, say congressional investigators.
NOGALES, Ariz. – Just before sundown, the nightly ritual here begins. On the south side of the rusting, battered fence which separates the United States from Mexico, young men climb the bluffs overlooking the border. They will serve as spotters for other Mexicans who try to cross the border illegally under cover of night. These hilltop observers watch for U.S. Border Patrol agents guarding the north side of the boundary and alert the smugglers huddled near the fence below when it's safe to attempt a crossing.
Drugmakers on Thursday mostly posted improved third-quarter profits by keeping costs down, as generic competition, the global recession and unfavorable currency exchange rates generally hurt sales.
A suspected top figure in Mexico's Arellano Felix drug cartel pleaded guilty to a drug charge Thursday, nearly ending a nine-year legal battle that saw the cartel's power fade at the hands of authorities and rivals.
Police in central Pennsylvania say they've nabbed a real pothead. They said an officer spotted 29-year-old Cesar Lopez inside a convenience store with a bag of marijuana stuck to his forehead. Investigators said Lopez was seen peering inside his baseball cap early Saturday morning in Lebanon, about 75 miles northwest of Philadelphia. When Lopez looked up, the officer noticed a small plastic bag appearing to contain marijuana stuck to his forehead.
Drug trafficking has increased in this Central American nation since the U.S. limited military cooperation to protest a June coup, Honduras' top anti-narcotics officer said Wednesday.
A Democratic senator says a shift in Medicare policy would encourage doctors to use an eye drug that costs thousands of dollars, over a similar treatment that costs just $50.
President Hugo Chavez's government says it is reaffirming an agreement with Britain to work together to prevent drug trafficking.
A man once considered a top figure in a notorious Mexican drug cartel plans to plead guilty in a San Diego criminal case, nearly 10 years after he was arrested while watching his son's soccer game in Tijuana, Mexico.
Russia's counter-narcotics chief on Wednesday criticized U.S. and NATO anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan as inadequate and called for joint action against the Afghan heroin flooding into the former Soviet Union.
Russia's drug czar says U.S. and NATO anti-narcotics actions in Afghanistan are woefully insufficient and is calling for joint U.S.-Russian action against the Afghan heroin flooding into the former Soviet Union.
The suspension of American aid and high-level contact with Honduras' interim government following the ouster of its president in a coup is hurting anti-drug efforts, a U.S. Congresswoman said after meeting with officials in the troubled country.
Medicare recipients could see higher premiums for prescription drug coverage as a result of changes to complex provisions in a Senate health care bill, a senior Republican said Friday.
Venezuela's top security official says an American pilot wanted in the United States on cocaine-smuggling charges has been turned over to representatives of the U.S. State Department to be taken home.
Concerned about drug and alcohol use among teens in military families, three organizations are undertaking an online educational campaign on Wednesday to encourage parents and children to talk about substance abuse.
A monument to baseball greets visitors to this city known as "the cradle of shortstops." Children in San Pedro de Macoris grow up playing ball behind tin shanties and on fields cut from sugar plantations.
Russia is pressing the White House to resurrect the Bush-era policy of large-scale eradication of poppy fields in Afghanistan, an effort that critics say angered Afghan farmers and rallied support for the Taliban but did little to curb the cultivation of opium.
"I would never do crack... I would never do a drug named after a part of my own ass, okay?" Denis Leary "Work is the curse of the drinking classes." Oscar Wilde "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke." Groucho Marx
I don't think its a good idea to broadcast commercials about prescription medications. In the first place were a society hooked on pills. And, now to broadcast ads that list the symptoms but also the adverse side effects.
Mother: 5-Year-Old Accidentally Given Wrong Drug In AmbulanceA local mother is urging parents to keep a close watch on their children's medical treatment after she said her 5-year-old was accidentally given the wrong drug in an ambulance.
Antibiotic Dangers to Fetus Highlights Unwise Use of Vaccines, Drugs This important article highlights three different problems: First, drugs and vaccines which have NOT been either studied or approved for pregnant woman are being used as if their unique biochemical and physiological needs (remember, their bodies have adapted to the unique stress …
Drug laws found to cause 'needless suffering.' What ever shall we do?The Constitution grants no authority for the government to meddle in the distribution of drugs, nor the practice of medicine. Restore the free market, as our grandparents knew it before 1914. Open the prison gates. Repeal all the drug laws. Now.
