2 plead guilty in conspiracy tied to marijuana dispensary

DETROIT (AP) — Two of three family members who prosecutors say conspired to bribe suburban Detroit officials to persuade them to allow a medical marijuana dispensary have pleaded guilty in the case. Fifty-two-year-old Ali Baydoun of Dearborn Heights entered his plea Tuesday in federal court to a bribery conspiracy charge. Prosecutors say Ali Baydoun, his... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Marijuana

December 12, 2017

A Georgia mother battles opioids to win back her kids

ELLIJAY, Georgia (AP) — The First Baptist Church auditorium was filling with an expectant crowd, friends and family who had been through so much. Kim Silvers’ three young daughters were there, all dressed up and eager for the graduation, hoping to mark the end of years of heartache visited on them all by their mother’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Drugs, Opiods

December 7, 2017

Her Court Visit on Pot Charges Goes Comically Wrong

(NEWSER) – If you’re heading to court to answer a marijuana possession summons, it’s not advisable to light up a joint in the parking lot. But if you just can’t resist, it’s even less advisable to do so while parked in the police chief’s parking space. Such is the case in Northport, NY, where police say... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, Lighter Side, News

Drugs, Marijuana

December 4, 2017

US wants ‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli to forfeit $2M Wu-Tang album

NEW YORK (AP) — The government wants to seize Martin Shkreli’s one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album. The recording that Shkreli has boasted he bought for $2 million is on a list of assets that prosecutors argue the jailed former pharmaceutical CEO should forfeit after his conviction earlier this year in a securities fraud scheme involving two... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Drugs, Pharma Bro, Shkreli

December 4, 2017

Should opioids be banned in court over fears of exposure?

BOSTON (AP) — The potency of certain opioid painkillers has Massachusetts’ judiciary considering whether to ban the substances from being brought into courtrooms as evidence — a move some experts say is driven by a misunderstanding of the real dangers. The chief justice of the Massachusetts Trial Court recently told prosecutors that she fears allowing... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Drugs, Opiods

December 4, 2017

Lawyers walk fine line to navigate state, federal pot laws

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just as entrepreneurs getting into the retail pot industry need a good lawyer, some of those lawyers might be wise to consult an attorney of their own. Lawyers in the burgeoning business are entering a legal gray zone where the drug is permitted for some purpose in most states but illegal... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Drugs, Marijuana, Pot

November 22, 2017

Inmate dies after meth-laden kiss; girlfriend gets 2 years

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon woman whose inmate boyfriend died from a meth-laden kiss after a prison visit was sentenced to two years behind bars Tuesday on a drug conspiracy charge. Melissa Ann Blair and Anthony Powell shared a long kiss at the end of a visit last year at the Oregon State Penitentiary... Read More

Drugs, News

Drugs, Methmouth

November 17, 2017

Actress Rose McGowan arraigned on cocaine charge

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Actress Rose McGowan was arraigned Thursday on a felony cocaine charge, days after she alleged in The New Yorker that the drugs may been planted to discredit her. One of the most outspoken actresses to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual abuse, McGowan told the magazine that she’s been so fearful of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, Entertainment, News

Drugs, Hollywood, Rose McGowan

November 17, 2017

Nevada seeks to use untried execution drugs including opioid

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For Nevada’s first execution in more than a decade, state officials are turning to a never-before-tried combination of drugs, including a powerful painkiller that is fueling much of the opioid epidemic and a paralyzing drug that could mask any signs of trouble. If the state’s highest court approves the plan and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, Execution, News

Drugs, Execution

November 16, 2017

Mother dies after cleaning up drugs from son’s suspected overdose

A mother whose son died after an overdose is believed to have overdosed herself after cleaning up his drug paraphernalia. Theresa Plummer, 69, found her son Ronald Plummer unresponsive at his house in Cambria County, Pa., earlier this month and stayed with him at the hospital as he was treated for a suspected OD. She... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Bad Parenting, Drugs

November 16, 2017

Drug firm founder indicted in opioid conspiracy due in court

BOSTON (AP) — The founder of a pharmaceutical company charged with leading a conspiracy to bribe doctors to prescribe a powerful opioid pain medication for people who didn’t need it is due in court in Massachusetts. John Kapoor of Insys Therapeutics Inc. was arrested in Arizona last month and is expected to make his first... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Drugs

2 plead guilty in conspiracy tied to marijuana dispensary

A Georgia mother battles opioids to win back her kids

Her Court Visit on Pot Charges Goes Comically Wrong

US wants ‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli to forfeit $2M Wu-Tang album

Should opioids be banned in court over fears of exposure?

Lawyers walk fine line to navigate state, federal pot laws

Inmate dies after meth-laden kiss; girlfriend gets 2 years

Actress Rose McGowan arraigned on cocaine charge

Nevada seeks to use untried execution drugs including opioid

Mother dies after cleaning up drugs from son’s suspected overdose

Drug firm founder indicted in opioid conspiracy due in court

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