Gang takes flour after drug sting goes wrong A gang made off with 80 kilograms of flour after police set up a drugs sting but went home before their targets arrived.
Shirtless Tots Left Out In Cold; Parents ChargedSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A father and mother are accused of child endangerment and drug possession after their two young daughters were found Monday night crying and wandering with no shirts in a Sacramento apartment complex, police said.
LSD Returns--For Psychotherapeutics: Scientific AmericanAlbert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD, lambasted the countercultural movement for marginalizing a chemical that he asserted had potential benefits as an invaluable supplement to psychotherapy and spiritual practices such as meditation.
Firefighter Laces Cop Wife's Tea; 3-Year-Old Son Takes Tainted DrinkMILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee firefighter is accused of drugging his wife's tea, and police arrested him after the couple's 3-year-old drank the allegedly tainted drink.
CDC Study Links 2 Antibiotics to Birth Defects Penicillin, which is the most commonly used antibiotic during pregnancy, as well as erythromycin, cephalosporins and quinolones, other widely prescribed antibiotics, were not associated with increased risk for about 30 different birth defects. However, the study found that two t …
Seriously, I had not really had any for years, but damn after just a little taste I was taking hit, after hit, after hit.
Top drug advisor quits in protest - AOL NewsI have friends who work in ER etc... they all say " Every weekend is the same; casualties of Alcohol abuse & it gets darker..." The Government have closed their eyes 4 long enough! Decriminalise & then the police can focus their attention 2 more serious crime. The law
Your Kids And Oxycontin; It Could Be A Deadly CombinationOxycontin is the newest opiate high and kids from all walks of life are using it. athletes, honor role students, band geeks,popular kids, shy kids, you name it . This is deadly behavior and kids are dying. we have to get a handle on this before more kids die.
Fifteen shot dead at Mexico ranchFifteen people have been killed on a remote ranch in northern Mexico, with a prominent union leader among the dead. The body of Margarito Montes, an organizer of agricultural workers, was among those found riddled with bullet holes in southern Sonora state.
Continuing Criminal EnterpriseWe are now faced with enough information to make a rational determination as it pertains to our collective reality.
Pot Politics: California Could Go All the WayCalifornia was the first to legalize medicinal marijuana and, if three ballot measures and a bill floating around the state legislature have anything to say about it, the Golden State could be the first to legalize and tax adult marijuana use across the board.
British Drugs chief: Alcohol more dangerous than ecstasy, LSD and cannabisThe British Government's chief drug adviser has sparked controversy by claiming ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than cigarettes and alcohol.
518 People in 34 Kentucky Counties to Be Charged in State's Largest Drug Roundup"Altogether, there are 518 people charged in the case, a state police officer said at a news conference in Lexington" on October 29, 2009.
Teacher, Son Face Marijuana ChargesSCOTT COUNTY, Ind. -- A southern Indiana school teacher and his son have been arrested on marijuana charges.
Alcohol worse than ecstasy - Professor David Nutt, chairman of the government's advisory committee on drugs
Compromised Care: Psychotropic Drugs Given to Nursing Home Patients Without Cause"The misuse of psychotropics, which some experts say is a nationwide problem in nursing homes, suggests a troubling future for many seniors." This article focuses on the situation in Illinois.
Cancers Can Vanish Without Treatment, but How?...screening appears to be finding many small tumors that would not be a problem if they were left alone, undiscovered by screening. They were destined to stop growing on their own or shrink, or even, at least in the case of some breast cancers, disappear. More Articles
Date-rape drink spiking 'an urban legend' Widespread spiking of drinks with date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol and GHB is an "urban legend" fuelled by young women unwilling to accept they have simply consumed too much alcohol, academics believe.
Teen drug use may impair memory later, study suggestsRats develop memory loss in adulthood after receiving high doses of amphetamines during their "teen" years, new research shows.
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